FIRST PARTY WARS: Nintendo vs Sony vs Microsoft

Serious question? Nintendo.

MS has Halo and Gears, but I could easily live without them if I had to, and I can't think of a single Sony exclusive that I have ever cared about.

Nintendo>Sony>>>>>>>>>>>>>>iOS>Sega>>>>>>>>Microsoft.

Pikmin is dead until Wii U, Earthbound is dead, Star Fox is dead, F-Zero is dead, Wave Race is dead, Advance Wars is dead. Why are you including all of these franchises from Nintendo which haven't seen new entries in over half a decade? It makes about as much sense as including Tomba for Sony.

By comparison, all of the franchises you listed for Sony are new this generation or had new entries this generation. It skews the poll like nobody's business, although the Nintendo fanboys usually do that just fine without biasing it further.

Anyway, for my money Sony has a larger and more varied first-party portfolio than either Microsoft or Nintendo and I don't think the first is at all in doubt.

Pikmin is dead until Wii U, Earthbound is dead, Star Fox is dead, F-Zero is dead, Wave Race is dead, Advance Wars is dead. Why are you including all of these franchises from Nintendo which haven't seen new entries in over half a decade? It makes about as much sense as including Tomba for Sony.

By comparison, all of the franchises you listed for Sony are new this generation or had new entries this generation. It skews the poll like nobody's business, although the Nintendo fanboys usually do that just fine without biasing it further.

Anyway, for my money Sony has a larger and more varied first-party portfolio than either Microsoft or Nintendo and I don't think the first is at all in doubt.

Aidenfury19

Advance Wars: Dual Strike (2005) and Advance Wars Days of Ruin (2008)

Star Fox Command (2006) and Star Fox 64 3D (2011)

Pikmin is dead until Wii U, Earthbound is dead, Star Fox is dead, F-Zero is dead, Wave Race is dead, Advance Wars is dead. Why are you including all of these franchises from Nintendo which haven't seen new entries in over half a decade? It makes about as much sense as including Tomba for Sony.

By comparison, all of the franchises you listed for Sony are new this generation or had new entries this generation. It skews the poll like nobody's business, although the Nintendo fanboys usually do that just fine without biasing it further.

Anyway, for my money Sony has a larger and more varied first-party portfolio than either Microsoft or Nintendo and I don't think the first is at all in doubt.

Aidenfury19

That doesn't even make sense. If a game is being developed it looks pretty alive to me :?

So, the three console manufacturers have been in the industry for quite a while now, and each have managed to build up an impressive arsenal of franchises. But who has the best and most varied first party? Let's have a look:

NINTENDO

Super Mario (Platformer)
The Legend of Zelda (Fantasy Action Adventure)
Metroid (First Person Shooter/Third Person Action)
Pokemon (Role Playing Game)
Super Smash Bros. (Fighter)
F-Zero (Racing)
Donkey Kong (Platformer)
Kirby (Platformer)
Pikmin (Real Time Strategy)
Kid Icarus (Third Person Shooter)
Golden Sun (Role Playing Game )
Mario Kart (Racing)
Fire Emblem (Strategy Role Playing Game)
Advance Wars (Turn Based Strategy)
Wave Race (Racing)
Pilotwings (Flight Simulation)
Exciterace (Racing)
Animal Crossing (Life Simulation)
Star Fox (Arcade Shooter)
Sin and Pinishment (Arcade Shooter)
Earthbound (Role Playing Game)
Punch Out!! (Fighter)
Nintendogs (Simulation)
Wii (Various)
Xenoblade (Role Playing Game)
The Last Story (Role Playing Game)
Pandora's Tower (Fantasy Action Adventure)

SONY

Uncharted (Third Person Action)
God of War (Third Person Action)
Gran Turismo (Sim Racer)
Motorstorm (Racer)
ModNation Racers (Racer)
LittleBigPlanet (Platformer)
Ratchet and Clank (Platformer)
inFamous (Modern Action Adventure)
Resistance (First Person Shooter)
Killzone (First Person Shooter)
Jak and Daxter (Platformer)
Sly (Platformer)
WipEout (Racer)
Twisted Metal (Vehicle Combat)
Warhawk (Arcade Shooter)
White Knight Chronicles (Role Playing Game)
SOCOM (Third Person Shooter)
LocoRoco (Platformer)
Patapon (Strategy)
Hot Shots Golf (Sports)
Team ICO Series (Fantasy Action Adventure)

MICROSOFT

Halo (First Person Shooter)
Perfect Dark (First Person Shooter)
Banjo Kazooie (Platformer)
Conker (Platformer)
Fable (Role Playing Game)
Viva Pinata (Life Simulator)
Forza Motorsport (Sim Racer)
Project Gotham Racing (Racing)
Kameo (Action Adventure)
Crackdown (Modern Action Adventure)
Killer Instinct (Fighter)
Jet Force (Third Person Shooter)
Lost Odyssey (Role Playing Game)
Blue Dragon (Role Playing Game)

Let me know if I missed any!

So, who do you think has the best, deepest, widest, most varied first party?

charizard1605

[QUOTE="Aidenfury19"]

Pikmin is dead until Wii U, Earthbound is dead, Star Fox is dead, F-Zero is dead, Wave Race is dead, Advance Wars is dead. Why are you including all of these franchises from Nintendo which haven't seen new entries in over half a decade? It makes about as much sense as including Tomba for Sony.

By comparison, all of the franchises you listed for Sony are new this generation or had new entries this generation. It skews the poll like nobody's business, although the Nintendo fanboys usually do that just fine without biasing it further.

Anyway, for my money Sony has a larger and more varied first-party portfolio than either Microsoft or Nintendo and I don't think the first is at all in doubt.

Nintendo_Ownes7

Advance Wars: Dual Strike (2005) and Advance Wars Days of Ruin (2008)

Star Fox Command (2006) and Star Fox 64 3D (2011)

Thank you for the correction on Advance Wars as I had not heard of those. Star Fox is almost certainly dead though and no re-releasing Star Fox 64 again doesn't count. Star Fox Command sold horribly and Star Fox 64 3D sold poorly as well, it was understood based off of some things Miyamoto said that when Star Fox 64 3D was being released that its sales would determine whether the franchise had a future and it didn't sell well.

So it's dead Jim. Keep in mind I played the original Star Fox on release and played Star Fox 64 more than anything else on Nintendo 64, I'm not exactly rejoicing over here about it.

That doesn't even make sense. If a game is being developed it looks pretty alive to me :?

AmayaPapaya

Pikmin has not had new a game since 2004, it simply isn't relevant in the comparison.

EDIT: BTW OP, you're missing MLB: The Show. While I'm not much of one for sports franchises, or baseball at all, it's a critically acclaimed series and has good sales.

i picked ninty but soy will win

I love them all but there's no question that it's Nintendo.

[QUOTE="Nintendo_Ownes7"]

[QUOTE="Aidenfury19"]Those two bolded games aren't dead they released two games in both series within the past gen.

Advance Wars: Dual Strike (2005) and Advance Wars Days of Ruin (2008)

Star Fox Command (2006) and Star Fox 64 3D (2011)

Aidenfury19

Thank you for the correction on Advance Wars as I had not heard of those. Star Fox is almost certainly dead though and no re-releasing Star Fox 64 again doesn't count. Star Fox Command sold horribly and Star Fox 64 3D sold poorly as well, it was understood based off of some things Miyamoto said that when Star Fox 64 3D was being released that its sales would determine whether the franchise had a future and it didn't sell well.

So it's dead Jim. Keep in mind I played the original Star Fox on release and played Star Fox 64 more than anything else on Nintendo 64, I'm not exactly rejoicing over here about it.

That doesn't even make sense. If a game is being developed it looks pretty alive to me :?

AmayaPapaya

Pikmin has not had new a game since 2004, it simply isn't relevant in the comparison.

EDIT: BTW OP, you're missing MLB: The Show. While I'm not much of one for sports franchises, or baseball at all, it's a critically acclaimed series and has good sales.

Good call on The Show. You're a good poster, btw. You write some good stuff.

Sony for me. Even when I had my SNES I could care less for Nintendo's games. I'm not saying they suck or anything. They're high quality games and I understand why so many people love them, but I just didn't care for them and I still don't.

Nintendo has more original characters.

Good call on The Show. You're a good poster, btw. You write some good stuff.

arkephonic

Thanks, same goes to you. Also, thinking of another one SingStar would make sense to include on the list for Sony. It's big in Europe, even if it isn't particularly popular in the U.S.

[QUOTE="arkephonic"]

Good call on The Show. You're a good poster, btw. You write some good stuff.

Aidenfury19

Thanks, same goes to you. Also, thinking of another one SingStar would make sense to include on the list for Sony. It's big in Europe, even if it isn't particularly popular in the U.S.

I would pick Sony, followed by Nintendo..Not sure why MS is even an option. Heil68

Everyone knows at the end of the day its nintendo

now if you wanna get into who has the most appealing games for an older audience

nintendo would be last

Adding only relevant, active franchises. Which means I should put in Syphon Filter for Sony, maybe, but nothing else for any of the others (I mean, otherwise, stuff like The Legendary Starfy, Disaster, Doshin The Giant, Wario, Yoshi, 1080 etc would be there for Nintendo)charizard1605

I'd say Syphon Filter doesn't belong on there as it has no entry on PS3 or Vita and there doesn't look to be any coming down the line either (some rumors aside).

Nintendo > Sony >>>> Microsoft

If Microsoft would just rejuvenate some of its owned franchises (or invest in new ones), it would be more in line with Sony.

[QUOTE="campzor"][QUOTE="charizard1605"] Adding only relevant, active franchises. Which means I should put in Syphon Filter for Sony, maybe, but nothing else for any of the others (I mean, otherwise, stuff like The Legendary Starfy, Disaster, Doshin The Giant, Wario, Yoshi, 1080 etc would be there for Nintendo)charizard1605

cant exclude it on popularity :P

and if you ARE including games released in the last decade then u must include ape escape, buzz and syphon filter ;)

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="campzor"] but you listed stuff like fzero and pikmin which latest releases were 2004? lol , earthbound , star fox (besides the port, latest release was 2006) how are these active?campzor

cant exclude it on popularity :P

and if you ARE including games released in the last decade then u must include ape escape, buzz and syphon filter ;)

Nintendo=Only games for kids

Microsoft=

Sony=Decent first party support

So obviously Sony

There is no competition here for Nintendo. Their first party calibur is still leagues ahead of the other two. As far as I'm concerned the other two don't even have a first party. I think the only non-nintendo first party games I actually liked this gen were inFAMOUS 1 and 2...

Nintendo has developed many of my favorite games and completely avoided the cinematic cover based shooter plague. Therefore they are the best of the 3.

But Sony still has a great stable of first party developers and are pretty close to Nintendo. As for MS, they are nowhere near as good as Sony or Ninty but they still do more than they are given credit for.

Nintendo is superior in this regard. The fact that it's first party is strong enough to carry a top selling console is proof of that.

Well as much as I like the first party Sony games, I would probably pick Nintendo. Since the only reason why i bought a wii was to play them.

You missed Gears of War.

Nintendo and Sony win though despite GeoW being awesome.

You missed Gears of War.

Nintendo and Sony win though despite GeoW being awesome.

freedomfreak

Gears isn't exactly a first party franchise.

Gears isn't exactly a first party franchise.

waltefmoney

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]

You missed Gears of War.

Nintendo and Sony win though despite GeoW being awesome.

waltefmoney

Gears isn't exactly a first party franchise.

True, Epic owns the franchise, but Microsoft still has exclusivity rights for the first three games.

Oh..I was thinking more exclusive.

Okay,then fvck microsoft.

freedomfreak

NO

You put them in the precise order in which they shoul go. From best to worst.

1. Nintendo

2. Sony

3. Microsoft

Of course between Sony and Microsoft they'll be lots of arguments about them. Nintendo owns both of them anyways.

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]

Oh..I was thinking more exclusive.

Okay,then fvck microsoft.

waltefmoney

NO

[QUOTE="waltefmoney"]

NO

freedomfreak

AND GODLO

Okay,then fvck microsoft.freedomfreak

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]

[QUOTE="waltefmoney"]

NO

waltefmoney

AND GODLO

SHOULD I GET ANNIVERSERY?Never played that one and halo 2.

Nooo :(
Reach and ODST were nice.3 wuz borefest.

SHOULD I GET ANNIVERSERY?Never played that one and halo 2.

freedomfreak

You've never played Combat Evolved or you've never played anniversary?