Who has the better first party developers now?

So which one has (bought) your favourite studios?

Sony boys? Or camp Xbox?

The war is on.

Nintendo.

Xbox by a country mile

Its pretty obvious, Sony has three times more talent than MS. ID and Obsidian are the only ones worth talking about, and they've became gamepass slaves, which is a "straight to dvd service", so i am not expecting much from them anymore.

@shadyacshuns: What is Nintendo first party up to for the rest of 2021?

@hardwenzen: but straight to dvd has been releasing more great views than Hollywood has lately.

I mean it's not like I looked into it much, is the superhero trend still going?

MS hasn't really given me anything to like on some time while Sony has.

Sony, obviously. Every single one of their studios release banger after banger. Microsoft hasn't released a banger in a decade. Nintendo's first party begins to crumble after Mario and Zelda which are both overrated franchises that only get a pass based on nostalgia.

1 Nintendo

2 Xbox

3 PlayStation

What is Sony first party up to for the rest of 2021?

Can't stand that crap, so i am not paying attention to it.

Certainly going to be fun finding out.

@Chutebox: I think gamepass for the rest of this year looks packed... But only Age of Empires, Forza Horizon and uuhhhh Psychonauts?! Are first party. The rest is relying on third party (Aragami, Back 4 Blood, ...)

Exactly right.

@hardwenzen: Every superhero needs at least 3 movies and 2 spin off TV shows. I'm so sick of it.

Best thing coming out of Hollywood by far was The Mandalorian. And that was only because they gave a lot of liberty to the guy creating it.

This is a good ranking.

The Sony studios listed here are really small time in terms of sales and gameplay and mostly just trumpeted by Sony movie buffs on the forum.

I'm shocked you would say that with that sig of yours.

@shadyacshuns: Nintendo is literally asleep right now. They have one first party game coming up: Zelda sometime in 2022.

Sony has loads of games coming up. Try again.

Crap games like Horizon, next year along side BotW 2. Bad idea for Sony lol.

@shadyacshuns: I think that's a shame though. Comatose Nintendo is still better in your opinion than companies with actual output.

Nintendo, then Xbox. Don’t care for Sony’s movie games, so I rarely ever buy Sony 1st party.

@NathanDrakeSwag:

I'm shocked you are shocked with a username like that

You literally just posted this in another thread:

@shadyacshuns said:

Yup! Sure will be. Sony had a strong start of 2021. MS looks to have a strong second half.

Next year will be even better. Starfield going up against God of War? Interesting!

Probably still Sony, due to their high level of polish... That being said, MS has purchased Bethesda and some other devs who dabble in a variety of genres. Hopefully MS' ownership of Bethesda means more QC going forward.

Still the same:

Nintendo > Sony > Xbox

Bethesda changes nothing. Bethesda is crap.

But kudos to modders for turning Bethesda shit like Skyrim into good shit. Bethesda games are nothing without modders.

Always Nintendo!

Eh Sony and MS have gone off the deep end.

I'll play some games from both, but I'm not going to praise this studio acquisition spree.

Better is dependent on the gamer. 🤷‍♀️

To my taste Microsoft. They offer a wide variety of genres and some really talented teams. Sony is Naught Dog and all the others trying to be Naught Dog.

@NathanDrakeSwag: days gone 🤣

I always thought you were a hermit, not a cow.

@shadyacshuns: What about that comment says he's a cow?

Crackdown 3, Bleeding Edge, Grounded, Battlefrogs, Tell Me Why.

Everything, cow.

Nintendo.

But MS > Sony.

@shadyacshuns: 🤥

HTTR.... I mean, HTT..WFT? :(

@shadyacshuns: Low blow!

Psychonauts 2 looks like the platformer of the year, so MS can go toe to toe with Nintendo in that genre.

Hope MS doesn't lose interest in making 3D platformers again, like they did after they purchased Rare.

Atari, Commodore, then Sega

15 yard penalty!

I just hope they don't call them the Washington Redtails because that, would suck.

True, but Pyschonauts 2 gameplay looks like a cut above Psychonauts 1

The movement in Nintendo platformers though is bar none. That is why I had really hoped that the new Donkey Kong 3D rumor would turn out to be true.

Of those two, definitely Xbox (their studios have more of the games I like).

But Nintendo would still be my no.1 pick of the 3.

My preference is Sony.

I love Sucker Punch. I also like, from what I’ve played, Gran Turismo over racing games Xbox offers. I also like how Insomniac and Sucker Punch have helped each other out in the past.

Easily Sony. This isn't even a question at this point in time. That may change in the coming years, but MSFT 1st party studios have a lot to prove, starting with Halo Infinite.

So far it doesn't look like much, but rumors say that the upcoming SONY show is supposed to be 70-90 minutes long and spend the majority of the time outlining the rest of the year and not really going much past early 2022. I'll believe it when/if it happens though.