April NPD or Everyone Drinks except Nintendo

[Jonbo298]

The thing is, is that MS and Sony made games aren't held up to the same standard Nintendo games are in the general populace, hence why alot of games on the Wii or GC or N64 didn't sell as well, because people come to expect quality from Nintendo (with a rare exception once in awhile).

For other consoles, yeah, you have to compete against alot more, but there isn't a defacto company to compare to for the most part. Yeah, I'm having a hard time explaining it. Oh well.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

MS and Sony made games aren't held up to the same standard Nintendo games are in the general populace

Overall, no... Which is why I said "the occasional", in reference to MS and Sony...
I don't know of any specific examples in MS's case (since I'm an Xbox n00b), but I believe Team Ico (Ico, Shadow of the Colossus) is a first party developer for Sony... God of War and Gran Turismo are first party titles...
And yeah, that may be 4 games/franchises established over 2+ console generations... But... Hey... "occasional"

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

but there isn't a defacto company to compare to for the most part. Yeah, I'm having a hard time explaining it. Oh well.

Maybe it's just because you're having a hard time explaining exactly what you mean, or maybe it's just a difference of opinion, but I don't see why the lack of having a single company to compare quality to is an issue when there still exists an overall tier of high-quality titles from a collection of high-quality developers...