which is the best company..., in the videogame industry? Options

[*kryogenix*]

For me it would have to be Nintendo. Nintendo is a 115 year old company now and they've been manufacturing greatness since the 80's. All of the consoles and handhelds they have released to date have been successes, with the exception being the virtual boy, as it was just something to keep the public entertained until Nintendo 64 came out. Not just hardware, software too. Nintendo games have been arguably some the best games of all time.

In my opinion, Sega comes in a close second. If they hadn't made some business blunders, Sega would still be around now, probably ahead of Sony.

The only reason the playstation franchise was formed was because of a grudge against Nintendo. When Nintendo cancelled the Sony cd drive for the SNES in favor of the Phillips CD-I for SNES, Sony got pissed off and made the PlayStation.

Microsoft sucks.

The earlier companines were good but they had one flaw: They all went out of business because they were too fixed on bringing arcade games to the home rather than develop new and innovative games.

Unlike the past, it costs millions of dollars to develop a hit videogame, that's why we're not seeing as much competition as there was in the earlier years.

[*kryogenix*]

And one more thing: Sony Playstation 2 was success was a fluke. Yes you heard me right. Originally, 1 million PS2's were supposed to be shipped to the US. But Sony couldn't make good on this promise, and they only shipped half that amount. So, even though not so many people were buying them, some stores sold out, because they had so few ps2's in their inventory. When people heard that the ps2's were being sold out in stores, people rushed to get them as soon as possible, creating the hype.

I love it how when Sony makes a mistake, they make millions and when sega makes a mistake, it costs them their hardware branch. Isn't life fair?