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.

[wayne]

microsotf and sony hands down. ok, i know that nintendo is the reason that everything is even here today, because without nintendo opened doors to so many ideas, games,ect. but from the launch of the psx and the ps2, sony owned hands down. and when the xbox released it was an entire new ballgame. i know that the xbox still doesnt have the games and online cobatibility with everyone like tyhe ps2 has, in the near future microsoft will be opening more larger doors to ideas for video gaming. first off because of the company behing the controller... its microsoft people! with microsoft behind the wheel you'll see alot of customalization comming inb the xbox's direction. especially seeing that you can run linux on the xbox. the xbox is basicly a computer with controller ports.. i mean, the xbox has so much power for its time, and microsoft wasnt telling people all the things they could do with the xbox and its hard drive. with the mod chip installed and the costom cases, parts and acccesories you can add to the xbox, its amazing. you can put pc parts in the freaking system! thats amazing. nintendo has nothing on that... they cant even come close to that right now. and ps2 is comming right up behind microsoft with so many great games, and so many online rpg's/ sporting games. and with the new hard drive that comes with FFXI, sony is opening some new doors for themselves. so overall, in my opinion... microsoft is the best company right now.