08-22-2015, 03:58 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-22-2015, 03:59 AM by retrolinkx.)
I guess I'll break it down by company.
I feel quite neutral towards Nintendo and Microsoft. I mean, Nintendo I do love, but the past few years have been difficult for Nintendo and honestly I can't really place them as high as I would've those years ago. Don't get me wrong I still like them and would still buy games from them but I just feel they're losing their touch and need to get it back.
As for Microsoft. I enjoyed the Xbox Original and 360 quite a lot and even though some of their IP's and business practices are terrible I'll stick by them. I mean, they're trying. By God they're trying. After shooting themselves in the foot with the announcement of the Xbox One they are trying to get back on track and it isn't that bad. I wouldn't rank Microsoft in the same ranking as Nintendo but I do think they're a decent company that have to deal with a lot of inside problems (higher ups not understanding the industry, stockholders/shareholders influencing decisions, the fact they're primarily a PC company) and are trying their best. I'd buy games from Microsoft because they had decent IP's from the OG and start of the 360's life.
Sony...I've never liked Sony. I felt that they are one of the reasons that gaming has become what it is. I mean the PS1 and 2 were great consoles, and the PS3 is decent and the PS4 is shaping up alright I guess. I felt that after Microsoft messed up Sony were basically allowed to get away with ANYTHING. Remember the outburst over PSN being a service you have to pay for to play online? No? Me neither. The Vita was amazing though, and Sony really did everything they could to make that handheld as amazing as possible. I like the games Sony makes, they do try to have a mix of niche Japanese and Western games and I do buy them. As much as I dislike Sony I'm not going to stop buying their games if they're good, in a similar fashion to how I like Nintendo but I'm not going to always buy their games.
Valve is alright but I honestly can't remember if they've made a good game in the past 5 years. Portal 2 came out in 2011 and CS:GO in 2012 but what else? All I use Steam for these days are Valve games. L4D2 and TF2 mostly, and they're fun games for sure and steam is a decent service which gives me what I want easily.
I'd write more, but I'm hungry.
EDIT: Wow, my post is more about the opinions of each company, huh? Damn well whatever. I'm not deleting all that.
I feel quite neutral towards Nintendo and Microsoft. I mean, Nintendo I do love, but the past few years have been difficult for Nintendo and honestly I can't really place them as high as I would've those years ago. Don't get me wrong I still like them and would still buy games from them but I just feel they're losing their touch and need to get it back.
As for Microsoft. I enjoyed the Xbox Original and 360 quite a lot and even though some of their IP's and business practices are terrible I'll stick by them. I mean, they're trying. By God they're trying. After shooting themselves in the foot with the announcement of the Xbox One they are trying to get back on track and it isn't that bad. I wouldn't rank Microsoft in the same ranking as Nintendo but I do think they're a decent company that have to deal with a lot of inside problems (higher ups not understanding the industry, stockholders/shareholders influencing decisions, the fact they're primarily a PC company) and are trying their best. I'd buy games from Microsoft because they had decent IP's from the OG and start of the 360's life.
Sony...I've never liked Sony. I felt that they are one of the reasons that gaming has become what it is. I mean the PS1 and 2 were great consoles, and the PS3 is decent and the PS4 is shaping up alright I guess. I felt that after Microsoft messed up Sony were basically allowed to get away with ANYTHING. Remember the outburst over PSN being a service you have to pay for to play online? No? Me neither. The Vita was amazing though, and Sony really did everything they could to make that handheld as amazing as possible. I like the games Sony makes, they do try to have a mix of niche Japanese and Western games and I do buy them. As much as I dislike Sony I'm not going to stop buying their games if they're good, in a similar fashion to how I like Nintendo but I'm not going to always buy their games.
Valve is alright but I honestly can't remember if they've made a good game in the past 5 years. Portal 2 came out in 2011 and CS:GO in 2012 but what else? All I use Steam for these days are Valve games. L4D2 and TF2 mostly, and they're fun games for sure and steam is a decent service which gives me what I want easily.
I'd write more, but I'm hungry.
EDIT: Wow, my post is more about the opinions of each company, huh? Damn well whatever. I'm not deleting all that.