This week the Gamer Horizon crew list off their all time favorite video game development studios.
There are two reasons why all those Bethesda studios closed, and neither of them have anything to do with Bethesda (directly)...
Game Pass and Activision.
The guy confirming what we've all (well, most of us) been saying since the latest purchase.
Honestly i think Bethesda needs to buy themselves out of zenimax/MSs hands and do their own thing, i honestly think that would fix a lot of issues and save them from a potential closure.
Ah, we can see how the Microsoft media machine works.
Every article I read now is some kind of attempt to shift the blame off Microsoft and paint them as the victims or convince people that Microsoft mistakes were just some kind unforeseeable unfortunate twist of fate.
The shills are out in full force today.
It's greed. MS has the IP's it wants now it's dumping the studios that it's raided, MS will still make money from Tango's games unlike the people that made them. If anyone follows MS outside of gaming you'll see this is what they do, buy companies take what they want consolidate some of the workforce and shut them down. I don't know why people are acting so surprised when this is Microsoft being Microsoft.
MS is a three trillion dollar company, if it enters a market it has no need to compete, they take what they want and with the financial influence it can bypass laws that are meant to protect the consumer and the workforce. Just look at how they are cornering the AI market right now with buyups and investments.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
my top 5 would maybe be like this:
1. Valve
2. Naughty Dog
3. Rockstar Games
4. Kojima Productions
5. Sony Santa Monica
Mine:
1. Naughty Dog
2. Valve
3. Rare (The original Rare)
4. Rockstar
5. Bethesda
I'd like to add Sucker Punch, but they need more games under their belt.
Clover almost made it, too. :/
Well then that list is HORRIBLE..
1. Nintendo
2. Naughty Dog
3. Ubisoft
4. Crytek
5. Sony Santa Monica
All these "game" devs are known to have great quality in multiple games that they make not just one game or series...
Each i could name about about 2-4 GREAT games that are separate IPs..
Interesting how different everyone's list in the article was.
My personal opinion:
1.Classic Rare
2.Nintendo
3.Squaresoft (not enix)
4.Valve
5.Naughty Dog
Man imagine if Rare was still as strong with all the same devs making games today. That would be amazing.
1: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
2: Nippon Ichi Software
3: Insomniac
4: Valve
5: Gust
Can't go wrong with those devs