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Best Publisher of the Decade

Best Publisher of the Decade?

  • Take 2

    Votes: 14 0.8%

  • Microsoft

    Votes: 22 1.3%

  • Sony

    Votes: 771 45.2%

  • Nintendo

    Votes: 732 42.9%

  • Others

    Votes: 168 9.8%
  • Total voters
    1,707
  • Poll closed .
BoJack

BoJack

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Apr 4, 2018
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Since every thread is decade related type of thing, we don't want to leave publishers alone, do we?
Who's the best publisher of the decade? And what's your reason?

For me, the answer is Sony. I mean, The Last of Us, Bloodborne and God of War are among Top 10 games of all time for me, and the freedom that they spread through WWS is just magnificent and it brings new IPs (sometimes they turn out to be great, like Horizon: Zero Dawn, and sometimes Knack happens.) to keep things fresh, and I just love it. Keep it up Sony. Inject those trees into my thirsty veins.

Now, your turn.
 
LossAversion

LossAversion

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Oct 28, 2017
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BoJack said:
(sometimes they turn out to be great, like Horizon: Zero Dawn, and sometimes Knack happens.)
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This confuses me... you just listed two great games.

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DionardoLicaprio

DionardoLicaprio

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Nov 14, 2017
1,587
Sony, best exclusives and it's not even close.

I also enjoyed a lot of Ubi games and a few MS exclusives are incredible (Master chief collection, sunset overdrive, Horizon 4,..), but overall Sony.
 

Deleted member 22750

Oct 28, 2017
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have no issue with Sony or Nintendo getting the vote
 
Doctoglethorpe

Doctoglethorpe

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Oct 27, 2017
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It's definitely between Sony and Nintendo. Personally I prefer Sony's output, but there's an obvious argument for both.
 
SuperFakerBros

SuperFakerBros

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Oct 26, 2017
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Easily Nintendo for me, but there's plenty of publishers with some damn great output this decade, with Sony being one of them
 
sredgrin

sredgrin

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Oct 27, 2017
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Paradox, Devolver, Capcom, and somehow Bandai Namco (granted, heavily inflated by Dark Souls series) are all topping my most played games this decade.
 
Cactuar

Cactuar

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Nov 30, 2018
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BoJack said:
(sometimes they turn out to be great, like Horizon: Zero Dawn, and sometimes Knack happens.)
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I don't understand? Are you pointing out that lightning struck twice? Shocked that a company can release two such amazing titles in one gen? I agree Sony has been incredibly fortunate with their amazing titles this decade. My vote goes to them.
 
Anno

Anno

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Oct 25, 2017
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For me it's probably a fight between Paradox and Sega. This makes me realize I may not have played more than 3 or 4 games published by any one company this decade.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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XSEED would be up there if it weren't for the recent removal from the credits of CSI&2's PS4 ports ex-staff involved in the originals's localization
 

Mubbed

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Bayonetta, Vanquish, Resonance of Fate, After Burner Climax, Max Anarchy, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and multiple Yakuza titles.

3D Archives and Sega Ages are great conversions too.
 
Bede-x

Bede-x

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Oct 25, 2017
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It has to be Nintendo or Sony. I love their single player games and it's getting difficult outside of their releases to enjoy AAA gaming for me, due to too much service, open world and microtransactions focus. I'm gonna go with Nintendo since they still do the best (almost only) AAA platformers, but Sony deserve props as well.
 
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Deleted member 923

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Oct 25, 2017
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The Last of Us, Bloodborne, God of War, Astrobot, Spider-Man means it's a no brainer for me. Sony have been on a mad one this past decade.
 
Dr. Mario

Dr. Mario

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Oct 27, 2017
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Netherlands
Clearly the one that brought us

Gorogoa
Florence
What Remains of Edith Finch
Donut County
Ashen
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Outer Wilds
Telling Lies
Wattam

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Deleted member 4346

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Oct 25, 2017
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For me, it's really close between Capcom and Sony. Man Capcom has come back in a huge way, I counted them out earlier in the generation but I was dead wrong. They've become one of my favorites again.
 
Theorry

Theorry

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Oct 27, 2017
61,029
Focus Home Interactive. They gave a great platform for independent devs. And helped alot that we still have great AA games.
 
White Glint

White Glint

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Oct 25, 2017
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Square Enix? Nier, Nier: Automata and FFXIV are pretty good.

Ubisoft too tbh. Think Rainbow Six Siege is possibly one of the best games ever made, even if I hate it. It's unfathomably cool, new characters are always diverse and the esports events are something I enjoy watching.
 

Deleted member 8468

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My vote goes to Sony. I'm a sucker for stuff like performance capture and cinematic elements in games, and their output has been constantly pushing the boundaries of the industry.

Great runner up mentions to Nintendo, Devolver, and Ubisoft.
 
Firima

Firima

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Oct 27, 2017
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Sega
Annapurna
Devolver

In that order. Sega has been excellent the past ten years, FULL STOP.

Sony killed future racing in the past ten years, and Nintendo refused to give NA Xenoblade, so lol to them. And Microsoft? Double lol to you sir.
 
Silver-Streak

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Oct 25, 2017
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I will also state here: The decade doesn't end until the end of next year (Decades start on 1, not 0, as there was no 0 AD).

As of so far I'd say as far as breath of good content, it's probably either Annapurna, Nintendo, or Sony's WWS? Closely followed by Capcom getting out of their rut.

Edit: As cmdiego posted elsewhere, "A decade" can be any 10 years, but a lot of people throw these things up meaning the cyclical decades, which my above post refers to.
 

ThisIsBlitz21

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Oct 22, 2018
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Nintendo, quite easily. Especially for the last couple of years, they've gone absolutely ham. Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey, Fire Emblem, Pokémon Black, Metroid Samus Returns, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, the list goes on.

And honestly, I'll put Ubisoft up there too. I greatly enjoyed Watchdogs and it's sequel, AssCreed Black Flag, Origins, Odyssey, the Rayman games, MarioXrabbids, Farcry 3, blood dragon, and far cry 4. I liked Steep, Trials Fusion, and the Crew 1 as well.

edit: Sony was decent I feel. I really liked the past two years from them (Uncharted Lost Legacy, God of War, Spiderman, GT Sport, Shadow of the Colossus, Horizon, and Wipeout Omega).
 

lost7

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Feb 20, 2018
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Capcom started slow but ended the decade with one hit after the other, they're not a bad shout.
 
SubvertedTrope

SubvertedTrope

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Sep 14, 2018
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Silver-Streak said:
I will also state here: The decade doesn't end until the end of next year (Decades start on 1, not 0, as there was no 0 AD).
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Following this the year 2000 would be part of the 90s instead of the 2000s, does that make sense? Who cares about 0 AD we are not living in ancient times.

The 2010s start with 2010, the 2020s with 2020, etc.
 

Mattakuevan

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Oct 25, 2017
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Square Enix or Nintendo, both putting out consistent works in at least the latter half of the decade.
 

ThisIsBlitz21

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Oct 22, 2018
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Just like everyone to keep in mind, that Sony has closed 6 studios this decade. While they've done good, they don't contend for top spot because of this.
 
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