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Which Publisher And/Or Dev Had The Best Output This Gen?
- Thread starter Z-Beat
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Bethesda had Dishonored 2, Prey, DOOM 16 and DOOM Eternal.
Capcom had RE2, RE7, MHW, MM11 and DMC 5.
I'd say both Bethesda and Capcom
Capcom had RE2, RE7, MHW, MM11 and DMC 5.
I'd say both Bethesda and Capcom
Dev: From Software (Bloodbone, DS3, Sekiro)
Publisher: Sony (Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, The Last Guardian, Horizon, Resogun, Driveclub, Uncharted The Lost Legacy, God of War, Gran Turismo Sport, Dreams, Astro Bot)
Publisher: Sony (Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, The Last Guardian, Horizon, Resogun, Driveclub, Uncharted The Lost Legacy, God of War, Gran Turismo Sport, Dreams, Astro Bot)
FROM is the answer, always.FromSoftware
Publisher-wise: Bethesda Softworks
You forgot about the GOATFromSoftware. Banger after banger with no end in sight.
Publisher-wise: Bethesda Softworks
nintendo, as yooj.
annapurna has also been an excellent publisher considering how new they are. they rarely miss.
annapurna has also been an excellent publisher considering how new they are. they rarely miss.
Nintendo put out like 20 games last year and were still amongst the highest ranking publishers on MC. Can't really compete with that on quantity and quality. A lot of publishers already mentioned ITT have years where they only release half a dozen games and not even good ones at that.
Its between Fromsoftware and Capcom for me. Fromsoftware is more consistent and Capcoms output is wildly varied so ill give it to Capcom since yes they had a very strong 2nd half.
Developer- CDPRED. Witcher 3 is my game of the gen (closely followed by Age of Empires 2 HD), so enough said.
Publisher- Focus Home Interactive bankrolled a ton of really varied games that all had something interesting to them. Dunno if they're objectively "the best", but they are certainly the most interesting publisher this gen. The Council, Vampyr, Plague Tale, GreedFall, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada games, The Surge Games, Callo of Cthulhu, Anima: Gate of memories, The Technomancer, World War Z, Seasons after the Fall, Shiness: the lightning Kingdom, the Styx games... I don't think there's another publisher who can boast such a variety of solid, albeit not all amazing titles.
Publisher- Focus Home Interactive bankrolled a ton of really varied games that all had something interesting to them. Dunno if they're objectively "the best", but they are certainly the most interesting publisher this gen. The Council, Vampyr, Plague Tale, GreedFall, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada games, The Surge Games, Callo of Cthulhu, Anima: Gate of memories, The Technomancer, World War Z, Seasons after the Fall, Shiness: the lightning Kingdom, the Styx games... I don't think there's another publisher who can boast such a variety of solid, albeit not all amazing titles.
FromSoftware. Banger after banger with no end in sight.
Publisher-wise: Bethesda Softworks
hell yeah to the Bethesda .
They're tied for my favorite publisher along with Sony
Yeah, on the dev front it is quite easy with the answer being FromSoft. I don't think any other dev team matches their output with how much quality each title has.
Hard to argue against From as a dev........and Sony's games speak for themselves this gen with TLOU Pt.II and Ghost of Tsushima still to come,crazy stuff!
I really think Sony may struggle to match their output from this gen on PS5.
I really think Sony may struggle to match their output from this gen on PS5.
Sony took a giant leap in my book this gen. Always owned PlayStation consoles but I never found them among the absolute top publishers in the biz. Not just the big titles but many less talked about games were fantastic too: Blood & Truth, Déraciné, Gravity Rush 2, Concrete Genie, Tearaway, Until Dawn + Rush of Blood, Ratchet & Clank 2016 (which essentially is a new game), No Heroes Allowed VR and Shadow of the Beast. All great games and many of them fairly unique too.
The Capcom comeback has been absolutely insane too and Bethesda started the gen very strongly. FromSoft also continues to deliver the industry's absolute best games.
Those are the absolute standouts to me. Plenty of great games from others too though.
Edit: gotta say Microsoft deserves a shoutout too. They revolutionized the Arcade Racing genre with the Forza Horizon series, they released two of the absolute best Metroidvanias with Ori and they made the most fun open world super hero game this gen in Sunset Overdrive. Gears and Halo also continued with solid entries and they have a few gems like ReCore, Quantum Break and Dead Rising 3.
The Capcom comeback has been absolutely insane too and Bethesda started the gen very strongly. FromSoft also continues to deliver the industry's absolute best games.
Those are the absolute standouts to me. Plenty of great games from others too though.
Edit: gotta say Microsoft deserves a shoutout too. They revolutionized the Arcade Racing genre with the Forza Horizon series, they released two of the absolute best Metroidvanias with Ori and they made the most fun open world super hero game this gen in Sunset Overdrive. Gears and Halo also continued with solid entries and they have a few gems like ReCore, Quantum Break and Dead Rising 3.
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Best Developer? I'd give it to FromSoft. Dark Souls 2 and Scholar of the First Sin, Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, Sekiro. All excellent games.
Best Publisher? Sony, pretty easily. Death Stranding. Bloodborne. Horizon: Zero Dawn. Spider-Man. God of War. Uncharted 4. Detroit: Become Human. The Last of Us 2. Dreams. The GT games. Until Dawn. Hopefully Ghosts of Tsushima will belong on this list. Plus there are other games (Ratchet and Clank, inFamous: Second Son, etc.).
Second Choice is Capcom for developer and Bethesda for publisher, although that last one feels wrong because some of the lows are so damn low it feels disqualifying.
Best Publisher? Sony, pretty easily. Death Stranding. Bloodborne. Horizon: Zero Dawn. Spider-Man. God of War. Uncharted 4. Detroit: Become Human. The Last of Us 2. Dreams. The GT games. Until Dawn. Hopefully Ghosts of Tsushima will belong on this list. Plus there are other games (Ratchet and Clank, inFamous: Second Son, etc.).
Second Choice is Capcom for developer and Bethesda for publisher, although that last one feels wrong because some of the lows are so damn low it feels disqualifying.
Developer: From Software
Publisher: Devolver Digital.
Honorable mentions: Annapurna Interactive, Capcom
Publisher: Devolver Digital.
Honorable mentions: Annapurna Interactive, Capcom
Sony, Nintendo and Devolver Digital for best publisher. They each offer something different so I can't say one is better than the other.
Developer: whichever dev team makes the Assassin's Creed games (Ubisoft I guess).
Developer: whichever dev team makes the Assassin's Creed games (Ubisoft I guess).
nintendo's three years have been better than sony's almost seven years
annapurna has the best track record of just releasing amazing game after amazing game
annapurna has the best track record of just releasing amazing game after amazing game
Publisher: nintendo, ubisoft, sony and bethesda they really knocked it out of the park this generation
Dev: Capcom. (They're back....(baby))
Dev: Capcom. (They're back....(baby))
Sony and Nintendo for publisher - Sony especially because it really feels like their published games as a whole took a step up this generation in quality and in sales.
Devs: Not a huge fan of From games but they have put out consistently quality titles this generation. Naughty Dog as well if they manage to nail TLoU2 will have had quality content throughout as well (even if their approach to UC4 is somewhat divisive).
Devs: Not a huge fan of From games but they have put out consistently quality titles this generation. Naughty Dog as well if they manage to nail TLoU2 will have had quality content throughout as well (even if their approach to UC4 is somewhat divisive).