[QUOTE="FoolwithaLancer"]
[QUOTE="rumbalumba"]
uhhh...ND is a success story. in Way of the Warrior, (1994, 3DO), it was going bankrupt that they had themselves and their friends be the characters in the fighting game. but then a year later, PS1 launched and a year after that, in a last bet they released Crash Bandicoot which went on to become the face of the PS1, the first-ever non-Japanese game to sell 500,000+ units in Japan, sold over 6 million+ worldwide.
also, the Crash series are a critical hit among reviewers and gaming magazines. so was the Jak series. and so is the Uncharted series.
the most important part is that, unlike Valve, Naughty Dog's core team conceived the idea of Crash, Jak, and Nathan Drake. not only did they not outsource anything, they pretty much made the game themselves from start to finish.
rumbalumba
So, because they stopped themselves from going bankrupt by getting there **** together, and they made 3 series, while Valve although not always coming up with them has made the games possible, ND is better :?
ND is better because you see how they evolved as a developer. Valve, on the other hand, just made one great game called Half Life and it spawned ideas and mods like Counter Strike, Team Fortress, etc. so in a sense, Valve has technically conceived, what, one series called Half-Life? and the others are from people outside Valve. but then when these games come out, Valve takes all the credit? i doubt people who mention how great Valve is do not even know that these games came from mods. all they see is that Valve logo in the box, which is totally sad and pathetic.
the thing is that, had Counter Strike, Team Fortress, etc. not become popular among the PC crowd, would Valve have hired the guys? doubt so. in fact, everyone practically played Counter Strike much much more than the Half Life MP. and that's why Gabe will never be like Shigeru Miyamoto, because Miyamoto can create games and not just hire people who can. id even say that David Jaffe can create more and better games than Gabe.
again, we are judging ND and Valve as a developer a.k.a. a team that creates games. not publish. i won't consider Valve as a great until i literally see a game that originally came from Valve, not some modders or students. they have a bigger team than ND yet they can't even create an original idea for a game? seriously>
K, so because Not all Valves ideas are theres Naughty Dog can be held to there regard? So.... Can we include Turn 10 as good as ND as well?
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