So, WHAT DEVELOPER PERFORMED THE BEST THIS DECADE?

Rockstar.

GTA3 was the defining game of last gen and they released Vice City and San Andreas, both of which were met with some serious critical acclaim. GTA4 was pretty good too.

Blizzard wins with WoW alone.

Caps lock is a good way to get attention:P

Rockstar & activision-Blizzard

Valve is a no-brainer. I'd also say Bungie since they debuted last decade, and when you look at it now, they are now moving onwards to another installment for this decade.

This decade is 11 months old. Jus' saying ;)

Rockstar, GTA and RDR are awesome.

Nintendo, there's really no way to debate this. They have by far the highest count of AA and AAA games, and tie for the highest number of AAAA games (1, tied with Rockstar and Kojima Productions). At Metacritic they have two games with a 97, one with a 95, 93, 90, 89, 3 87s, an 85 and many others in the low AA range... and that's just their console work. On the DS they have a 91, 3 90s, an 89, 88, 6 87s, and beyond that there are so many Nintendo deved 80-86s I'm gonna cut it off there.

I dare you to find any dev with even close to that many high scoring games.

This decade is 11 months old. Jus' saying ;)

felipebo

This decade is 11 months old. Jus' saying ;)

felipebo

Do you mean last decade?

I want to say Bungie as well, if only because they managed to establish a franchise almost as big as Nintendo's big titles and in a fraction of the time. But I think the Halo train went hard for the first half of the decade, moreso than the latter half. Already by Halo 3, the popularity was ceding to Call of Duty. Maybe because I was younger then and was really wrapped up in the hype, but it seemed to me the Halo 2 launch was the highlight of that run.

Caps lock is a good way to get attention:P

Rockstar & Blizzard

DroidPhysX

Retro Studios

Revived Metroid and Donkey Kong. Major props.

This decade is 11 months old. Jus' saying ;)

felipebo

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Caps lock is a good way to get attention:P

Rockstar & Blizzard

JohnF111

Joke thread? Bungie.

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This decade is 11 months old. Jus' saying ;)

Silverbond

the new decade began in 2000(1), and include 2001(2), 2002(3), 2003(4), 2004(5), 2005(6), 2006(7), 2007(8), 2008(9), 2009(10)

10 years = decade, and Decades start on XX00, XX10, XX20, XX30, XX40, XX50, XX60, XX70, XX80, XX90

This decade is 11 months old. Jus' saying ;)

I agree with what the majority here are saying which is Rockstar. With the huge phenomena with GTA3 and on they're now among the best game studios in the world.

[QUOTE="Silverbond"][QUOTE="felipebo"]

This decade is 11 months old. Jus' saying ;)

Diviniuz

four choices actually:

Nintendo

Blizzard

Activition

Rockstar

Love them or hate them, they've dominated this decade.

[QUOTE="Diviniuz"][QUOTE="Silverbond"] No... this decade is getting ready to end.wstfld

Not at all, really. But I'm afraid this is moving off-topic.

The simple fact of the matter is there wasn't a year zero between 1 BCE and 1 CE. So year 1 + 1000 more years = 1001 = new millennium. 1001 + 1000 more years = 2001 = new millennium.

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This decade is 11 months old. Jus' saying ;)

Silverbond

This decade is 11 months old. Jus' saying ;)

[QUOTE="wstfld"][QUOTE="Diviniuz"] By saying that you are saying the new millennium didn't start in the year 2000 Silverbond

Not at all, really. But I'm afraid this is moving off-topic.

The simple fact of the matter is there wasn't a year zero between 1 BCE and 1 CE. So year 1 + 1000 more years = 1001 = new millennium. 1001 + 1000 more years = 2001 = new millennium.

Please tell me you're joking.

[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"][QUOTE="Silverbond"] No... this decade is getting ready to end.Silverbond

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[QUOTE="wstfld"] Or that 1990 was a part of the 80s. wstfld

Not at all, really. But I'm afraid this is moving off-topic.

The simple fact of the matter is there wasn't a year zero between 1 BCE and 1 CE. So year 1 + 1000 more years = 1001 = new millennium. 1001 + 1000 more years = 2001 = new millennium.

Please tell me you're joking.

Rockstar but Bioware also deserves a mention

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[QUOTE="wstfld"] Or that 1990 was a part of the 80s. wstfld

Not at all, really. But I'm afraid this is moving off-topic.

The simple fact of the matter is there wasn't a year zero between 1 BCE and 1 CE. So year 1 + 1000 more years = 1001 = new millennium. 1001 + 1000 more years = 2001 = new millennium.

Please tell me you're joking.

I'd love to hear why I'm wrong. Oh wait... :o

[QUOTE="Silverbond"][QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]It just started.OreoMilkshake

That's incorrect.

According to the Gregorian Calendar (the internationally accepted calendar, ISO 8601, Section 3.2.1) there wasn't a year zero. So the next decade doesn't start 'til 2011.

[QUOTE="Silverbond"][QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]It just started.OreoMilkshake

21st century.

Lots of developers did well this decade, didn't they?

To me the decade ended in 2009.

Anyways hard to pick between: Rockstar, Nintendo, Bungie, Valve and Blizzard.

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[QUOTE="Silverbond"]

Not at all, really. But I'm afraid this is moving off-topic.

The simple fact of the matter is there wasn't a year zero between 1 BCE and 1 CE. So year 1 + 1000 more years = 1001 = new millennium. 1001 + 1000 more years = 2001 = new millennium.

Silverbond

Please tell me you're joking.

I'd love to hear why I'm wrong. Oh wait... :o

Blizzard. You win by default if you make your game a drug.Sajo7

Blizzard. You win by default if you make your game a drug.Sajo7

Cause its more addicting than any other game out there right?

But I agree. Blizzard wins by default.

Nintendo, they have made some amazing games, not to mention the fact that they won 3 GS GOTY and 1 GS AAAE, they are no doubt the best dev this decade.

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[QUOTE="wstfld"]

Please tell me you're joking.

wstfld

I'd love to hear why I'm wrong. Oh wait... :o

[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]

[QUOTE="Silverbond"] It didn't for reasons already stated above.The_RedLion

That's incorrect.

According to the Gregorian Calendar (the internationally accepted calendar, ISO 8601, Section 3.2.1) there wasn't a year zero. So the next decade doesn't start 'til 2011.

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[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]To the rescue.

On topic: Last decade, I played so many different developer's games that it's hard to say.

Diviniuz

That's incorrect.

According to the Gregorian Calendar (the internationally accepted calendar, ISO 8601, Section 3.2.1) there wasn't a year zero. So the next decade doesn't start 'til 2011.