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Pariah said:
To put it more simply: There's never gonna be a "Solid Snake Party" let alone 10 of them. {SNIP} The Sony division has kept re-occurring franchises, but you can't possibly compare them to the Mario phenomenon--And before you bring up: Madden isn't representative as one of the best selling PS games out there; it's name is not automatically associated with Sony like Mario's name is associated with Nintendo.



i agree with parts of that

but a major distinction to note is that nintendo MAKES mario games. they're not just a hardware company, they develop software and own the licenses to a number of franchises, which they are free to mix and match. nintendo titles are also not the only titles that appear on nintendo consoles. in fact, its a small percentage of the overall library.

sony does not make madden or gta or tomb raider. they are games that appear on sony, and sometimes microsoft and nintendo. but playstation doesn't own the licenses of most of these properties. the reason snake wouldn't cross promote with lara croft in a new game is because the licensors generally wouldn't allow it.

if you're comparing software companies, you can't speak with sony vs nintendo -- its capcom vs nintendo, or rockstar vs nintendo


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fire emblem, disaster, brain age, wii sports/play, conker, project hammer, pikmin, nintendogs, animal crossing, baten kaitos, advance / batallion wars, eternal darkness, viewtiful joe, blue, etc.


Aside from Conker, which is from a decade ago, all those other games live under a shadow of Mario mediocrity.



not a single game mentioned relates to mario, or the mario universe, in any way. if you're knocking the quality, thats totally your call, but there's literally no similarilty or references shared between the titles.


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Knutreturns said:
why is this just becoming another "I love sony" vs "I love nintendo" thread?



its a video game thread. it has to!

quite honestly, im not trying to overtly pick on anything or even defend anything, though thats often how it comes across. im just trying to clarify various points of difference in opinions.

plus, i just like the discussion, cuz i loves me the video games, and this is a forum often left empty.

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