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Consumers. Both companies consistently pushed the envelope and produced dozens of fantastic titles because of it.

Now look at them. Sega produces absolute slop like Yakuza, Bandai Namco doesn't produce anything at all.

>>10037210
>Now look at them. Sega produces absolute slop like Yakuza, Bandai Namco doesn't produce anything at all.

Sad! Many such cases!

>>10037218
Konami was unironically ruined by Kojima and MGS. Every classic IP you associate with Konami in the 80-90s was put on halt to fund "important" projects like MGS4/5.

>>10037210
>Bandai Namco doesn't produce anything at all
Nigger what?

>>10037228
You heard me.

>>10037234
So do these 38 games exist?

>>10037224
>Konami was unironically ruined by Kojima and MGS

I hate Kojima so much it's unreal

>>10036941
They're both still around and still make console and arcade games. Hard to declare a real winner

>>10036941
Namco dominated the 80s and did really well in the 90s. They pioneered a lot of things people think Sega was responsible for.
I like both companies though.

I'm a Namco fan myself, despite the (((founder))). Their 80s catalog is like concentrated vidya essence in its purest form. Sega titles always seemed flashier but lacking in soul and creativity by comparison.

>>10037539
>Sega titles always seemed flashier but lacking in soul and creativity by comparison.
Depends. Sega had a small handful of god-tier classics like OutRun and Crazy Taxi. I think they're both great.

>>10036941
Sega.

>>10036941
They're both great, but I always preferred Sega's games.

>>10037224
To be fair, Konami didn't have that many huge sellers except for MGS and maybe Pro Evolution. Castlevania is a very prestigious series, but most games couldn't surpass the million in sales except for specific titles like SOTN, Lords of Shadow... Guess the same happened with Contra, Goemon, Suikoden, Gradius...

>>10037539
At one point, Namco was supposed to merge with Nintendo,but the government said no

>>10036941
They all lost considering how dead arcades are

>>10037503
>They pioneered a lot of things people think Sega was responsible for.

Namco is much more respected in Japan. The thing is that Namco really did not succeed at marketing itself well outside of the Japan, not even on the same level as Capcoml or Konami, despite being far more inventive and influencial.

>>10036941
Nintendo should buy Namco

>>10036941
TAD Corporation.

>>10037632
I've never heard that. What's your source? I know they tried to merge with Sega and Square

>>10036941

Commercially, Namco made Pacman, which was the highest grossing arcade game of all time, but it was licensed in the US by Midway; who also produced Mortal Kombat I and II, NBA Jam, Ms. Pacman and Space Invaders. So, I'd say they won.

Sega - depending on what top 10 you go for - barely even makes the top 10. Most are Atari, Midway and Nintendo (Donkey Kong and Street Fighter) games.

That said - in later years Sega arcade games were the ones I probably ended up playing the most (House of the Dead, Crazy Taxi, Sega Rally Championship), but it was very much at a time when arcades were starting to die.

>>10036941
Pointless contest because Namco used Sega hardware

namco wins because of tekken and point blank. cant even think of a sega arcade game off the top of my head but im sure there are plenty of good ones

Sega must have sold a billion Golden Axe units alone. I don't think I ever spent more than a few bucks on arcade Tekken machines knowing there would be a faithful home version soon.

>>10038849
No Tekken port is faithful to the arcade.

>>10038849
this same argument works against goldenaxe anon

>>10036941
SEGA CHADZ
>>10037210
Sega still winning.
>>10037224
this.
>>10037228
all shit games.
>>10037539
Sega owned the 90s
>>10037585
>>10037585
based.
>>10037603
correct.

>>10038851
You're right, they're usually better

>>10036941

Sega.

>>10036941
Segas arcade games were all gimmicks and>>10036941
style with no substance. Namco's arcade catalog is deeper and more diverse than Sega's.

>>10036941
The audience.

>>10037539
>I'm a Namco fan myself, despite the (((founder))
As opposed to Sega's founders?

>>10036941
Capcom

>>10039175

>Outrun
>Daytona USA
>Sega Rally
>Virtua Cop
>Super Hang On
>Space Harrier
>Virtua Fighter 1-2
>Shinobi
>style over substance

truly incredible some of the things you read on /vr/

>>10039194
Nice list of gimmick games. Thanks for proving me right

>>10039198

Are the gimmick games in the room with us right now?

>>10037228
They are very lazy compared to the past.
Nothing new about Tales' future after Arise. Pre-8th gen we had 12 of those for handhelds and a shit ton for the home consoles. Absolute dead desert these days.
Tekken 8 took way too long to come out. I know it's common these days to have one fightan run the format for several years (and i like that, i still really enjoy T7) but having alternative formats would really help out to take off the competitive burden. We had 3 Tekken games for the PSOne, 3 for the PS2, 2 for the PS3 and only one for the PS4.
They made one single Pac-Man remaster and then called it a day for the franchise.
Not a single word about their anime-style games like God Eater, Code Vein or Scarlet Nexus
They got really lazy lately

Does namco have big arcades in akihabara?

>>10041105
Pretty soon no one will arcadesperg

>>10040880
>They are very lazy compared to the past.
And the other aren't? Exactly how many Sega games are from their own internal devs? What has Taito -hell Konami have made since the past decade?

>>10041216
Yes nigger, this is literally the point being made.
All these companies are husks.

>>10040880
With Ridge Racer dead, Ace Combat is pretty much the last remnant of soul left in Namco sadly.

>>10041216
Unfortunately they are. Square was the last one with a huge line-up covering all areas of the industry (AAA, AA, Indie-like, Smart Phones). But they found their sales to be miserable so it sounds like they are scrapping their AA productions for NFT's. Sega is on a Yakuza trip, Konami still couldn't make their comeback yet and Namco has nothing else going for it outside of Tekken 8 and some licensed Anime games.

>>10036941
Well Namco had Tekken while Sega had... Virtua Fighter kek

>>10036941
NAMCOT

>>10038851
okay so maybe the fighters were missing a couple finger gaps. It's been infinitely closer to the arcade version than any 16-bit port of a fighter ever was.