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Companies that have fallen from grace since their retro prime.

>Sega
>Nintendo
>Sony
>Capcom
>Konami
>Square
>Natsume
>Treasure
>Imagineer

>> No.724306

>Nintendo

While I sometimes wonder what the fuck Nintendo is doing with some of their marketing decisions and handling of the Wii U, I think that out of any console maker today they best understand that consoles have always been and always should be about games. I also think the 3DS is a pretty damned good handheld.

but like, that's just my opinion, man

>> No.724304

>treasure
What, why?

>> No.724316

>SNK
>Id Software (Fuck RAGE)

>> No.724327

>Quintet
>LucasArts
>Sierra

>> No.724336

>>724304
What was the last relevant game they made? I never see anyone talking about their post-Dreamcast offerings.

>> No.724339

>>724304
How long has it been since they released a new IP? I wouldn't it be surprised if Treasure has been reduced to a three dudes in a basement chugging out Bleach cash-ins.

>> No.724360

>Shiny

>> No.724363

>>724336
Welp, I completely forgot Code of Princess was made by their former employees.
Gradius V and Sin and Punishment... in 2008.
I know what you mean.

>> No.724372

Man, looking at all these fallen developers.. -it just makes me wonder what companies have risen from the ashes.

>> No.724376

>Sting
>Game Arts

>> No.724392

>>724372
EA....... lol

>Atari
>Activision

>> No.724398

>Rare

Big time.

>> No.724408

Okay, since I'm noticing a trend here, what companies have gotten BETTER since pre-2000?

>> No.724415

>Delphine
>Love-de-Lic
>Sunsoft

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724418

>>724291
>>sony

What? They're in the top 2 console companies in (at least) the west, not sure about the rest of the world but I'm guessing Sony's pretty prominent there too.

>> No.724425

>>724306
Nintendo isn't playing to the competition anymore. It's a blessing and a curse.

On one hand, they're putting out innovative technology and games, most of them good. On the other, some of it isn't practical. My 3ds hurts my eyes about 20 minutes into the game, and I have to position it exactly right to have the full effect.

Nintendo has been returning to their roots and it's paying off.

>Crapcom
>SquareShit
What hath God wrought?

>> No.724429

>>724418
Lots of these companies are still around, they just make nothing but shit games.

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724439

>>724429
Yes, that's why they're still around

>> No.724445

>Hudson
>Data East

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724448

All of them.

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724449

Square Enix really, REALLY isn't that bad these days, as far as the rest of these companies go. They're a rock solid publisher and their first party offerings aren't that bad either. FFXIII, for one, was shat on by every imaginable angle but really wasn't even a quarter as bad as i was expecting. Probably a bad FF, but not a bad game by any stretch.

>> No.724456

>Human Entertainment

>> No.724460

>>724448
> Gaki no Tsukai
Aww yiss, nigga.

>> No.724472

>Novotrade/Appaloosa
Jaws Unleashed killed the company... lol

>> No.724486

>>724306
I like the Wii U, regardless of how impractical it can be

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724496

>>724486

IMO the Wii U is the only new console I'd consider buying

Sega

>> No.724513

>Industry hatebonering
>>>/v/

>> No.724516

>>724496
But they just announced the new Sonic game will have new friends...

>> No.724518

>>724449
>destroys their most beloved property's reputation with pointless spin-offs (ffvii)
>keeps pumping out sequels to their least acclaimed mainline FF title (ffxiii)
>ousted friggin' Sakaguchi
>Matsuno fled the place after they worked him to death
>continues to port FFIV up the ass

Square-Enix is merely wearing the skinned hide of the company it used to be. They're all about dem jewgolds now. All the company's visionaries have either quit or been promoted to figurehead positions - positions that allow little input into the actual games.

>> No.724519

>>724518
Take it to /v/.

>> No.724528

>>724518
Jesus Christ, the number of times they've ported FF1.... MSX, WS, GBA, PS1, PSP... I've lost count

>> No.724535

>>724518
> Crisis Core
> pointless
> FFXIII is hotcakes in japan
> complaning about ports
RUINED FOREVER etc.

>> No.724541

>>724535
I don't understand how people in glorious nippon like FF13 in any sense.
Then again, these are the people who play mmo's the most, so there must be a correlation.

>> No.724542

>>724519
>take it to /v/

Someone apparently wants to keep their retro-vidya-wash-basin sparkly clean. and lol, I started a thread about this months ago in /v/, and barely managed to get five replies. The people there don't care about legacy.

>> No.724548

>>724516

It saddens me

>> No.724549

>>724542
This is an industry hateboner thread and /vr/ was created to stop that shit because it creates shitposting. If you wanna whine about vidya companies, go to /v/.

>> No.724554

>>724549
/vr/ was created to talk about retro games.
Discussing how great retro companies are no longer great you cannot dispute this in most cases is /vr/ material.
If you don't like it, don't take part.

>> No.724560

>>724554
I just don't want this place to become another whiny shitfest like /v/. Talk about positive things.

>> No.724564

>>724549
You realize you're creating more "hate-bonering" by whining. If you'd just sit down, be quiet, and let the thread run its course, it'd be over by now. Otherwise, you can keep up your royal crusade to protect 4chain's last outpost of "pure" thought concerning dem games of your lost childhood - an autist can only do so much.

>> No.724570

>>724564
>an autist can only do so much.
Why does 4chan whine about autism when a good chunk of site is autistic?

>> No.724574

>>724570
cuz its good flame material

>> No.724584

>Cyberconnect
>Bandai

>> No.724585

>Nintendo
I don't like them.
>Sega
Mostly agreed. People laugh at the Shining games now, but the PSP Shining games actually have great battle systems.
>Konami
Konami hasn't really changed, to be honest. They've always been hit or miss. MGS is better now than it was, though.
>Square/Enix, Capcom, SNK
So sad...

Namco's gotten better, at least. Falcom has as well.

>> No.724595

>Konami hasn't really changed, to be honest. They've always been hit or miss. MGS is better now than it was, though.
Konami used to make new IPs like Lagrange Point and Esper Dream. Now every title has to be fucking Metal Gear or Spanish Castlevania.

>> No.724623

>Tecmo
>Vivarium