Board 8 > So for da record, who are the "good guys" amongst video game companies

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redrocket
05/14/18 2:07:06 PM
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There's a lot of talk about "bad guys" in the industry. And there's a lot of fallen heroes. Who still stands on the side of "good?"
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Bane_Of_Despair
05/14/18 2:10:43 PM
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foolmo obviously
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Tom Bombadil
05/14/18 2:11:58 PM
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/50/No_More_Heroes.png/220px-No_More_Heroes.png
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scarletspeed7
05/14/18 2:12:02 PM
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https://imgur.com/QAbAKPT
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ChaosTonyV4
05/14/18 2:16:11 PM
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Swery
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BlackMageJawa
05/14/18 3:18:47 PM
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CD Projekt RED / GOG
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NowItsAngeTime
05/14/18 3:22:08 PM
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Seems like the general rule is the less corporate your company is, the more likely it's 'cool' to like you

But of course you need good games for people to like you in the first place.
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swordz9
05/14/18 3:25:27 PM
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I wanted to say Atlus, but Sega owns them now so I dunno if they count
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Peace___Frog
05/14/18 3:26:02 PM
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Supergiant Games
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KamikazePotato
05/14/18 3:27:02 PM
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The most correct answer is Yoko Taro

Don't care if he isn't a company
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pjbasis
05/14/18 4:08:19 PM
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Konami for mercifully putting bullets into all it's diseased IPs
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LapisLazuli
05/14/18 4:13:07 PM
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swordz9 posted...
I wanted to say Atlus, but Sega owns them now so I dunno if they count


Is SEGA really a problem? Sure they've put out a couple stinkers recently, but in regards to business practices?
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Xiahou Shake
05/14/18 4:14:46 PM
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Good guys off the top of my head are

Sega
Atlus
Platinum
Yoko Taro
CD Projekt RED
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LeonhartFour
05/14/18 4:15:50 PM
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Sega is a villain until they give us Skies of Arcadia HD
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swordz9
05/14/18 4:16:36 PM
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LapisLazuli posted...
swordz9 posted...
I wanted to say Atlus, but Sega owns them now so I dunno if they count


Is SEGA really a problem? Sure they've put out a couple stinkers recently, but in regards to business practices?

I dont think so. It was more I cant say Atlus because they were absorbed than anything else. I mean I think Atlus are still doing their own things even with Sega owning them which is cool
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LOLIAmAnAlt
05/14/18 4:19:30 PM
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There aren't any.
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Peace___Frog
05/14/18 4:20:09 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
Sega is a villain until they give us Skies of Arcadia HD

... actually though
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tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 4:28:24 PM
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Reggie
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Punnyz
05/14/18 4:28:58 PM
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Peace___Frog posted...
LeonhartFour posted...
Sega is a villain until they give us Skies of Arcadia HD

... actually though

actually what, @Peace___Frog
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Peace___Frog
05/14/18 5:37:02 PM
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I'm in agreement
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SmartMuffin
05/14/18 5:39:36 PM
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EA and Activation provide the most joy to the most people, so them probly
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bryans7
05/14/18 5:50:02 PM
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Underleveled
05/14/18 5:58:29 PM
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SmartMuffin posted...
EA and Activation provide the most joy to the most people, so them probly

Isn't EA like almost unanimously considered to be the Big Bad?
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SmartMuffin
05/14/18 6:00:27 PM
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Underleveled posted...
SmartMuffin posted...
EA and Activation provide the most joy to the most people, so them probly

Isn't EA like almost unanimously considered to be the Big Bad?


Yeah well most people don't understand basic economics
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Mac Arrowny
05/14/18 6:06:28 PM
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Atlus has plenty of evil practices, like the streaming thing with Persona 5.
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swordz9
05/14/18 6:12:19 PM
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What streaming thing? If it was stopping people from streaming it I cant say I care because why would I ever want to watch somebody play P5
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Bane_Of_Despair
05/14/18 6:12:56 PM
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Also they backpedaled that super hard after people complained about it
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Wanglicious
05/14/18 6:26:50 PM
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Atlus
xseed
pcubed

as for Sega, they do have some divisions that can be outright evil. whomever is in charge of Shining being the biggest case of it. but they also have some divisions that are very for-the-fans sort of thing, like Yakuza and Project Diva/Miku. overall, good heavily outweighs the bad with them.

for all the shit i can give Nintendo on some practices - most notably related to streamers - when boiled down to what they offer, they definitely live on the side of "the good guys." they're just also very slow at it sometimes too.

uh... does Firaxis count? like yeah, they dropped Beyond Earth like a wet sack of potatoes but outside of that they do have a strong track record of supporting their games.

also surprise mention for Bandai Namco.
i'm not sure they've had any major controversy really. a few minor ones sure but they bring over a ton of anime games, including some Asia releases of the Super Robot Wars series. can't beat that.

(also Platinum Games because they're gods of the action genre and can make a damn good story when they try. but that's probably up there with xseed in the universal praise.)
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CelesMyUserName
05/14/18 6:29:10 PM
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anyone that saves Bayonetta and puts in on track to having a 3rd game objectively can only be described as a "hero"
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bryans7
05/14/18 6:39:28 PM
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Wanglicious posted...
for all the shit i can give Nintendo on some practices - most notably related to streamers - when boiled down to what they offer, they definitely live on the side of "the good guys." they're just also very slow at it sometimes too.


I forgot about all the streaming stuff when I mentioned them since I'm not really into that stuff, that was pretty shitty of them. Like you said, they are just slow in a lot of areas.
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OliviaTremor
05/14/18 6:42:23 PM
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Atlus
Valve (I'm serious)
From Software

And the best of the best by a million bajillion miles

Yacht Club Games
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ZXAdvent_Lucian
05/14/18 6:56:11 PM
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scarletspeed7 posted...
https://imgur.com/QAbAKPT

Those comments make me want to kill myself.
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foolm0r0n
05/14/18 7:18:55 PM
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Almost all big companies are shit. Some indies are good, some are bad.

For example
Bane_Of_Despair posted...
foolmo obviously

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baubeta
05/14/18 7:29:11 PM
#34:


NowItsAngeTime posted...
Seems like the general rule is the less corporate your company is, the more likely it's 'cool' to like you

But of course you need good games for people to like you in the first place.


I dont know. There are plenty of indy devs that tons of people hate.
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Johnbobb
05/14/18 7:42:19 PM
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Naughty Dog was one of the first to come to mind; surprised nobody's mentioned them

Giant Sparrow is quickly becoming my favorite indie team
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Mac Arrowny
05/14/18 7:45:28 PM
#36:


Johnbobb posted...
Naughty Dog was one of the first to come to mind; surprised nobody's mentioned them


Firing Amy Hennig was a pretty dick move.

Wanglicious posted...


also surprise mention for Bandai Namco.
i'm not sure they've had any major controversy really. a few minor ones sure but they bring over a ton of anime games, including some Asia releases of the Super Robot Wars series. can't beat that.


Aren't they to blame for the Dark Souls Remastered PC fiasco?
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OliviaTremor
05/14/18 8:04:46 PM
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If you want to, but that was more of them having noble intentions trying to bring Dark Souls to PC with extra content and just not having the experience or know how to make it work.
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Mac Arrowny
05/14/18 8:06:36 PM
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No, I mean deleting the original Dark Souls from Steam and forcing everyone to buy the new version. Bethesda kinda did a similar thing with Skyrim, but they gave the special edition to everyone who had the original and its DLC for free...
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tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 8:27:24 PM
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Yes that is Bamco. They also held release for Dark Souls III back a week in NA, despite having a fully translated English version available in the Japanese release, for basically no reason. Bamco sucks.
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foolm0r0n
05/14/18 8:44:02 PM
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Johnbobb posted...
Naughty Dog was one of the first to come to mind; surprised nobody's mentioned them

Maybe when they were under 100 people big...
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tazzyboyishere
05/14/18 9:02:20 PM
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ND is evil for allowing what High Impact did to Jak to happen.
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redrocket
05/15/18 1:47:07 AM
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Up
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baubeta
05/15/18 2:02:13 AM
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I think a lot of Nintendo second-party teams are well liked. Intelligent Systems makes tons of great games. Retro is cool. People like Platinum too.
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StealThisSheen
05/15/18 2:36:19 AM
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swordz9 posted...
What streaming thing? If it was stopping people from streaming it I cant say I care because why would I ever want to watch somebody play P5


I mean just because you don't care doesn't mean it wasn't bad practice
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ChaosTonyV4
05/15/18 3:05:11 AM
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...
Swery

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Vlado
05/15/18 3:36:42 AM
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Kojima
Nintendo
CD Projekt Red
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voltch
05/15/18 1:22:01 PM
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Among the bigger companies.....Square-Enix.
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NFUN
05/15/18 2:26:51 PM
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voltch posted...
Among the bigger companies.....Square-Enix.

nope
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swordz9
05/15/18 2:35:23 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
swordz9 posted...
What streaming thing? If it was stopping people from streaming it I cant say I care because why would I ever want to watch somebody play P5


I mean just because you don't care doesn't mean it wasn't bad practice

Fair, but banning streaming is incredibly low on the list for bad things a game company could do for me. Thats something I literally would never ever care about
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NFUN
05/15/18 2:40:08 PM
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you can acknowledge something is bad without it directly affecting you
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