Six. Three Marathon games, and three Myth games.

darn!…..you beat me to it Veritas…..
but it doesn’t even matter. I wasnt’ talking about historical stuff they’ve DONE. I was refering to what they are DOING.

And because they are “doing” ONE decent game of note, that makes them one of the best companies out there?

If that was the criteria, Rockstar would be the greatest in the world. Or Bioware.

One game does not a company make. If we’re purely talking about the present, that is.

Number13, whatever your thoughts re: Halo may be, you have to admit one thing:

The game will sell by the boat load.
These COMPANIES are out to make money from their wares. This company, Bungie, WILL make tons of money from this ONE game. More so than most other dev houses will from a year’s worth of title.

Quality over quantity, right?

and you say I’m a blizzard fanboi! hah!

i disagree with your quality over quantity argument. re: one hit wonders with music. Tommy Tutone, jenny, 8675309. Great song. Not a great artist.

I never said you were a blizzard fanboy. It was just a playful jab because I know you enjoy WoW. Don’t take it so personal. I may not like the game myself, but I admire the way that company has been able to assert themselves as a dominant gaming company in an emerging genre (MMOs).

NOTE: Blizzard have but ONE quality MMO on the market, not dozens of them. Quality trumps quantity, time and time again.

I agree with the aspect of quality over quantity, but I still say that having just one quality game of note (and I lump sequels in the series into one, tbh, because there’s not THAT much difference) doesn’t make you one of the top companies in the world.

It’s like music, isn’t it? The best bands tend to sell a lot less than the cheesy manufactured cloned shite (EA, if you will), but the purists prefer them. It doesn’t mean the little indie record labels are the best in the world, it just means they attract a more hardcore fanbase.

If y’get my drift?

I don’t know how fair it is to compare music and the games industry. I think you’d be better off comparing movies and games. One movie can come out and dominate the box office (i.e. The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Spiderman) for a long while, then that turns into a series. Those studios ARE the best in the world, for those brief moments. They’re the most noteworthy, and if they continue making quality products, they will most assuredly reach the very top.

Nobody said that being the best had to be a permanent thing, after all. It’s okay to say Bungie is one of the best -right now- because of their blockbuster series, along with Rockstar, Valve, Blizzard, what have you.

Besides, I think the criteria for “the best” is and always has been a lot of opinion. If you want to set criteria, that’d probably have to be something determined by majority rule, and thus those million-copy sellers would be the best.

well said.

Thank you. =]

Paul, no one likes some of their policies re:DLC and other stuff, but consider:

- Licences. And plenty of them. I want to play with actual NFL teams and players. I want to play with actual Premiership, Spanish leaugue (im not even going to TRY and spell it), Dutch leagues etc….They have Nascar, Golf, Basketball, Hockey, Rugby. These games aren’t my cup of tea, but they sell.

- The Sims. 8 sqamillion copies sold worldwide.

- and….a 15.8 Billion dollar market cap. is pretty impressive.

Say what you want, but this company is good at making games that sell.

http://www.stockhouse.com...ymbol=ERTS&table=LIST

And the cigarette companies are good at making products that sell, too. =P

Mass, I totally see where you are coming. EA have developed some awesome games in the past. The whole Sims 1 series and games like Command and Conquer 3 are really damn good.

Yeah, I know they have to buy the licenses, and that’s cool. But they could really ease up a little with DLC. Even just a tad. Tiny bit.

Also, the Spanish football league is “La Liga”, I believe (in English it means “The League”).