The infamous “console wars” revolved around three main players for more than two decades: Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox. While all three of these console production companies contributed important to the video game industry, it cannot be denied that some of them excel in specific areas where others are compared to pale.
Nintendo – the oldest and most famous member of this trio – is definitely one of the most important video game companies ever created. Since the age of 80, many developers, designers and artists have repeatedly innovated the entire medium in a way with which direct competitors can not really keep up. As a result, there are many Things Nintendo is doing better than PlayStation and Xbox, The following examples are the best known.
Innovation
Nintendo revolutionized the gaming industry on more than one occasion
It cannot be denied that both Sony and Microsoft have created a fair share in important technological progress that have forever changed video game industry, such as the original PlayStation or Xbox Live (or). However, Nintendo has created even more innovations than these two companies together.
The Original Nes Laid The Groundwork for What and Video Game Home Console Should Be 3D Gaming, The Nintendo Wii Perfected Motion Controls and Introduced the Concept to General Audiences, and so on and so forth. These were such important advances that PlayStation and Xbox eventually tried to replicate them all and we can say that both companies would not be where they are today if it wasn't for Nintendo.
Experimentation
Nintendo tends to risk multiple risks with games and consoles from the first pages
When they first entered the “Console Wars”, Sony and Microsoft developed many experimental video games that had a huge impact on the whole video game industry. However, both companies eventually landed on a particular formula and held it over the years. Most PlayStation and Xbox PlayStation and Xbox are either movie AAA adventure, online multiplayer titles, or live service games (of course with a few exceptions).
Nintendo is known for its colorful and light games that the whole family can enjoy, but it is still much more open experimentation than its competitors, to this day. Old-School Classics as Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, Super Metroid, and Pokemon red and blue were incredibly revolutionary for their time and society is still trying many strange ideas that inspired other developers such as the open world of open world Breath of the Wild or destruction of free radiation Donkey Kong Bananza. The Nintendo tendency to the experiment can even be seen in its more modern hardware, be it the better (such as Nintendo Switch) or for the worse (like Wii U).
Portable
Nintendo dominated the hand market for years
In the early 90s, Nintendo plunged his fingers on the hand game market with the Game & Watch family, but in fact it would revolutionize and popularize portable playing until 1989, when it released the original Game Boy. From that moment on, Big n completely dominated this corner of industry with a collection of successful and innovative portable game systems, such as The Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS.
Even the Nintendo switch had a huge impact because of its hybrid design, which means that Nintendo is still doing progress in portable games to this day, although the manual market mostly died out as a result of a sudden increase in popularity of mobile games. As for the portable video game consoles, neither the PlayStation nor the Xbox really keep up with Nintendo. Sony attempted to release a portable playstation in 2005, which ended as a critical and commercial success, but the dream died shortly after a commercial failure of the direct successor, PlayStation Vita. Interestingly, Xbox has never tried to create its own pocket system, but Microsoft has been directly connected with companies to create modern portable devices (such as Asus Rog Ally or Lenovo Legion Go) compatible with Windows.
Consistent IPS of the first party
What would Nintendo be without Mario, Zelda, Pokémon and everyone else?
When someone buys a Nintendo console, they most likely do it because they want to play many first -party titles. Franchise as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Super Smash Bros., and Pokemon They were directly responsible for the critical and commercial success of multiple Nintendo systems. Meanwhile, consumers may always be sure that they will be able to use these systems to experience entertaining, ambitious and/or a revolutionary new entry from any of these classic franchises.
Of course, the PlayStation and Xbox have their fair share of the loved IP of the first party, but they were not as consistent or reliable as Nintendo. PlayStation still focuses on every generation: PS1 had Crash Bandicoot and Spyro dragPS2 had Ratchet & Clank and The god of warPS3 had Uncharted and InfamousPS4 had Horizon, Marvel's Spider-Man, and The god of war Reboot etc. Xbox, on the other hand, has less franchise to his name and his more popular, as they are as Halo or Gears of War, They were very inconsistent in terms of their quality, especially in recent years.
Brings back old franchises
Nintendo eventually puts the franchise back, no matter how much time has passed
Due to changes in trends and technology, many beloved game franchises remained and slowly disappeared to unclear. While all three console manufacturers are guilty, Nintendo tends to bring back the old IP more often than the other two. It has been seen very recently, since Donkey Kong Bananza is the first new Donkey Kong Game in more than ten years. Big n did it many times at another time over the last decade, like when it brought back Star Fox, Famicom Detective Club, Advance Wars, Metroid, And many others. If all of this was not enough, all these classic franchises are still relevant according to their inclusion in Super Smash Bros. series.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, PlayStation was strongly criticized for ownership of the rights to more loved franchise, which has not released a new game in decades like as Medievil, Ape escape, Sly Cooper, How & Daxter, Bloodborne, And many others. Fortunately Astro shoe It seems to have inspired Sony to revive many of these IPs, so it can change in the near future. Xbox, however, is even worse than PlayStation, because today this brand is usually known for Game Pass, Halo, and Gears of War, While many of his classic franchises on the first pages-like BLINX, Fantom Dust, Banjo-Cazooi, or Conker– He has released new games in almost twenty years.
Development
Nintendo develops its own games instead of relying only on other studios
All three companies directly developed their own games at the very beginning of the “console wars”, but Nintendo is the only one that still does it today, because it has several internal studies under its wing, which forms the so -called Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development (or EPD). Of course, the company is still working with many other separate studies such as Retro Studios, Camelot, Monolith Soft software planning, and more and their repeated cooperation has led to a number of high quality video games.
Nintendo has achieved a perfect balance between the development of its own games and let other studios shoot at its beloved franchises, while Sony and Microsoft almost exclusively rely on their subsidiary. In 2005, Sony Interactive Entertainment was rebranded to Japan's studio and in 2021 closed and the most important exclusive exclusive PlayStation is now being developed by a naughty dog, insomniac games, Gueril Games, Santa Monica Studio, etc. The fact that they occur in all devils that develop on the first development that occur on the first development that occurs on the first development that occurs above the latest studies that come first, which is the first on the first tenth. Like Ninja theory, obsidian entertainment, urge to games, double fine production and many others.
Colorful games with unique artistic styles
Nintendo does not care about graphic loyalty as well as competition
During the dawn of the new generation console, PlayStation and Xbox usually try to attract consumers to buy their latest system by showing how strong they are and how realistic they are graphics of their games. Needless to say, it is always quite impressive, but some people do not really care about realism in the games and Nintendo is very well aware of it.
Since his consoles are always a bit behind the hardware power, Nintendo cleverly prefers games with different artistic styles and an interesting artistic direction, instead of trying to push her hardware to operate hyperrealist graphics. Compared to its competition, it is always very refreshing and helps to excel in Nintendo exclusive titles. Some prominent recent examples of this philosophy include Breath of the Wild and Tears of the kingdom stunning hand -painted artistic style, Donkey Kong Bananza's Beautiful style of artistic style and appearance of many inspired anime Fire and Chronicle xenoblade games.
Online presentation
Neither State of Play nor Xbox Games Showcase did not match Nintendo Direct
There are many reasons why E3 has died in recent years (some internal and some external), but if there is one entity that can be partially accused of extinction, it is Nintendo and its brilliant Nintendo Direct series. When these online presentations first began in 2011, Big n has shown that game companies can take control of their own video game announcements without having to worry about the unpredictability of live programs on stage or having to pay another company for broadcasting time.
Nintendo controls the revolution as the video games are announced and launched, and Sony and Microsoft eventually tried to replicate their success, although it both took a surprising number of years. PlayStation now has its own series of online presentations known as State of Play and Xbox has the so -called Xbox Games Showcase. Although both are always interesting to watch, neither of them match Nintendo Direct in terms of consistency, structure, stimulation, quality and hype.
