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Forbes lists Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony in there "Most Reputible Companies" list.

Forbes announced there list of the top 200 Most Reputable Companies. Nintendo led the gaming community with the number 6 position. Microsoft was ranked number 30, and Sony ranked number 126 out of 200. Make of it what you will.

OGharryjoysticks5494d ago

it must mean something else now

mint royale5493d ago

Well done Nintendo at number 6. They deserve it for their excellent customer service.

Guitardr855493d ago

I want to make a really good name for myself...so I'm gonna create a console that has more problems than its worth and constantly gives this red ring light that shows I'm bricked....Then I'm gonna say it's not a problem and doesn't exist. That will make me cool and reputible right??!?!!

Guitardr855493d ago

And then to top it off...I'll make an operating system for a PC that sucks ballz and has tons of security leaks and incompatibility issues with every day devices...yeahhhhh!!!

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cmrbe5494d ago

but rather the overall company.

qface645494d ago (Edited 5494d ago )

i looked up the word just to be sure i was thinking about the right word and um WOW microsft is at number 30 seriously WOW

please someone tell me im thinking of a different word
reputible means trust worthy and respected right?

edgeofblade5493d ago

Let's see... company replaces millions of broken 360's at great expense to themselves, subsidizing the hardware costs two, three, four times over on average.

Sounds like pretty awesome customer service to me. Your distrust of Microsoft is clouding your judgement. I think people should be more appreciative that Microsoft proactively replaced these consoles without having a court tell them to do it. That's the free market at its best.

qface645493d ago (Edited 5493d ago )

lets see sounds like you have never actually dealt with their customer service if you ask me

how could you consider them trustworthy if they were they would have never had to do any of those big money loses

and their have been multiple courts that have like the disc scratching thing did they wanna do something about that no?

and don't get me started on the zunes that were failing not just these things there have been more products before

Eddie201015493d ago (Edited 5493d ago )

They did what they were forced to do, not by law, but by the damage the RROD thing would and has done to the image of Microsoft's gaming division, hell it took them a year a and a half to even get around to doing that. I say this because it took them so long to even offer an extended warenty, and they knew there was a problem from the day it was released. Some reports saying they new the problems were there before release. The best thing they could have done is fix the problem early on. Even though it might happen a little less frequently than before it is still a problem now, more than three years after its release. After three years it should not have such a high rate of failure. They have had plenty of time to make the Xbox 360 a stable gaming system.

I have an Xbox 360 and I enjoy the games I play on it, but I am not going to give them credit for something they wouldn't even have to do if they didn't make systems that are faulty.

Tachyon_Nova5494d ago

They should add Forbes to the list

Menchi5494d ago

I'm sorry... O_O

Microsoft, the 30th most respected, and trustworthy company in the world? Really?

The company that has received a dearth of anti-trust cases, has repeatedly been put into doubt on the legality of a number of their practices and is over-all, consistently releasing products of a poor quality, is trustworthy?

What on earth...

heyheyhey5493d ago

my thoughts exactly

rich =/= reputable

edgeofblade5493d ago

Ahem...

The anti-trust cases are a sham... a circus rather than justice in court. If anyone cared to actually look into what a monopoly is, they would realize that you can't just go around calling companies you don't like monopolies.

Eddie201015493d ago (Edited 5493d ago )

Be careful, I got banned for a week for making a similar comment about Microsoft's business practices.

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Why Is No One Making AAA Horror Games Anymore?

Saif from eXputer inquires, "Despite the everlasting popularity of the genre, why hasn't there been a good AAA horror game in a while now?"

Jin_Sakai1d 21h ago

Because the gaming industry is obsessed with live service games.

Cacabunga1d 10h ago

Even FPS are rare nowadays

Rynxie1d 8h ago

Because he touches himself at night to characters like lady Dimitrescu.

Crows901d 5h ago

You're the one still thinking about her

Rynxie1d 5h ago

@crow

Did I give away your secret? It's okay, if you sit on your hand and numb it, you can pretend it's her playing with your little stick.

MaximusPrime_1d 21h ago

Good for me, I have no interests in horror games

-Foxtrot1d 12h ago

Even when they do it's first person trying to copy Outlast, Five Nights, P.T etc

I think the Dead Space / RE2 / RE4 Remake and the Evil Within 2 showed you can have a good story based, third person survival horror game.

jeromeface1d 9h ago

remakes is another good reason

thesoftware7301d 8h ago

Calisto Protocol was also fun with fantastic presentation.

FinalFantasyFanatic1d 1h ago

I feel like we haven't had much in the way of horror games for years, I think it became rare after the PS2/PS3 gen. Maybe i'll pick up that Crow Country that recently came out, that looks good.

Venoxn4g23h ago

Crow Country needs some more love.. and more exposure

Redemption-641d 10h ago

Because outside of a fee games, most don't sell that well

Crows901d 5h ago

So in other words...AAA publishers don't have creativity or passion for games.

CrimsonWing691d 10h ago

Didn’t we have Dead Space Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake last year?

thorstein1d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Among others

And isn't Dying Light 2 a horror game?

Scissorman1d 9h ago

And Alan Wake 2 and Alone in the Dark.

on_line_forever17h ago

I like Alone in the dark but it's not AAA game

richardmmorales1d 1h ago

We also had The Quarry and The Dark Pictures The Devil In Me.

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N64: Recompiled — Creating Native PC Ports Is A Godsend For Game Preservation

"In a time when companies don't care about preserving games, I have high respect for the creators of projects like N64: Recompiled." - Hanzala from eXputer.

gold_drake3d ago

it is, i might be finally able to play Snowboard kids 1 full screen ha.

purple1012d ago

il beat you to the ski-lift,

framerate on snowboard kids was shocking, do you remember./?

talking of shocking framerate and kart racers style games,
Sony had a gem on ps3, with 'Modnation Racers' but again, framerate was so terrible, still fun though, indeed, when is drifting sideways not fun, the answer is never. we have not seen enough of that game, technically some people made race tracks/games in dreams and little big planet etc, but its just not the same,!!! grrrrr

morning rant over.

here, relive some ,memories. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

itBourne2d ago

The load time on ModNation where also excruciatingly long... But man oh man I wish that game took off more, so much fun! Could turn off garbage rubber banding, I had karts with 100's of stickers to design some crazy cool stuff, custom tracks. Fantastic undeappreciated game

gold_drake2d ago

SK1 had a fairly good framerate. sk2 maybe not so much ha

Redgrave2d ago

Some food for thought:

Would you donate your physical copy of a really rare/expensive cartridge (Conkers's BFD, Bomberman 64 Second Attack, Ogre Battle 64, the two Castlevania titles, etc) to those managing this project for the greater good of getting them preserved online for all to experience at some point?

UltimateOwnage2d ago

As long as it meant they never took money from Patreon and invited a DMCA takedown / lawsuit by Nintendo to take it all away. After seeing the whole debacle with Yuzu I now question how long any of these teams can maintain game preservation efforts through emulator development, or otherwise.

franwex2d ago

I mean. They may borrow them…

Profchaos2d ago

Is it realistically needed though I would not personally give anyone my old carts for games that are already persevered and easily available online

Inverno2d ago

The snippet of ray tracing at the end of the og trailer was low-key amazing. I found out thanks to Nerrel who also made a texture pack for MM, and i can't wait to see how much more great this game will be in the near future. With model swaps, ray tracing, retextures, and a more quicker process than decompilation, it's gonna bring new life to N64 games.

Profchaos2d ago

There might need to be a bit of clarification recompilation is not the same as decompilation.

This is basically a container to excite the rom within but allows for all sorts of beat additions and tricks like new lighting effects such as ray tracing to be added.

But decompilation would ultimately be king as it allows for a widespread porting capabilities and uses the assets from games to build a native install for PC or whatever the target system is e.g Mario 64 for PC or sonic mania for psvita / wii

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How EA & Xbox Are Defining Gaming's Bleak Future

Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.

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Profchaos5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.

Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.

If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard

As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights

gold_drake1d 22h ago

i can tell you that the government or any government has our backs on this. the glo al trend goes to digital.

wait until money is digital only. we are already on the way there.