Poll: Who Is Your Favorite Developer?

[watchman 2353]

Hello,
This has probably been done many times before, but who is your favorite software developer? I know that my list is not complete, so if you have someone not on the list post it. My favorite developers are Valve and Bioware.

 

[Teh_Doomage]

Bethesda....I loved my Daggerfall lots.

 

[Space Spoons]

For me, it's a tossup between Valve and Bungie. I love Valve's devotion to it's fanbase, and Bungie has always been great about bonus content and the like.

 

[Fronken]

Nintendo easily for me (pre-Wii eras), seeing as its what i grew up with and what i love most about gaming.

 

[The Poet]

For me it's a tossup between Valve and Ubisoft. Both have series I love.

 

[watchman 2353]

P.S. I voted for valve

 

[SeaCalMaster]

I'd have to go with Valve. I have yet to be disappointed with anything they've done. Epic would probably be second, although that's mostly nostalgia.

 

[Kurenai_X]

Konami, for the castlevania series~

 

[xitel]

Bethesda. I like Valve as a company, but I like Bethesda as a developer.

 

[axia777]

Yah, no Blizzard? Star Dock? There is a lot to be desired about that list!

 

[SwiftFlux]

What game has Valve created that has ever let it's fans down? Seriously. There's no answer to that

 

[Boonesbane]

My top 3 go Nintendo, Valve, Blizzard.

 

[black lincon]

seriously wheres blizzard, I don't care about WoW but the diablo, warcraft(RTS) and starcraft franchises are some of the best in the world.

But a close second for me(also not on the list) is Namco, for Pac-man, Galaxia, and my all time favorite game tales of Symphonia. Also when they became Namco-Bandai for the Soul Caliber series.

 

[runtheplacered]

Yeah this isn't really one of those topics that needs to be a poll, since there's a million different developers. Although, with that said, Valve did get my vote.

 

[Pyrrian]

Origin, Bullfrog, Westwood... all former EA city-states. Not that they make games anymore, and a large part of the reason is that EA ran them into the ground. Still, since it's the only option that sort of encompasses those companies... I might as well vote for it. You'll all know the one voter for that option had a good reason, at least.

Besides, EA put out Fight Night, so I wouldn't really mind voting for them, anyhow.

 

[Sketchy]

Valve without even trying. I do love my Steam.

 

[The Wooster]

Black mother fucking Isle.

 

[SimuLord]

Unnecessary and limited polls make the baby Jesus cry. Where's Paradox Interactive? How about the Creative Assembly? I refuse to answer the poll when Bethesda (my favorite on that particular list) comes out no better than third.

 

[data_not_found]

Lucas arts

 

[mark_n_b]

Atlus

I know that my list is not complete, so if you have someone not on the list post it.

This gets me. Why would you even make a poll knowing that it wouldn't be complete and that there is a very likely possibility that people would have responses that don't correspond to the options you've put down.

My number one criticism for including polls with questions like that. The list is fairly random to top it off, it's not the largest 8 developers, its not the most successful 8 developers, nor is it the 8 developers with the most games on the market (No Blizzard, No Sega, etc.)

Given that Blizzard developed one of the most played and purchased games in history, it should be on the list, and Radical is a developer releasing one of the most anticipated games for 2009, it should be on the list. and the cavalier attitude towards EA (i.e. not really considering the EA development brand) should take BioWare (rightfully known as BioWare EA) off the list.

But now I'm being glib. Point being: no polls to open ended questions like this.