The most pointless subjective article ever posted.

Even in the FPS genre, STALKER, Battlefield, Rainbow Six, and Far Cry are a few of my favorite series ever. They're all made by non-US studios.

I would take DICE's Battlefield (Sweden-based developer) over COD any day, all day.

I believe there is some truth to this article. USA developers Naughty Dog, Irrational, and Bethesda are a few exceptions to the rule, the point still stands.

Developers with more creative freedom tend to make better games. It has nothing to do with where they are from; it's about the talent of the individuals developing a game and who they are working for.

Does this really matter? i dont see why it matters.

Um, Ubisoft Toronto is NOT a "French developer", it's a Canadian Developer. Still exists within Canada, which would also make them an 'American' developer as Canada is in North America.

And I have to disagree with this. Europe and Asia (specifically Japan) may pump out some high quality games, but I tend to play more made from North America. Mass Effect (Canada), Uncharted (USA), Dragon Age (Canada), Half Life/Portal/L4D/CS/TF2 (USA/Canada), Deus Ex: HR (Canada), Call of Duty/Medal of Honor (USA), inFAMOUS (USA), God of War (USA), NHL/NFL/NBA/FIFA/SSX (Canada), etc.

The list can honestly go on and on.

I definitely play games like Gravity Rush/Metal Gear (Japan), Littlebigplanet (UK), and Battlefield 3 (Sweden), but not nearly as many games as I do from the Americas.

To be honest, basically I think Japanese developers have under-performed this generation. American and European have done really well.

I like how you grouped all other countries together in a group and singled out the U.S., instead of making a fair opinion about each countried individually. I also like my incredible sense of sarcasm.

rockstar and rocksteady

ok

but Americans own the games Industry

EA
Blizzard Activision
Naughty Dog
sony santa monica
bethesda

....

A little ethnocentric don't you think.

Well, Japan's games have sucked recently, except Shadows of the Damned and Okamiden, and the other good foreign game was The Witcher. Everything else good came from the U.S. of A.! (and America's hat-Canada)

I'm going to disagree. While I am more than willing to point out where America is lacking (as an American), I think there is no difference at all in the quality of games. All countries have their successes and failures.

Just keep coming out with great games. Doesn't matter what country you're from.

About as pointless as saying people who wear blue socks make better games.

At first glance I figured the article was going to be about how Japanese games are the best(so VERY untrue). It turns out I agree with this article, I didn't read all of it, but I sure hope Bioware was mentioned. If not, I guess I only half agree with this article.

I am an American and I play games made from developers from all over the world and enjoy every moment of it.

Who cares who they are made by or published by (for the most part)

I'll file this under "Articles written just to get people talking". Not to be rude, but this seems like a rather ignorant write-up (as is the title). I completely understand the author's point, but it makes absolutely no sense. I know this is an opinion piece, but come on, this is just poorly done.

What's the point of putting every country in the world against the United States? I mean, especially since the author is from the UK. Oh yeah, shock value, I forgot.

It would be different if you had an opinion of American developers on their own, but saying that developers who aren't American tend to make better games? What!? Why don't you leave that opinion up to the gamers, and then let your own opinion show in your game reviews, as opposed to this type of write up. If you were talking about cars, you might actually have an argument, because quality and reliability can be measured, however "betterness" cannot. No value here, sorry.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau