Bioware vs Valve showdown

dmcg · 7 Apr 2010 at 20:51

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/global/tournaments/standings/2-2010-March-Mayhem-Developers-Showdown

Valve

51.8% (10976)

BioWare

48.2% (10193)

gogo valve !

lol at IW losing to the farmvile makers

neoboy · 7 Apr 2010 at 20:56

Hmm that's a tough one for me!

unknownsock · 7 Apr 2010 at 20:58

I'd pick Bioware but they gave up on supporting Eyefinity for ME2 so Valve all the way.
Did it already anyway

Hotwired · 7 Apr 2010 at 21:04

Hurhur, MW2 pwned by Farmville. Loving it

Evilsod · 7 Apr 2010 at 21:04

Hotwired said:
Hurhur, MW2 pwned by Farmville. Loving it

On The Escapist that doesn't surprise me tbh

Antar Bolaeisk · 7 Apr 2010 at 21:20

Hmmm, such a hard choice to make. Can I choose both?

Let's see

Valve gave us:

Half Life
Team Fortress
L4D

Bioware gave us:

Baldur's Gate
Neverwinter Nights
Knights of the Old Republic
Mass Effect
Dragon Age

Think I'll go for Bioware

neoboy · 7 Apr 2010 at 21:24

Not to forget Steam which enabled many other developers to get their games out there and proving to be one of the most successful content delivery platforms.

dmcg · 7 Apr 2010 at 21:25

Antar Bolaeisk said:
Hmmm, such a hard choice to make. Can I choose both?

Let's see

Valve gave us:

Half Life
Team Fortress
L4D
Counter Strike
Day of Defeat
Portal

Bioware gave us:

Baldur's Gate
Neverwinter Nights
Knights of the Old Republic
Mass Effect
Dragon Age

fixed

Hotwired · 7 Apr 2010 at 21:26

Yeah I was about to say that Valve list looked a bit short :/

Only millions of people playing CS and CSS after all.

Antar Bolaeisk · 7 Apr 2010 at 21:27

dmcg said:
fixed

Oops, how did I forget Portal

You've just made my decision hard again :mad:

(I was sort of lumping Counter Strike in with Half-Life)

synixx · 7 Apr 2010 at 22:54

It was a very tough decision but I voted valve. They are very attentive to the PC community and release free dlc

I love bioware as well but we had to wait for mass effect 1 to be ported over to the pc and it was plagued with DRM. Fortunately they resolved that matter with mass effect 2. Furthermore, SWKOTOR was fantastic.

Both companies are great, period!

'Wes · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:01

People will go for Valve because they like to shaft Gordon Freeman when Bioware is truly leagues ahead of Valve.

Kyle009 · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:14

If I could be bothered to register I'd definitely go for Bioware as a games developer.

Although Valve have revolutionised the PC Gaming market with Steam.

.:MBK:. · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:19

Hotwired said:
Hurhur, MW2 pwned by Farmville. Loving it

to be fair they also beat Rockstar North and Square Enix rofl

HangTime · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:21

Tough choice (as illustrated by the votes).

Thankfully in real life we don't need to choose between them.

Fenris · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:22

Valve wins for me, however much I like Mass Effect, the HL series is better.

Antar Bolaeisk · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:24

HangTime said:
Thankfully in real life we don't need to choose between them.

Now that would be a cruel world

AHarvey · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:24

dmcg said:
lol at IW losing to the farmvile makers

Farmville is getting around 75-85 million players a month, it may be a cheesy facebook game but it's extremely popular.

Jezcentral · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:27

HangTime said:
Tough choice (as illustrated by the votes).

Thankfully in real life we don't need to choose between them.

+1

z3r0 · 7 Apr 2010 at 23:52

synixx said:
It was a very tough decision but I voted valve. They are very attentive to the PC community and release free dlc

+1