What do you mean resident evil wouldn't be where it is today without multi-platform releases? For the longest time it was playstation only(okay there was a saturn version but only 5 of us have it.) The gamecube releases sold very poorly due to the small gamecube userbase so resident evil 4 was released for the ps2 in a washed down form. Resident evil got where it is today despite mult-platform release. MUlti-platform titles usually suck and if they say EA on them then they most definitely suck. They build the game to the lowest common denominator. Do you think EA is going to make a version of the game that takes advantage of The graphics of the X360/PS3 or the control of the WII. NO! They will make a game that has graphics like the wii with a last minute tacked-on control scheme and then port it to all 3 systems.

I saw if they have the money, go for it.

Companies can still make great games even when owned by MS, just look at Big Huge and their "Rise Of" series, or the Age of Empires games.



The only companies I would object to on that list would be Epic, which pretty much stand on their own as a solid company and game engine designer, and Valve; which is trying to present themselves as a trifecta of publisher, developer and distributor. Plus, Valve was started by "Microsoft Millionaires", so I doubt Gabe would want to go back to working for his old bosses after becoming his own.

get a hold of some companies, but not crappy companies which about 3 of them are.