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Occasionally, entire console generations can come to be defined by the work of a sole developer. Fans may fondly remember these consoles based on a slew of favorite games that happened to have come under the umbrella of either a first or third-party publisher.The NESof course had an incredible run of titles that came from Konami and its subsidiary Ultra, and the Super Nintendo would come to be defined by a string of first-party Nintendo titles that changed the gaming landscape forever. When thinking about the developer that had the largest impact on the strength and success of the PS1, perhaps no other company comes to mind other thanSquare.
After seeing the series slowly but steadily gain prominence in the West,Squaretook a massive gamble by partnering with Sony to release its nextFinal Fantasyas a console exclusive for the manufacturer’s new console, the PlayStation. The partnership would prove to be one of the most fruitful in gaming history, with the success ofFinal Fantasy 7being partly responsible for the PlayStation’s undeniable win of the “console war” between fifth-gen platforms. Thanks to the success ofFinal Fantasy 7, Square would hit a stride of prolificness and creativity that it has yet to match, even after its merge with Enix. Not only are many of these games some of the best titles on the PS1, but they’re some of the best games ever made, period.
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