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What is the greatest rivalry in video game history?

by YPB Team

Two names, one grudge, and decades of people picking sides. A few of these outlived the companies that started them.

  1. PlayStation vs Xbox — ranked #11
    PlayStation vs Xbox
    Two decades of console generations traded between Sony and Microsoft.
    1000pts
  2. Atari vs Intellivision — ranked #22
    Atari vs Intellivision
    The first console war, fought with comparative TV adverts in the early 1980s.
    611pts
  3. Daigo vs Justin Wong — ranked #33
    Daigo vs Justin Wong
    The individual rivalry behind Evo Moment 37, the most replayed clip in competitive gaming.
    517pts
  4. Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter — ranked #44
    Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter
    Midway built Mortal Kombat as its answer to Street Fighter II, and the two have argued over the fighting genre ever since.
    517pts
  5. Call of Duty vs Battlefield — ranked #55
    Call of Duty vs Battlefield
    The annual shooter argument, tight corridors against large-scale destruction.
    517pts
  6. Grand Theft Auto vs Saints Row — ranked #66
    Grand Theft Auto vs Saints Row
    The open-world crime argument, one playing it straight and the other refusing to.
    423pts
  7. Mario vs Sonic — ranked #77
    Mario vs Sonic
    The mascot war: a plumber against a hedgehog, later reduced to co-starring in Olympic games together.
    310pts
  8. Blizzard vs Riot — ranked #88
    Blizzard vs Riot
    Dota's descendants against League of Legends, and the studios that built the MOBA audience.
    310pts
  9. FIFA vs Pro Evolution Soccer — ranked #99
    FIFA vs Pro Evolution Soccer
    Licences on one side, ball physics on the other, argued for twenty years.
    0pts

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Comments

The Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter feud appears here as a single entry, judged against eight other rivalries: https://youpick.best/articles/mortal-kombat-vs-street-fighter-ranked

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