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Lightning Strikes posted...

Peak Konami and Capcom were putting out even more all time stuff than Square, with significantly more variety (and they actually put all of it out in Europe which is a major black mark against Square). Regardless, Japanese third party publishers used to absolutely dominate the console space.

I'll definitely acknowledge Konami's incredible 1997-2004 peak - it began with SotN and featured MGS1-3, Silent Hill 1-4, the GBA Castlevania trilogy, and the popularization (if not invention) of the rhythm genre with DDR.

And clearly, that stretch drained them of every drop of their lifeforce.