Microsoft to overtake Nintendo in Home Console Sales this Century

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Ka-pi96 said:

Soundwave said:

Nintendo is just too conservative but when MS entered the business I think Nintendo made a concious choice that MS is such a massive company that dwarfs them in spending power that from there on in they weren't going to try to compete head on anymore. So if say MS did things like woo third parties, Nintendo stopped doing things like that almost entirely (aside from a few Japanese collaborations). If MS was going to emphasize online, then Nintendo's philosophy became to not do that. Etc. etc. etc.  

 

Nintendo stopped really getting 3rd parties the gen before Microsoft came along...

They had that pretty massive deal for Resident Evil in 2001, but as time has gone on they've become more reluctant to engage. 

And in a way I sort of see their point, do you want to get into a pissing match with a company 20x the size of yours? Maybe you'll win one or two rounds but eventually they'll simply outspend you. I think Nintendo realized that when MS basically offered them $25 billion to buy them like it was nothing to them. 

Even on MS' side ... really after almost 15 years in the business they basically have made no real headway into Europe or Japan, and in the US even they're being beaten again fairly soundly by Sony. Honestly if the PS3 didn't make the mistake of being $600 at launch, it probably would've routed the 360 too.