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Are they?

No, only Nintendo with Pokemon. 328 78.47%
 
Yes, Sony with __________. 61 14.59%
 
Yes, Microsoft with____________. 29 6.94%
 
Total:418

It's possible but not an easy thing to accomplish.



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Lol. Just by reading the title I knew this was made by a Nintendo fan. Because you have to think Nintendo is head and shoulders above MS and Sony as a company that is capable of making hit video games, or creating games, game series or game characters that have the same impact that Nintendo characters have. Which is of course, total horseshit.

How about this poll: Are Sony and MS capable of making a home console that sells as poorly as the Wii U?

Quit with the flame bait.



No, Sony does not need to. The Playstation brand is far more popular than anything that Nintendo puts out these days. I mean its cool to milk fans nostalgia with mediocre freemium apps, but nothing beats a system that became synonymous with the word gaming, by simply offering AAA new IPs every generation



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potato_hamster said:

Lol. Just by reading the title I knew this was made by a Nintendo fan. Because you have to think Nintendo is head and shoulders above MS and Sony as a company that is capable of making hit video games, or creating games, game series or game characters that have the same impact that Nintendo characters have. Which is of course, total horseshit.

How about this poll: Are Sony and MS capable of making a home console that sells as poorly as the Wii U?

Quit with the flame bait.

Soooooo, make an example instead of beeing so salty  if you are confident in what you say (?) The only comment I've seen so far that feels lit is yours...



No, because they don't have any games that appeals to all demographic.



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SpokenTruth said:
kitler53 said:

angry birds.  words with friends.  candy crush.

all made by nobody developers at the time.  clearly anyone can make a very successful mobile game.  sony or ms could do it just as well as anyone else if they were putting effort there.  hell,.. halo, minecraft, uncharted, god of war, warcraft, grand theft auto, ect. are already reconized franchises by non-gamers.  you're fooling yourself if you think nintendo is special.

You do realize this is asking about already established IP right?  Nobody said anything about a new IP.

 

"Can Sony or Microsoft ever get this kind of frenzy over any of their IPs?"

Well you could argue that those franchises are pretty established by now...



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Most people that are playing Pokemon Go are NOT pokemon fans, it's just a mobile game that is social, that's it, it will be dead in a month, is Nintendo capable of creating a service like PS+ and make more money just with that than the whole of Sony? like they are doing more money with PS+ than the whole of Nintendo?



I'm not going to say no because all things are possible, maybe not now but it's a matter of timing and marketing.

Pokemon's been out for 20yrs now and Pokemon Go was only possible by the growth in technology in the pass 2 decades to create a smart phone and data etc...

My bet, something like Microsoft's Hololens using AR and Konami's Yugioh can beat Pokemon Go. Just image seeing people dualing at parks and such, to me that's something more incredible than Pokemon Go.

It may not happen soon, but when the time is right, just like how the time is right for Pokemon Go after 20yrs. Who knows what the future technology can hold for something else down the line.



No, it's not Pokémon. Maybe Capcom could with Monster Hunter.







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Acevil said:

Yes, they are. In fact sony was great at doing similar things back in the Sony Playstation, less now a days (Not leveraging nostalgia, but creating cultural moments). Microsoft has strong brand called Minecraft that they can leverage to do similar thing if they wanted, the problem is, Microsoft like Mojang, are being lazy with the brand. (No Mod API)

Minecraft is popular but not on a cultural level really. People like playing the game but they're not going to cons constantly cosplaying as them and you're not seeing a kajillion shirts and toys everywhere the same way as you see with Pokemon

Sony and Microsoft lack powerful IPs that the public is strongly connected to. They have nothing on the level Mario, Pokemon, Zelda