CNET.com - "Why Microsoft Should Aquire Sony's Gaming Division"

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disolitude said:

Pristine20 said:

disolitude said:

Pristine20 said:

disolitude said:
Why would they need Sony gaming division? Cell has shown to be underachiving, sony studios arent really moving consoles with their games, they already share pretty much all the great exclusives....

Bluray is the only aspect which could seem interesting but even that would be counter-productive of their goal for digital distribution.

It eliminates competition. Why did you think M$ tried to acquire yahoo? It has nothing to do with cell's performance. They could just use sony's studios to make xbox games and maybe keep the playstation name to remain strong in JP.

I don't think sony will be selling by the way.

 

MS went after yahoo to compete with google in the search market. Yahoo was not MS's competition at all. But yes, it would eliminete competition for 360 I guess... but who of us consumers would want that?

 

 

 I won't want that but you have to admit that it will be good for M$ because with the path Nintendo has taken. M$ would have the whole ps360 crowd in its pockets and not even have to worry about buying/losing 3rd party exclusives because their games would be built for 360 only or wii only for the most part. They could increase xbox live to $100/year and not worry much because their customers would have no choice.

They tried to aquire yahoo to compete with google for advertising $$$ because they are trailing behind google big time.

 

MS just started doing search...ofcourse they are trailing google. Aquiring yahoo wuld have put them at 40% of the search market, then things would have gotten interesting so that was a well thought out purchase. But purchasing Sony is not...

What is Sony doing that they could use to cut in to Wii's marketshare? They would make it much easier for themselves to get the HD market but would still not compete with the Wii.

Purchasing SCE would give them access to people who still cling to the ps2 and a 100% monopoly on HD gaming just the way M$ likes it. All the undecided b/w ps3 and 360 will automatically purchase the 360 because there's no other choice and when the price drops to the $199, expect 360 sales to shoot through the roof even in JP because there won't be much of a choice for those who don't want to play games with extreme color pallettes and goofy characters.

Also, wii marketshare would pose a 0% issue. Why?

1. 3rd parties are supporting both ps3 & 360 architecture now for multiplats, it would be easierand shorten dev times to have just one console with the userbase of 2.

2. With HD consoles still getting as much or even more 3rd party support in this mess, you can only imagine what would happen if there was only 1 such console not 2 competing for a nicghe.

3. Its very likely that the 360 sales would be on par with the wii when the 360 pricepoint lower. t everyone wants a wii and some who bought one have returned to the traditional system like you.

4. Like M$ has said over and over, Sony is their real competition as things stand. Why would they be trying to acquire FFXIII nt FF crystal Chronicles? Why get playstation-centric exclusives? You get the point. Buying out the competion gives you the power to do whatever

 I'm pretty sure sony would buy out M$ game studios as well if they had the money.