Sony Then: One Model, 20 GB version. Add Wi-Fi, take out the EE and a few other odds and ends that weren't necessary. Let people know emulation won't be perfect at first, but is being worked on. Allow save files to be transfered via home. No one would realize anything is missing, except the people who would have bought it for the purpose of playing Blu-Ray. Really, the 60gb model was never made for gamers. Sony Now: Remodel the system, release a new one at $350-$400 in time for christmas that mirrors the 20 GB. Continuously remind people that model is easily as powerful (really, more so) and well equipped as the premium 360 and that it's what you want to buy if you just want to play games. The 60BG model was never meant for gamers. MS Then: No Core system. It hasn't improved business dramatically but it has limited the capabilities of the system. Developers can't take advantage of a HDD that isn't in a significant portion of the user's systems. In addition, they needed to face the fact that they can't do squat in Japan. Save the launch for whenever they can actually produce enough systems and instead put machines into places where they'd, you know, sell. MS Now: Prepare for a price cut. Buy Take Two to gain real exclusiveness over GTA and sell the rest of the company off at a discount. Having 2 of the 5 biggest IPs in video gaming would be huge. Nintendo Then: I wouldn't change a thing. Nintendo Now: Prepare an online system that western gamers can appreciate and work with third parties to make it as easy as possible to make games for the system that can use the system to its fullest. That's it.
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