Onimusha12 said:
Not necessaraly. As Lord N. said. What I'm saying is that Microsoft is only where they are right now because of Sony's mistakes, and they really haven't done too great a job of taking advantage of them as they've only outsold the PS3 by about 3 million units since it launched. It was only Sony worrying too much about Microsoft as a threat that allow Microsoft to actually become such a threat to Sony. It was Sony's fear of the 360's mutliversitility and power that prompted them to make the PS3 a ludicrously overengineered machine that was too expensive and complex to program for. It was Sony's fear of the Xbox brand's growing influence in the Western market that made them turn the Ps3 into a Western targeted console thus killing their appeal. Blu-Ray was a foolish decision all on Sony's part, though the Ps3 may not have been launched as early as it was (making Blu-Ray as big a problem as it was in 2006) had it not been for the 360. Certainly Microsoft had targeted Sony, but outside of succesfully creating a multiplatform market, Microsoft has failed in every other way to enact anything by their own efforts to secure this tenuous victory. That said, it would be foolish to simply ignore any threat no matter the circumstances, but at the same time we shouldn't fear Nintendo making a mistake like Sony did that would allow MS an open door into thier market share, nor should we anticipate Microsoft having any chance of successfully expanding into the family/casual or Eastern markets. |
Now you're 2nd guessing. Sony could have just as easily lost twice as hard had they instead attempted to target the segments of the market Nintendo captured. It would have essentially given Microsoft a free reign targeting the market that both Sony and Microsoft presently occupy and instead they would have had to face the strongest console in the history of consoles on its' home turf. In fact by releasing a console much closer to the Wii it would have strengthened rather than weakened Nintendos position because it eliminates the single key weakness of the system which was the initial lack of third party attention.
@ookaze
"To target your ennemy, you need to understand their moves first.
They're VERY FAR from this point."
Really... Not really. As you do not know what any of the console manufacturers will do, the only assumption that works is that Nintendo will win in a status quo environment. However the assumption that the environment next generation will be status quo now theres been a fire lit under the butts of all 3 console manufacturers is pretty weak now. Last generation, yes... This generation going into next, no.
Tease.
