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jammy2211 on 04 January 2009
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BenVTrigger said:
richardhutnik said:
makingmusic476 said:

The focus of research and development must be on software, he said, adding: “The most important thing is that, to improve organisational strength in the areas of development, purchasing and marketing, it will be necessary to further concentrate power in the hands of [Sir Howard] and unless this is achieved we believe [Sony] will be unable to close the gap with competitors such as Apple and Nintendo.”[/quote]

Sony runs right into the strengths of Microsoft and Nintendo if the argument is the future is in software.

One has to also be concerns that Sony might end up being in a similar situation Atari was in during the crash of the early 1980s.  Out of nowhere they post large losses, and that causes the bottom to fall out of the videogame business.  Atari retrenches.  I wonder what happens to the videogame business if, in 2009, Sony sudden announces they are out of the videogame business.  That is a megaton I am not sure anyone here can fathom, nor the fallout.

 

 to be honest no.  The fallout wouldn't near as catastrophic.  You would have one HD console and one family friendly non HD console (not calling the wii only for "casuals" by the way) in fact i think gaming would still be extremly healthy.  Maybe if sony fell out last gen while on a system with 120 million in place it would be a massive hit but considering the ps3 is sitting at only 19 million its not exactly fueling the industry.  If sony moved to developing only software we wouldn't see much of a hit in terms of gaming profitability at all.

 Long-term I think the industry would benefit, all these HD games companies pump so much money into would be cheaper, faster and easier to develope with just one recogniseable platform. Sony's developement studio's wouldn't be lost, whether they were still Sony's is debateable but the good ones would survive after. I'm not saying it's what I want to happen but really there shouldn't be 3 consoles in the video games market, especially when the 2 treading on each others toes are in the smaller section of the market.

 The only downside is I'd have to buy another console, a bit annoying but I'd get over it. There may be issues with JApanese developers too, as I don't know whether they'd put alot into the Xbox if it still struggled in JApan. Not really worth thinking that in-depth into things at the moment :P.