| Pristine20 said:
M$ would be hard pressed to eliminate nintendo but you're right that they've one-uped sony this gen and are capable of more. However, I also think that the very fact that ps3 has done what it has done despite the odds in price, loss of exclusives, media fallout, gamer rejection, etc means that M$ can't kick sony out of gaming either. Sony themselves would have to leave voluntarily if they feel they can't make money from this business anymore. Thus, M$ would be hard pressed to gain a monopoly in this ndustry.
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... and all it cost Sony was all of the profits they earned from the PS2 and the destruction of their brand.
What you have to consider is what killed Sega was not any one console, but the fact that they had failed badly enough on a few systems that consumers didn't really trust their products anymore. The PSP and PS3 may not have performed that badly, but Sony is now in a position where they can not afford to do more damage to themself without risking their entire gaming division.
