Khuutra on 14 January 2009
| disolitude said: @Khuutra All I'm saying is that MS will go after the leader. While Nintendo will not try to eliminate the competition. Sony tried to eliminate MS as well, and they are fighting back and forth. Xbox 1 was a market testing console, Bill gates has said this many times. Things they learned: - Don't launch a year later than competition - Get amazing 3rd party support - Dont make it cost the most Looking at xbox 360 launch and mistakes PS3 made...they succeded 100% on what they intended to do...but they made new mistakes (RROD). I'm just saying that for next gen, Nintendo will be on the disecting table. |
Nintendo failed in doing both of the highlighted things and still kicked the 360's ass into its teeth.
Microsoft hasn't been able to shatter the hold of the leader on a major consumer electronics sector since they headbutted Apple. They haven't made any headway into portable music, and their marketshare in the video game sector has been improved, but not by a lot.
Microsoft's reaso nfor going after Sony was to prevent the Playstation brand from becoming a PC replacement (which is what Sony was aiming for all along). Nintendo doesn't present tthat kind of threat. And Microsoft knows - just like Apple knew twenty years ago - that going after Nintendo on its own turf, even if you are successful, is going to be a violent a short-lived affair.
