Khuutra said:
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. |
I agree with the second part of the statement.
About the first statement however... the fact that Wii is so different from the other 2 make the those strategies completely irrelevant for Nintendo. They would have had to completely ignore Sony, and concentrate on Nintendo in making a cheaper, less powerful gaming system with uniqe control mechanism. That would have been lunacy back in 2004 since no one knew Wii is going to get big. Also, its not really where microsofts strengths are so I agree that they really don't have the means to go after nintendo now that I think about it.
But if that was the case, Sony would have a much bigger marketshare and MS and nitnendo would be duking it out for scraps...basically last gen all over.
