| ookaze said:Erik Aston : reducing consumer electronics and software to the 4 companies you cited is nonsense. These companies would not even be succesful or exist without several others you missed (IBM or Philips come to mind, without these two, the four wouldn't even exist). |
I almost added IBM to the list. But they've taken a different role in recent years. The 4 I listed are the ones that have been slugging it out with huge brands in many different arenas and in a very public way recently. So I guess, yes, I am guilty of just mentioning the obvious current players.
You could just as well add Motorola. Apple was almost certainly tipped off to the disruption possible in the cell phone world by Razr.
Regardless, the interplay between all those companies is fascinating. And those 4 in particular in the 90s and 00s.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
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