Microsoft, Channel Stuffing and Desperation: Old Tricks for a New Era

[gamingdevil]

windbane said:

Golvellius said:

albionus said:

Hopefully MS and Sony will take each other out. That would leave video games to the one company who knows how to make money off them or maybe encourage Sega to return allowing for the video game industry to be run by actual video game companies.

These are exactly my thoughts. Neither Sony nor MS actually belong in the video game industry. Before entering the video game business they were mostly known for dirty hi-fi equipment and boring office software, respectively. Besides, Sony and MS are exactly the same - the only difference between them is the country of origin and the fact that MS has way more money to throw out than Sony. But both are greedy juggernauts with no tradition in the video gaming sector. Sony in addition are the Sega murderers...

Verdict: Sony's just as bad as MS, if not worse.

 I applaud Nintendo for that, but it wouldn't have killed them to make the system more powerful either.

 You are kinda wrong here, it would kill them. They would need a higher price point and higher development costs so we wouldn't see much support from developers & consumers because Nintendo is not the one the majority of people would trust about its support and so we would see a lot more sales. Look what happened to Sony, they made an ultra-powerful system and it costs 600$. If Wii's cost was at 400$ there would be HALF the sales because who would give so much money to buy a non-established platform? If Nintendo had 3rd Party support last gen they (Ninty & Consumers) would be more sure about their system sales and support and would probably powered it up a bit more so people would not be afraid to buythe Wii.