shams said: 2/ Sony has never been the game industry. Atari was at one point - and only Nintendo & EA can really hold that flag. Apart from the lack of competition, if Sony vanished from the industry - the industry would NOT vanish. It would diminish - but that could be said for just about every publisher out there.
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I really don't think Sony leaving the game industry changes anything really. Sega, Apple, EA, or someone else would step in to replace them as the third console maker (just like MS stepped in to replace Sega). All the third party developers that are loyal to Sony would simply hook up with N, MS, or the newcomer. First party developers would quit and start their own companies or join established companies.
It just like the PC industry... when Looking Glass, Blizzard North, etc shut down, people were upset, but it's not like those programmers just went away. They take their talents and go to another company or start their own.
A lot of people thought they'd never see Sonic boot up on their Nintendo system.
