| dorbin2009 said:
You don't feel like they are trying hard enough? We're in the middle of a price war. Both companies are scrambling to release motion control technology for their system. Both companies have competitive online services that are competing with each other for content. Exclusives are still in high demand. We're getting sequels given to us at a semi-regular rate that are of quality. Microsoft does consider its game division separate from the rest of the company, FYI. I'm fairly sure Sony has a gaming division as well, even if they aren't considered separate. I am really beginning to think Nintendo is an amazing marketer of their brand. Some people really must think that they could care less about profits and use elves to make their video games to deliver to the poor. At the end of the day ,it IS just a company that is concerned about the bottom line. Like I said in a similar thread, I really feel, if nothing else, that Nintendo has done more harm the last ten years than good, going all the way back to the Nintendo 64. I find it incredibly ironic that the company can release both terribly outdated systems for two generations, then turn around and release the Wii and all of a sudden they are in the good graces of god with their fans. We are lucky as video game lovers that Sony came along when they did and shook the market up, or else we might possibly still be in a cartridge format war. The Gamecube was of terrible design and marketing. It had some great games but the system really fell flat on its face in terms of innovation and technical achievement. I just feel like you are grasping to find what's wrong with the industry, but it really isn't with the video game companies, at least in my opinion. As for your Microsoft occasionally releasing games comment, wiki "Microsoft Game Studios" and read up on the content they have either worked on or have in house. |
I don't care about how well the push their platforms out there. I want them to compete by making better games not wrestle over other studios games.
Microsoft doesn't have a game division they have a Entertainment and Devices Division and from what I hear Sony is changing theirs over to Networked Products and Services division. Don't kid yourself even if they were games divisions they'd still be part of their overall company. If EA suddenly made spreadsheet software they investor would want to know what that has to do with their core business.
