GameMusic said:
Also, MS and Nintendo are not exactly competing. In fact they're sort of helping each other, at least in the opening of this war. MS is out to block Sony from building a living room platform that would compete with the PC. Nintendo is purely interested in gaming, so Microsoft, a microcomputer software company, is only competing with them on one non-core market. In fact, Nintendo helps them to block Sony more effectively. Without Nintendo, the PS3 would be the top console in Japan and probably not quite as far back in Europe and the U.S. Nintendo has put themselves into their own league. However, without MS, Sony would have the entire HD gaming market and again would probably be in striking distance. It's sort of a team up that took out a common enemy that was threatening both of their core businesses. Of course, once Nintendo and MS have clearly beaten Sony they'll be competing for the same market, but for now they are indirectly symbiotic. |
Reality called and it wants to get back in touch with you ...
In "The Long Run" Sony would probably benefit from not having competition from Microsoft or Nintendo but today they would still be facing their slow sales. The PS3 is so far beyond the traditional price range of a console that it is foolish to think that anything except for a massive price reduction would have had a dramatic impact on its sales; as has been pointed out countless times, 75% of PS2 owners spent less than $200 on their console (and 99% paid less than $300) how many of these people do you think were begging to spend $600 on a system?
The only (real) benefit I would see from the PS3 not having to deal with the Wii is that it would look less stupid when Sony tried to brag about how 'well' they were selling ...
