Sony's into gaming to do two things. (1) Make money to support their bigger endeavors (such as research for new technologies). (2) Distribute greater amounts of Blu-Ray players and win the format war.
Microsoft is into gaming to do one thing. (1) Take sales away from Sony so they can't afford to support their bigger endeavors.
Nintendo is into gaming to do one thing. (1) Survive.
Now, when we take into consideration Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, we see that Nintendo's degree of motivation is the very foundation of everything - the most basic need. Meanwhile, Sony and Microsoft are motivated by the third and fourth tiers. As a result, Nintendo feels a greater sense of motivation to develop higher quality games, as they have a greater need to do so. Microsoft and Sony are motivated to do so as well, but if they do a crappy job, it's not the end of the world for them.
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wow, I can't believe I pulled all that together in a way that made sense. I was really talking out of my ass and joking about the whole "hierarchy" thing at first but haha I guess it came together in a serious and logical way ahahaha.
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