| pterodactyl said: So would third party developers, including Activision, go exclusively to OnLive? If so, how long would it take for first party developers like Bungie and Polyphony to follow suit? I mean, if such a situation were to occur, we'd be looking at the end of consoles, right? XBox, Playstation, and perhaps even Nintendo would fall prey to OnLive. |
Unless they can figure out how to make the consoles a necessary purchase.
For MS, this may be a difficult time because they don't yet have any real specific reason to be in the home. For Nintendo, it's also a disadvantage because Nintendo makes a huge portion of their profit from hardware margin. For Sony, it's slightly advantageous because they have the BluRay/DD/connectivitywithpsp/media center aspect. However, this is a disadvantage as well because Sony tends to lose money on hardware.
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