Basically, I was just wanted to gather opinions upon the Nintendo Structure (A pure Games company) vs the Microsoft and Sony structure (A varied product line). I'm asking about the benefits and conns as pertaining to the gaming industry only.
Nintendo has the benefit of being able to devote all of it's time and money to it's first party titles, advertising, and console developement. As a result, they're completely dependent upon the sucess of their products and sometimes find themselves at the shallow end of the tech pool.
On the other hand, Microsoft and Sony have multiple product lines and can better afford to take monetary hits to get their gaming products in homes and worry about the profit later...thus better third party support. In addition, they can afford to take bigger risks with better technology. But does this mean that quality management isn't as rigorous?
Obviously each style is vital to the gaming industry. The failure of any one of these company's isn't good news for gamers at all. We should rejoice in their mutual success. But what other pros and cons can you come up with?
