eggs2see on 12 May 2010
| dunno001 said: I think it depends on who you ask. I'll do a table for varying people: SCE: Absolutely not. The dominance of the PS1/2 days is gone, the system generated over $6 billion in losses, and they're still trying (though now with more success) to get back their relevancy. BR Consortium: Yes, definitely. The PS3 was the push that BR needed to kill off HD-DVD. And now they can reep the royalties for their format. Sony shareholders: No. Even with BR winning the format war, they are not going to see a return on this huge investment. Microsoft: Partially. It's forced them to upgrade their system, XBL, and a bunch of other things. While some things would have come eventually, it was Sony who forced things to keep moving, especially to try to show 360 customers that XBL still has a value. Nintendo: No. It's nowhere near in sales, and Nintendo has even said that they do not see it as competition. Nintendo has made no change in response to the PS3. Gamers: Mixed. Some love it, thinking it's the best thing in a long time. Others don't really care, seeing it with indifference. Average Joe: No. Why do I want to game? (It's not contributed to changing the public view of gaming being for old overweight nerds living in their parents' basement.) |
That's not intirely accurate, nintendo have recently released a new revised game controller, and this is there second attempt at it. Clearly this conventional game controller is aimed at the "hardcore" market of the ps3 & x360. I think nintendo looks at ms and sony alittle more than they let on, i mean any good company would, they are fighting in the same segment.
