Macworld E3 article - Ninty/MS/Sony are "OUT OF TOUCH", "Complacent Swine"

[Demotruk]

RolStoppable said:

Demotruk said:

RolStoppable said:

Let me guess: It's the realization that Apple as a non-gaming company doesn't stand a chance against a gaming company. Common sense knocked at the door and now they are hiding behind the couch.

I don't think that logic is quite sound. Let's put almost identical pieces of logic into different contexts and see how they stand up:

 

"It's the realization that Apple as a non music-player company doesn't stand a chance against a music-player company. Common sense knocked at the door and now they are hiding behind the couch."

"It's the realization that Apple as a non phone company doesn't stand a chance against a phone company. Common sense knocked at the door and now they are hiding behind the couch."

"It's the realization that Sony as a non-gaming company doesn't stand a chance against a gaming company. Common sense knocked at the door and now they are hiding behind the couch."

 

No, I don't think so. There has to be a little more to it than that.

Your first two examples don't fit. Music-player companies don't create the content (music) for their players. Phones are a means for people to communicate, there is no content that makes a significant difference like in gaming.

Your last example fits because a small minority of the Sony fans on this site have been going way overboard with their reactions after the 3DS announcement, most notably that "Nintendo is our messiah" thread. Of course I am aware that Sony won two generations with the PS1 and PS2, but at that time Nintendo and Sega were destroying themselves and didn't play out their biggest strengths. Likewise, Apple would be able to defeat Nintendo if Nintendo decided to play by Apple's rules.

Anyway, the point here is that Apple eventually going to take over in portable gaming seemed to be a logical conclusion for those Apple enthusiasts for like a couple of years now, but with the recent announcement of the 3DS it doesn't seem to be such a sure thing anymore and the result are such articles that have no base in reality.

All I meant was that Apple (and Sony) has fought against companies with skill in their own fields and still managed to win. The real reason is as you outlined that Apple is not a content company (unlike Sony who is), ie. there was a little bit more to it than what you first said. :p