Biddles said:
Easily, theres just no way there would be enough room on the market for the four. Theres barely enough room for Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, if Nintendo wasnt a different type of console one would have given out. But out the three Sony is the one thatd be most likely be kicked out. Nintendo has been around from the mid 80's theyve already had their struggle and still came out on top, they own the handheld market so they wont go anywhere. And Sony dominated with the PS1 and PS2 the original Xbox didnt sell a 5th what the PS2 did and come next gen the Xbox 360 is in front of the PS3 in Hardware and in front by a lot on Software. Its got US and UK the two biggest markets on their side now, by the time a Xbox 3 and a PS4 come out its not unlikely countries like France, Germany, Italy, Spain etc will move on over to Xbox aswell. PS3 doesnt have that many big exclusives anymore, GT i guess but you can get Forza anyhow, theres Uncharted, God of War, Little Big Planet that sell decently but they arnt Halo or Gears of War. The PS3 has lost GTA, Final Fantasy Resident Evil, Tekken, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid and a bunch of others to Xbox now. |
The thing is though, Microsoft doesn't seem to be doing anything special. They aren't growing first party, while Sony has been doing 1st Party right. That is the big key here. The exclusives Sony "lost" has been 3rd Party, (which I believe ultimately was better to lose it now than losing it down the road and getting killed). And Now, Sony is building 1st party, which is what wins the wars. Also, Sony is taking developing markets, which well help them more in the long run than just focusing on the saturated market they lost. Not to say they won't try to regain it.
