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Gballzack on 21 May 2007
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Legend11 said:
Gballzack said:
Nintendo has always showed us a less powerful cheaper system is always more successful. We will look back on this generation just as we did the SNES and GENESIS days and say, oh, it was obvious Nintendo would win. It was obvious Sony would die.

1. Kind of strange for you to mention SNES and Genesis since it's still a heated debate which one was more powerful...  The SNES was able to display more colors, etc and with the addition of the Super FX chip in cartridges it made the SNES more powerful.

2. Also why is Sony going to die?  The N64 and Gamecube weren't the number one consoles of their respective generation but that didn't stop Nintendo from continuing with consoles.

3. I think the only thing obvious is that you're simply making guesses and apparently not educated ones.


1. Who says I was talking about the specific debate between the SNES and Genesis, I was merely using them to refer to the fourth generation as they were the two signiture consoles. The Amiga CDTV and CD-I were both more powerful than the SNES and still didn't cut it. The Sega CD and Sega 32X were also more powerful than the SNES as well. So that shoots your over eager counter argument dead, read the debate more carefully next time.

2. Nintendo has always made a profit off of what they've sold though, Sony hasn't. Sony loses money with each PS3 while Nintendo made money with each N64 and Gamecube sold. Despite any waining popularity Nintendo's marketing strategy of actually making a profit ensured success and I can garantee you Nintendo never reported a 2 Billion dollar loss. Also, as Sony is a company that can afford to break off and pursue its other markets outside of gaming due to its size, its a more viable option for them to give up than any company which has invested itself solely in gaming. Simply because Sony is big and arguably has money to throw around doesn't mean they will if its all for a failing effort. Also, stockholders can force Sony to fold, though Sony seems to be trying to counter this by having the executives buy it up cheaply as investors jump ship.

3. I think the only thing obvious is that you were so eager to run to Sony's defense that you didn't bother to actually read my reply in its fullest and now will be made a fool of by your lack of understanding. Oh well, nothing new when dealing with you eh? Sigh...