Rpruett said:
You speak as though Sony is able to persevere through any difficulty and Nintendo has no choice other than to take a hit and wish for the best, which is untrue, proven this very generation when they completey changed strategies with the Wii. Whether or not Nintendo can devise a winning strategy in the next gen as they venture into HD remains to be seen, but saying "they can't do anything but watch" is absurd.
Sony the company is more equipped to perservere through difficulty than Nintendo is, simply put. I've been hearing Sony is 'doomed' since 2006 or before. Nintendo didn't change their strategies with the Wii, they resorted to desperation strategy. I'm not saying Sony is infalliable. They just have more resources to give up than Nintendo if things hit the fan and you don't give up your best division within the company when the rest of your company is struggling.
Actually, no they don't, or at least haven't yet. The Gamecube only sold about 1/3 as many units in its entire life as the PS3 has so far, and also had laughable 3rd party support in comparison as well. However, Nintendo still profited as a company in the Gamecube generation whereas Sony has used up all of their previous profits this gen. So which of the two has fallen harder? Remember, protecting your company's bottom line is still part of a greater strategy in a "large scale war".
I'm not talking profit numbers, I am talking wide scale success. The greatest danger for Nintendo is getting pushed aside as a niche product. The handheld market is probably on its way out the door in the near future, and increasingly the industry itself is getting more complicated. Nintendo has never dealt as well in these avenues as Sony or MS.
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