Is it game over for Nintendo?

[BlkPaladin]

Turkish said:

famousringo said:

Turkish said:
But Nintendo should look out, if handheld gaming dies Sony could still turn the Vita into a phone and compete with them smartphones. What will Nintendo do in such an event? Drop the 3DS like a brick?

I chuckle when I read statements like this. Sony (nee Sony Ericsson) hasn't been relevant in the smartphone market for four years now. You're basically saying that if Playstation portable gaming starts to sink, Sony can just shackle it to an iron ball. Problem solved!

I believe Sony will make a huge comeback in the phone business now that they bought out Ericsson. I can't wait for the first Sony branded phones.

Sony is in quite the nebulous position currently. They have lost a lot of investor confidence and that usually spills into the (non-diehard) customer base, so I'm personally not expecting a miracle comeback in any of their markets. More like a slow recovery that may take a decade or more to fix even if they start produce "perfect" products the lack of confidence that the market currently has for them will hold them back. As the old saying goes trust is easy to lose, hard to regain.