Why Sony + Nintendo Should Team Up

[Andrespetmonkey]

Soundwave said:

Andrespetmonkey said:

Move was in development back in 2004, there was a video showing a prototype on the PS2.

ot: I don't think this is a good idea, both companies have attitudes towards gaming that are far too different. Microsoft and Sony however... that could work imo. But it's all still wet dreams so I'll discuss it no further. 

That they think differently is precisely why it's a good idea. No point in merging if the other company isn't going to strengthen you in areas you are weak in. 

If you really look at where Sony is weak ... that's where Nintendo is strongest. If you look at where Nintendo is weakest, that tends to be where Sony is strongest. 

That's a good match. 

The negatives that Sony have aren't positives of Nintendo for the most part, and vice versa, so I disagree there. E.g. both have excellent first party infrastructure, so they don't need eachothers help there at all. One weakpoint of Sony is PSN, it isn't bad by any means, but it's worse than the competition. What could Nintendo help with here? Nothing, they're only really building their online network now, a generation late. And what could Sony offer Nintendo? A service that isn't as good as XBL or Steam? Pointless. And then there are different attitudes towards business and gaming. Sony sells consoles at a loss at launch, Nintendo doesn't and I don't think they'd be willing to with Sony's partnership, it's not any form of security considering Sony's financial state, in fact it'd probably raise the risk.