Nintendo's gamer strategy and why they could take it all this next gen

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NightDragon83 said:
Well one advantage Ninty has this gen is that for the first time since the NES launched more than 25 years ago, they will be first to market with a new console to start the next generation. The head start they'll have plus price advantage almost guarantees them to be the sales leader for the duration of the upcoming console generation.

That is a major hurdle I didn't think about that actually kept blocking Sony in America with the PS3 vs 360, initial base, constantly trying to go below the 360, but every time they got close Microsoft could just lower the bar more, which kept the consumer in North America eyeing that more in reach 360 than the less supported PS3 which your friends were not on instead they were all on XBL.  Hopefully with the start of the next gen that might reset things even in Sonys favor cause we really need to get rid of ANY standard of paying to use your own internet connection to play online, that's just madness, it's one thing to pay for it to pay for content servers for demos and exclusive content ALA PSN plus (which makes sense), but it's another that they keep you from playing the main component of most current gen titles because you're not paying them for a peer to peer connection.  

I really REALLY hope the idea that being tied to an account doesn't actually hold true simply because some old XBLA games or PSN titles are tied to said account, the way I view it is if you still have that console you can still play those at any time so what's the matter?  Jump ship to get the games you want this next gen, but I can see that being a hurdle for some.