| RolStoppable said: Yup, if only Microsoft didn't enter, then Nintendo could have been hardcore instead of becoming a parody of themselves. |
Not that I'm blaming MS of course.
Nintendo and we can bring Sega into this deserved some repurcussions for the mistakes they were making.
That said, I have to wonder if this industry is actually hyper-competetive too. Nintendo and Sega deserved to be humbled, but I don't think they deserved to be brought to their knees (or wiped out basically in Sega's case).
That's too harsh for making a silly mistake like making a purple console or mismanaging the Saturn hardware, but both company's paid very dearly for mistakes like this and once you make 1 mistake, consumers ditch you very quickly for someone else, and that is somewhat regrettable I think. Sega deserved better with the Dreamcast, Nintendo deserved better with the GameCube.
In Microsoft's case it's like, they don't even need the game business. This is just gravy for them, and even Sony really doesn't need it (though it helps them of course). Nintendo is a game company only though. So was Sega. It's kinda like c'mon dude, do you really have to go steal that 1 guy's girlfriend when he has no other options and you have your pick of multiple girls? lol.
