Could Sony and Nintendo ever team up again?

[kitler53]

DanneSandin said:

kitler53 said:
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if it were ever to happen it would be because one of the two became so weakened that they did out of necessity and thus the relavance of the situation would mute the entire thing.   ..like when sonic appeared on a nintendo system.

I'll sk you the same thing I asked APM: So there's no way at all that both companies could benefit from an arrangement like in the OP right now? How will Nintendo coup with the smartphone market? Why not team up with sony and make a gaming phone?

benefits?  oh sure, i'm sure a meaningful partnership could do great things.

..but nintendo has too much of an independance mindset.  they'd never partner with anyone under the current management.  maybe sony would...i dunno, they'd probably welcome nintendo software with open arms but i doubt they'd be willing to make any meaningful concessions in hardware that would benefit nintendo.  they'd entertain the thought longer than nintendo but in the end i imagine they'd walk too.

which brings me back to my point.  as equals (which they currently are in the ballpark of) neither would give an inch.  should one fall from grace and be at the brink of desperation something could happen... but then who would care?