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pokoko on 25 August 2013
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spemanig said:


Three things wrong with that. First, the question was who would sell more and if they could servive without their current IPs. Nintendo can. Sony can't. No company can servive when their best selling IP hit only 6m. Second, you imply that starting a craze some how takes away from the quality of the game, when in fact, the quality of the game is what started the craze. Wrong. Three, you imply that casual games are lesser games. Wrong. People still play Wii Sports today. People love Wii Sports today. Most people have never heard of Uncharted.

Nintendo wins hands down. If they couldn't have the IP names, they'd simply make new IPs to fit the high quality games that they were missing. And they'd sell exactly like they do now and be used for the next 30 years. That's what they do.

Sony has Gran Turismo.

Dude, haha, what the hell are you talking about?  I implied that starting a craze takes away from the quality of a game or that casual games are lesser games?  No, I did not imply, you inferred.  Learn the difference.  Seriously.

Look, let me explain this to you, and why you're proving that Sony would do just fine without depending on established IP.  You're saying that Sony doesn't have any massive hits--yet their consoles still sell well and on a consistant basis.  Much more so than Nintendo or Microsoft, Sony has jumped to new IP with each new console while leaving behind previous IP.  That is to say, the reason Sony consoles perform well is that they're able to keep producing new IP that sell the consoles.  Playstation fans, in general, aren't buying a Playstation for the same IP, they're buying them because of the variety and number of IP.

I think it's quite obvious that Playstation would do just fine if they had to leave their current IP behind, as they're constantly producing new IP, anyway.  You've helped to prove that the brand is not dependent on any one IP and thus wouldn't be all that hurt with the loss.

Understand now?