PigPen said:
richardhutnik said:
So, in the usual round of cheerleading, you have individuals saying to not worry about Nintendo, Activision, etc... People see today and presume everything will be ok. OBVIOUSLY Nintendo knows what they are doing. How can they fail? They have been around FOREVER. And Activision has Call of Duty and others. So, no need to worry, right?
Well, check this out:
You know what that is? That is the Atari name and logo from the movie Bladerunner. You see, back in the heyday of Atari, you had people predicting Atari would be around forever, even into the 21st century and be epically huge still and synonymous with videogames. Well, hate to tell you this, but they aren't.
If you think one minute your beloved company will be around forever, and they can't face major issues even over the next few years, you are fooling yourself. It can happen. It has happened, and will happen again.
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It can happen to Nintendo and Microsoft, and it can happen to Sony. It's just something to think about.
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Considering what Microsoft is going through now, Microsoft is a prime candidate. Competent companies don't misfire like they did with the XBOX ONE. They combined the misfiring of Sony with the PS3 (flip crab, $599) with the misunderstanding of DIVX. They are seeing their situation being threatened now also, as they lost a foothold in the portable arena, where the growth is. And we should all know the red ink Sony has been bleeding. But people who are console loyalists happen to not thing it is possible with their company. It can happen. I am one who had backed Atari and Sega back in the day. It can happen.
