How A Nintendo + Sony Alliance Could Work (In Theory)

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selnor1983 said:
Nintendo still have animosity towards Sony over the whole PSX fiasco. Nintendo would never go to Sony, theres to much bad history. If anything I believe theyd rather help Microsoft out of the 2. They don't have a bad history with Microsoft the way they do with Sony.

I'll have to disagree with you here.

While Nintendo may (or may not) still be upset by the SNES CD turned into PSX affair, they still share, albeit slightly, the same view when it comes to gaming than Sony does; as has been proven very clearly this gen, both see consoles as gaming devices that can also do other tasks, while MSoft sees them as multimedia devices that also plays games. It's a subtle but important diffeence in this kind of joint ventures. Also both Nintendo and Sony are japanese, something that while it's not as important as it used to be, still matter to some shareholders.

Besides, Nintendo weakest territory has always been Europe, and MSoft is still strugling here too, so the merging console would fight to win in the USA (probably ending first) and Japan, but will still lose in Europe. Going with Sony will ensure them being first not only in Japan but also in Europe and probably also in the USA.