pearljammer on 15 March 2008
| Onimusha12 said: Both Microsoft and Sony are significantly weaker than what they were five years ago. The question is who is worse off? No one can really say at this moment. All I see here is people trying to scare others into thinking its over for their company. Nobody has any proof MS is in anymore peril than Sony, just theories, speculation and wishful thinking. It's a pity Sony and Microsoft couldn't follow Nintendo's example and do business in a matter that isn't only profitable, but insanely profitable, even the PS2's lifetime profits were less than what the Wii has made in a two quarter period (six months). You can argue who has the Halos, who has the Grand Theft Autos, who has the Metal Gear Solids, who has the Devil May Crys and who has the Final Fantasies... but Nintendo is the only one of the big three not in any threat of financial trouble down the road or struggling to make their console break even. Nintendo is the only company with any real security and no dark clouds over the horizon. Nintendo couldn't compete in the market as it was so they simply changed it, they changed it with the Wii and Ds and have single handedly reshaped Japan's market and slowly are reshaping the rest of the world. I can't see into the future. I don't have a crystal ball. But I can assure you that Nintendo is the only one of the three companies with a business model that has any garanteed future in gaming. |
I think this would have to be the first time I've 100% agreed with you. Well said.
While I don't see either Sony or MS heading the way of Sega, Nintendo is the only one of the three with a current model that has a prospective guarantee in the market. Whether I like it or not, Nintendo is/has dramatically changed the market.
