Has Microsoft already achieved its goal?

[El Duderino]

Dno said:

El Duderino said:

@Dno: But that makes very little sence to me, after the PS1 and the PS2 Sony was in a position were they could have crushed Nintendo and Microsoft for good and been the number one console maker for a very very long time, sure Blue-Ray will make them lots if money... but for how long ??? will it last as long as the DVD ??? Consoles on the other hand will last forever and dropping the ball there will cost Sony much more in the long run, giving Nintendo and Microsoft the chance to gather new strength was the biggest mistake Sony ever made in the gaming industry IMO, had they continued with what the PS2 was doing they could have dominated the market for years to come... but that chance is dead and gone now...

For me Blue-Ray was nothing but a Pyrus victory for Sony... but I´m happy the way things turned out... lots of competition makes the maret better for all gamers, a fact fanboys like to ingnore... (I´m not calling anybody here a Fanboy... I just hate it when people want a company to dominate the market)

Um... DVDs came out in what 1997... and its 2008 and DVDS sell in the millions..... not one console has lasted for 11 years.... so umm.... what?

Every 5 years a new console is made... blu-ray can last for like 10 years without R&D.... whereas as soon as a console is made they start R&D for the next one because the life is only 5 years.

The Game industry is like what... 25-40% of he movie industry. more people watch, buy, and own lots more movies then games......

So the DVD has been around for 11 years... VHS was around for what... 20 years ??? New formats are comming out at a much faster rate than they used to... and I´m not even tuching downloads... now how long do you expect gaming to be around ??? Thats right, forever... so dropping the ball in the gaming industry is much much worse than losing a video format IMO, Blue-Ray might be around for another 10 years but the Playstation brand should be around much longer... if Sony had done things right and put its money on the future of the Playstatin brand they could have crushed Microsoft and Nintendo... then even our children would still play on a playstation... and ask us "Daddy what was a Blue-Ray and who was this Nintendo you keep talking about ???" But now Sony lost most of what they gained with the PS1 and 2 and face much stronger competition... they simply screwed up...

Oh and you should listen to rocketpig instead of fighting against him... he knows what he´s talking about...