Positive Impacts From a Unified/Fusion Nintendo Platform

[Soundwave]

fatslob-:O said:

Soundwave said:

"Software sells hardware" is such a blanket statement that really it's not accurate anymore. Every gaming platform has software, and in most cases plenty of it (eventually anyway). 

Software variety and a healthy, continual flow of software are just as important if not moreso. 

I think in general the trend in electronics today is all about having less hardware too. People don't want to buy more crap than they need, it's all about having centralized devices that give people the entertainment they want, when they want it, how they want it, without making them jump through hoops. 

And sweet jeezus at the "Sony's idea" bit, you kids need to read up on gaming history. 

It is "quality" software that will reach to the masses rather than shovelware crap from failed systems. 

A continual flow of "quality" software maybe important however giving no differentiation between the two platforms just means that one will cannibalize the other and that's not exactly a good thing last time I checked and go look at the example that the Xbox One is setting up to see just how exactly your vision will end up.

Specialized > General 

Last time I checked it was Sony's idea based off this table ...

The Famicom was baically sold at cost. So was the Super NES and N64. And GameCube for that matter. 

The idea of selling hardware at cost and making money off the games has been around for a good decade before Sony even sniffed the game industry if not longer. It's why it's called the razor blade model, because it mimics the shaving industry. 

Yamauchi is famous for saying 'the console is just a box people have to buy to play Mario on'. In other words the game machine is a barrier to entry.