forest-spirit said:
DerNebel said:
Honestly Playstation and Xbox do have a place, because they offer platforms on which not only they but all third parties are making money on, tons of money, they are viable platforms for the whole industry.
Nintendos platforms on the other hand are largely completely financially unviable for the industry aside from Nintendo, so if nobody but Nintendo makes money on their systems (and that is basically the case with the Wii U) and if Nintendo struggles to make money on the hardware itself, then one has to wonder why they don't just ditch the hardware and concentrates on what they're actually really top notch in: Making games.
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As hardware makers though, do they really have a place? Wouldn't it be much better for both gamers and the industry if they stopped making hardware and instead provided services such as Steam for PC and mobile platforms? Pretty sure the part of the industry that's currently making money on PS/Xbox systems would make even more money if Sony and MS went down that road.
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That's exactly were I see the industry is headed, just services that are available on any device with a screen.
