Why the Death of Nintendo Would Do Gaming Zero Favors

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generic-user-1 said:

Skullwaker said:

Locknuts said:

Skullwaker said:
None of the big 3 should die. Absolutely no one would benefit from that, I promise you. They all keep each other on their toes and the market continues to be healthy because of it.

Honestly though it would bring a smile to my face if Sony went under. I'm sick, I know. Either that or they could improve their business practices and customer service. Either is good.

This is actually how I feel about Microsoft. Like, I don't want them to go under because ultimately them existing helps the market, but at the same time I feel like they have no business being in video games and they don't really care about it beyond monetary value. Albeit, Sony has been following in Microsoft's footsteps regarding a lot of things, and that has disappointed me beyond belief.

im not sure if it realy helps the maket to have the twins. sure, the prices are lower, but thats realy all we get out of it. we wouldnt lose anything if sony or m$ stops to make consoles. but we could win something, 3rd partys would have to support nintendo, that means the surving twin would have to do more.

I'm not so sure it helps the market to have the twins either. I think the graphical and power arms race between Sony and MS is what led to $500 and $600 launch prices and so many publishers and developers going belly up the past decade because they just don't have the resources to keep up with the drastic spike in the cost of doing business. Think what you will of Wii being "the shovelware machine," but it was many times the safest place for devs to put out niche games that were never meant to sell like gangbusters or try out new ideas with less fear of doing irrepairable damage if sales don't meet expectations.

I would hate to be a developer in this day and age, where the industry is like a minefield. One wrong step, and that's all she wrote for you.