| S.T.A.G.E. said: Nintnedo doesn't take the financial risk that Sony does. If Sony made their consoles gradually lower in power they would make profit as soon as the console launches even if they lost. Nintnedo definitely plays it smart and more conservatively when it comes to expenses and that leads quicker profits and savings. |
I'd call the PS4 the safest, most conservative possible console that any one of them could have produced. Competitive launch price, off-the-shelf parts, reasonable upgrade over the past gen that was more in line with previous new gen upgrades than PS2-to-PS3, essentially the same controller layout, no new disc media to introduce, the biggest "gimmick" it had to introduce was the touch pad on the controller. In fact, I'd say the only financial risk Sony has taken with consoles was the PS3. Everything else can easily be justified, and you can understand the thinking behind the PS3 as well.
There's nothing wrong with any of that; 25 years of data shows that playing it conservative for Sony is paying dividends, to put it mildly. I'll go out on a limb and say that there is a market for Sony's consoles. I like Sony being old reliable in contrast to wild and wacky Nintendo.
