Soundwave on 29 August 2017
| StarDoor said: Kutaragi thought that Microsoft was a bigger threat than Nintendo and that video game consoles could replace home computers? Wow. What a time that was. |
Kutaragi was high, but Microsoft thought this too. That's why they made the XBox, because they (foolishly) thought Playstation was some kind of threat to move into the computer business somehow.
What Microsoft badly misjudged is their true competetion would come from Apple and Google, whom they were paying no attention to. Today Android is the no.1 OS in the world and MS compeletely missed the boat on smartphones (which Ballmer admits now). Playstation was always a paper tiger, Apple and Google were the real threats. The 100 million that Sony sells in game consoles over 5-6 years is laughably small potatoes compared to iPhone or Samsung Galaxy shipments.
