| RolStoppable said: What this means in the big picture is that Nintendo's trajectory of absorbing Sony's third party support - a trend that started with the DS in generation 7 - is bound to continue. More and more Japanese developers and publishers are running out of options to refrain from developing for a Nintendo console. Is PlayStation going to become the next Xbox in Japan? No. But Sony isn't doing anything to adjust to the market conditions, so it's fair to conclude that they are ceding a large chunk of the market to Nintendo without putting up any fight because they know they can't compete. |
I think an absence of mentioning that its really the mobile market that has stolen most of the growth potential of dedicated consoles is kinda odd. Nintendo is aiming for a sweet spot between the two (tablet/handheld + dock for home play) and seeing the success in Japan.
As for Sony ceding a chunk of the Japanese market to Nintendo, I think that's absolutely true. Sony has treated Japan very much second class to North America and Europe even when launching there several months AFTER the West. Their focus has shifted off of Japan and I think they're reaping the consequences of that (fantastic success in the West and ok results in Japan). While I don't think they will lose their core audience to Nintendo platforms, they're going to lose ground to Switch barring some major changes in philsophy and priority.
