Nintendo's Evolution from Gamecube to Switch (...was pre-mediated imho)

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hunter_alien said:

bdbdbd said:

It's more like the industry is moving away from TV. Even if you'd think stuff like Chromecast would be a move towards hybrid, it is still using the device that you stream from as an interface, making the "hybrid" approach rather useless.

If you look at the market currently, it looks like Sony is in a rather dire position considering the future, as Sony seems to be only one still locked into a TV. MS has UWP, so you technically can play all the UWP games on all Windows devices, Nintendo has Switch (and 3DS, though I don't think 3DS will be important anymore in the future) that don't require a TV, then there are all the Android devices.

Then again, didn't Kaz take the direction to make "Playstation" a service (not different than Steam) a few years back.

Really? I always imagined that PS+ and PSN are a 2-pillar aproach that Sony might capitalize on going forward. IMO when it comes to gaming they are pretty well set in thatr regards. As soon as they have the pricing figured out they should be golden in the age of the post-TV livingroom.

I think Kaz agrees you here. The problem is, that in the future the competition is between the different marketplaces on the same device(s). Console manufacturing is lucrative business because of the third party royalties when you succeed, but nothing really guarantees the publishers would be interested in publishing games on Sony's service, as you have other services already to compete with. Or maybe this would be the best thing ever to happen to Playstation and Sony makes more profit than ever with it. Or maybe Sony pulls out PS3,5 similar hybrid to Switch and has a runaway success. In any case, it looks like the dumbed down PC plugged to your TV is slowly coming to an end.