zero129 said:
Fun fact: Before Sony came along Nintendo and Sega where the top dogs. PS1 and 2 destroyed their competitors, PS3 lost Sony billions and allowed MS to double their market share and gain a foothold in the console market place and the Wii became the best selling console of that gen. PS3 was also the cause of the PS brands creator Ken Kutaragi to step down. MS came from a very successful gen with XB360 only to mess up big time with their always on DRM and kinect focus and bad marketing and weaker console then the PS4 yet costing more. Anyway point being Things can go wrong in a single generation for a console maker. Marketing and first impressions can have a lot to do with that. |
Before Nintendo and SEGA dropped the ball they haven't had had 30 years of selling 80 million units minimum. If anything the PS3 shows that Sony cannot possibly fail. It wasn't possible for Xbox to beat them despite having a year head start, initially the better game offering and better price. Yep, the x360 doubled market share and then promptly lost it back again.
Let's pretend that you're not underestimating Sony. You're still massively overestimating their competition. Sony dropped the ball once in 4 generations and still beat out the competition while selling over 80m units. While in the meantime in 2 of their 3 generations Xbox couldn't even get close, i.e. dropped the ball. So how come all your confidence lies with the competition who has shown in the past that it cannot compete, while all the doubt is centered on the company that has not ever lost? Isn't that a bit of a disconnect?
You talk about how Nintendo and SEGA were destroyed from a position of power. Now remind me please, who was it that destroyed them?
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