People are forgetting why Microsoft makes the Xbox

[reverie]

Gearbox said:

reverie said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Onyxmeth said:

They're losing, obviously, to Nintendo. Nintendo controls the living room.

 

Sorry, but between the three, there is no doubt that Sony controls the living room.

Who sells the most TV's?

Who sells the most DVD players?

Who sells the most surround sound systems?

Who sells the most High Definition movie players?

Who sells the most speakers?

Who sells the most Amplifiers?

WHo sells the most VCR's, or DAT players (some people still have those).

Who owns the rights to over half the movies ever made?

Forget the fact that Sony has sold more gaming systems then anyone else over the last 10 years, Sony owns your loving room.

Well then let's start with the fact that Nintendo has sold more gaming systems than Sony over the last ten years [1], and after that I'd like to ask you for your source for VCR and DAT player market share.

[1] Nintendo: GB 53m + GBA 81m + GC 22m + DS 75m + Wii 28m = 259m gaming systems. Sony: PS1 70m + PS2 120m + PSP 36m + PS3 14m = 240m gaming systems, 19m less than Nintendo. All according to VGchartz. For GB and PS1 I only took the shipments after March'98.

Holy cr#p buddy, do u even know what the line "controls the living room" means? For a compnay to control the living room they need to get into every aspect of it, such as the DVD player, the TV, the speakers, the remotes, the EVERYTHING IN A LIVING ROOM. Also, people buy handhelds to play them outside or on the road not to sit in their living room, so its more like GC 22 m + wii 28 m VS PS1 70m + PS2 120 m + PS3 14 m

A company needs to be in more then just games to control a living room! Your logic has begun to p#ss me off!

 

I've never said that Nintendo controls the living room, so that's not my logic that's pissing you off. The terms "control of the living room" or "battle for the living room" are not about just any kind of electronical home components. These are very recent terms, maybe 10 years old, about smart devices that can do way more than the old screens and players. It's about the battle between traditional electronics companies and the incoming computer companies trying to control what you're watching and how. Most of the devices in TheRealMaffoo's list have no relevance to who is winning the living room, because they are "dumb" in a computing sense, generic and could be replaced by devices from any other company.