Are SONY the first gaming company to have 4 systems on the go at the same time?

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VMEfinn on 23 December 2011

kain_kusanagi said:

VMEfinn said:

Sony:

PS2, PSP, PSP GO, PS3, PS Vita, Playstation Phone. (Sony has at least 5 seperate gaming platforms as the PSP go is well...)

I don't consider the PSP and PSP Go seperate platforms. But I don't consider the DS DSi and DSi XL seperat either. PS Phone is debatable. I wouldn't count Windows Phone 7 as a Microsoft platform along with Xbox 360 even though it plays games too.

The way I see it Sony has 4, Nintendo has 3, and Microsoft has 1.

Sony still has 5 then. PS2, PS3, PSP, Vita and Experia play (Playstation Phone)

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TheSource on 23 December 2011

It does happen occassionally when a company survives several generations.

1990: NES, SNES, GB, Mr. Game & Watch (maybe?)

1995: Virtual Boy, SNES, NES, GB

2001: N64, GB, GBA, GC

1995: Game Gear, Genesis, 32X (maybe?), Saturn

Nov 2006 - March 2007: Wii, DS, GBA, GC

2011: PS2, PSP, PS3, Vita

2012: Wii, Wii U, DS, 3DS

2012 or 2013: PSP, PS3, Vita, PS4, and possibly PS2 still doing tiny figures (like GC in 2006-2007 levels) as well.

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Zlejedi on 23 December 2011

I think Sony might be switching to 4 platforms strategy as a corporate strategy.

They need cheap consoles for emerging markets more than both competitors.

PS2 will probably be discontinued only when PS4 is released , and PSP will remain in sales channels for next 2-3 years till they can afford to sell PSV for 150$.

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d21lewis on 23 December 2011

Even if Sony was the first to do something, I wouldn't acknowledge it.

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NiKKoM on 23 December 2011

d21lewis said:
Even if Sony was the first to do something, I wouldn't acknowledge it.

I would acknowledge that they are the first one stealing ideas..

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deskpro2k3 on 23 December 2011

what about the sony xperia play?

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keith8890 on 23 December 2011

Does the Sony tablet S count that thing is awesome and you can play Psone games on it?

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Onibaka on 23 December 2011

It's interessting seeing how people are biased even in a uninportant discussion.

If we add Dsi/DsiXl then we have the obligation to add "systems" like PS3 With Move or X360 with Kinect. Thats stupid.

Also, most of you forgot PS1, wich is still being produced till today(or at least about 1 or 2 years ago).

Humm...About GC, when it's production was stopped? I know that the last game released for the system was about in 2008, but this don't mean that we have to count the system, because Nintendo already stopped the production at the time.

Dreamcast has still games being released. But that don't means that we have to count the plataform as "alive"