What If: Nintendo and Sony joined up, like they planned to do?

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S.T.A.G.E. on 09 August 2013

LilChicken22 said:
Sony's and Nintendo's views on games are too different.

Sony never had views on games at the time besides that they were for children and not a market they would like to be in.

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S.T.A.G.E. on 09 August 2013

Anari said:

VGPolyglot said:

Anari said:

VGPolyglot said:
Gaming wouldn't be as big as it is.

How so?

The Playstation was huge, and sold more than any home console before it. Also, the Playstation 2 wouldn't have existed either, and that is the best selling console of all time.

And the Wii was huge and brought in more new gamers than any console before it.

Neither of those facts mean gaming wouldn't have been as big as it is had Sony and Nintendo joined up.

The playstation brought more gamers and created more lifelong gamers. The Wii brought the most non-gamers, who will most likely diminish and not return. People who dont play videogames and still dont take games seriously. It was a family thing.

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Kasz216 on 09 August 2013

I'd expect Nintendo either wouldn't be around or would be a part of Sony.

The Super CD deal was way to much in Sony's favor... and after the Phillips CDI disaster...

Also, i question if Sega would still be around. The Saturn would probably face the same problems... if not more from the combined Nitnendo disc system causing the early dreamcast launch to still happen and still fail.

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attaboy on 09 August 2013

Watch the DC Comics film "Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox" for your answer. Sometimes, it's just best to accept things the way they are.

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Zero999 on 09 August 2013

sony planned to have full rights over the software released on the add on. yamauchi noticed it late and ended their partnership. if they had joined, the only difference would be that nintendo would notice those contract terms a little later and the break up would happen anyway.