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Pristine20 on 05 August 2008
disolitude said:
Why would they need Sony gaming division? Cell has shown to be underachiving, sony studios arent really moving consoles with their games, they already share pretty much all the great exclusives....

Bluray is the only aspect which could seem interesting but even that would be counter-productive of their goal for digital distribution.

It eliminates competition. Why did you think M$ tried to acquire yahoo? It has nothing to do with cell's performance. They could just use sony's studios to make xbox games and maybe keep the playstation name to remain strong in JP.

I don't think sony will be selling by the way.

 



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Noobie on 05 August 2008

Worst article i would say.. Sony was successful for the last two generation and they r losing this generation because of their arrogance and nothing else... But MS has so far not shown any innovation or creativity in console market so far.. so if they buy Sony gaming division (which they can) then it will be the end of competition in consoles for once and forvever... and Nintendo will have the easy field for the rest of the days of this world...



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colonelstubbs on 05 August 2008

This analyst sucks. Hes obviously been inhaling some serious fumes



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disolitude on 05 August 2008
Pristine20 said:
disolitude said:
Why would they need Sony gaming division? Cell has shown to be underachiving, sony studios arent really moving consoles with their games, they already share pretty much all the great exclusives....

Bluray is the only aspect which could seem interesting but even that would be counter-productive of their goal for digital distribution.

It eliminates competition. Why did you think M$ tried to acquire yahoo? It has nothing to do with cell's performance. They could just use sony's studios to make xbox games and maybe keep the playstation name to remain strong in JP.

I don't think sony will be selling by the way.

 

MS went after yahoo to compete with google in the search market. Yahoo was not MS's competition at all. But yes, it would eliminete competition for 360 I guess... but who of us consumers would want that?

 



Passenger57 on 05 August 2008

Wow, what an embarrassment to Sony's gaming division for Cnet to post an article like that!




 

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masterb8tr on 05 August 2008
Pristine20 said:
disolitude said:
Why would they need Sony gaming division? Cell has shown to be underachiving, sony studios arent really moving consoles with their games, they already share pretty much all the great exclusives....

Bluray is the only aspect which could seem interesting but even that would be counter-productive of their goal for digital distribution.

It eliminates competition. Why did you think M$ tried to acquire yahoo? It has nothing to do with cell's performance. They could just use sony's studios to make xbox games and maybe keep the playstation name to remain strong in JP.

I know sony wont sell by the way.

 

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deathgod33 on 05 August 2008

sony owned nintendo last gen, did they give up and sell themselves to sony? NO!



 

 

 

 

Pristine20 on 05 August 2008
disolitude said:
Pristine20 said:
disolitude said:
Why would they need Sony gaming division? Cell has shown to be underachiving, sony studios arent really moving consoles with their games, they already share pretty much all the great exclusives....

Bluray is the only aspect which could seem interesting but even that would be counter-productive of their goal for digital distribution.

It eliminates competition. Why did you think M$ tried to acquire yahoo? It has nothing to do with cell's performance. They could just use sony's studios to make xbox games and maybe keep the playstation name to remain strong in JP.

I don't think sony will be selling by the way.

 

MS went after yahoo to compete with google in the search market. Yahoo was not MS's competition at all. But yes, it would eliminete competition for 360 I guess... but who of us consumers would want that?

 

 

 I won't want that but you have to admit that it will be good for M$ because with the path Nintendo has taken. M$ would have the whole ps360 crowd in its pockets and not even have to worry about buying/losing 3rd party exclusives because their games would be built for 360 only or wii only for the most part. They could increase xbox live to $100/year and not worry much because their customers would have no choice.

They tried to aquire yahoo to compete with google for advertising $$$ because they are trailing behind google big time.



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"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler

WiiStation360 on 05 August 2008
Passenger57 said:
Wow, what an embarrassment to Sony's gaming division for Cnet to post an article like that!

What an embarassment to MS as well.  They are saying that they cannot compete with Sony or Nintendo, so they have to spend billions to eliminate the competition and buy their way to second place.



Pristine20 on 05 August 2008
deathgod33 said:
sony owned nintendo last gen, did they give up and sell themselves to sony? NO!

 

 Sony never tried to buy them because they thought ninty posed no threat so you never know. Companies can be forcefully/systematically taken over as well. Think EA and Take-Two even though it didn't happen.



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler