koos wrote:

Monopoly is not a bad thing if the barriers to entry to the market are low. So if Microsoft and Sony drop out of the console business, which will eventually happen, it will be just fine. Nintendo will still need to be on its toes because the next Sega might be around the corner.

skywake wrote:

ChocoGoldfish wrote:

Geonjaha wrote:

Mickeymac wrote:

One World One Console. We're headed towards better days...

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One Console, One company.
No competition, little incentive.
Bad products, bad games.
Bad industry, no industry.
Better days? I think not.

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That's all a myth perpetuated by people who think a capitalist open market is a good thing. The reality is that it isn't. History has proven that 1) even when there's a monopoly there's still competition and 2) a monopoly is not an incentive for the vendor to produce poor quality goods. When poor goods are produced under a monopoly it is almost always because of other reasons. And amusingly enough, capitalism is a direct cause for low-quality goods. When corporations need to compete on price, corners are cut, and almost invariably the consumer is the one that misses out.

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Tin foil hats are a-go. There are good reasons for monopolies in some specific scenarios and the argument about complete deregulation reducing the quality of goods is reasonable. The idea that capitalism and an open market as a general idea is not a good thing is, however, not an idea I'm going to let someone post without me mocking them. So this is me, a Green voting, gov' owned infrastructure monopoly supporting, Carbon price "lefty" person who can listen to Stereolab without his head exploding mocking this general point being made around this post here.

Sony_70 wrote:

koos wrote:

Monopoly is not a bad thing if the barriers to entry to the market are low. So if Microsoft and Sony drop out of the console business, which will eventually happen, it will be just fine. Nintendo will still need to be on its toes because the next Sega might be around the corner.

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You expecr nintendo to outlast Microsoft and Sony (lulz)

Sony_70 wrote:

You expecr nintendo to outlast Microsoft and Sony (lulz)

Knux wrote:

Greetings ladies and gentlemen. (If this topic has been done before, then I couldn't find it.)

Today, I will ask a question that (most of) us would rather not ask ourselves. What would you do if Nintendo didn't succeed with the Wii U and 3DS, which as a result, causes them to drop out of manufacturing gaming systems and become a third party developer like Sega did?

TysonQ7 wrote:

SuperSherbet wrote:

If Nintendo quit making consoles, I' think they'd start doing a PC service like what Valve is currently doing with Steam.

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Or better yet, FUSE with VALVE.

skywake wrote:

ChocoGoldfish wrote:

Geonjaha wrote:

Mickeymac wrote:

One World One Console. We're headed towards better days...

[/div]

One Console, One company.
No competition, little incentive.
Bad products, bad games.
Bad industry, no industry.
Better days? I think not.

[/div]

That's all a myth perpetuated by people who think a capitalist open market is a good thing. The reality is that it isn't. History has proven that 1) even when there's a monopoly there's still competition and 2) a monopoly is not an incentive for the vendor to produce poor quality goods. When poor goods are produced under a monopoly it is almost always because of other reasons. And amusingly enough, capitalism is a direct cause for low-quality goods. When corporations need to compete on price, corners are cut, and almost invariably the consumer is the one that misses out.

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Tin foil hats are a-go. There are good reasons for monopolies in some specific scenarios and the argument about complete deregulation reducing the quality of goods is reasonable. The idea that capitalism and an open market as a general idea is not a good thing is, however, not an idea I'm going to let someone post without me mocking them. So this is me, a Green voting, gov' owned infrastructure monopoly supporting, Carbon price "lefty" person who can listen to Stereolab without his head exploding mocking this general point being made around this post here.

Reala wrote:

Hi I'm Reala and I'm a Sega fan you may remember that company from such things as Nights into Dreams, Sonic and the 32X; you may also remember they exited the console market and the true devastation that caused with some of its effects such as Sonic 06 still being felt today; well I'm about to publish a book on just how to survive your fav console maker ceasing hardware and becoming a 3rd party developer, this is not just intended as a book but a tool to cope and overcome such a massive life changing world altering event, and get your life back on track while I truly hope such an event doesn't befall your own personal fav console maker; you can never take anything for granted and hope this book will provide some form of peace of mind in the worst case scenario do not delay pre order by the end August and receive a free tin foil hat!!!

Koos wrote:

Market Cap:
Sega - 5 billion (no console manufacturing)
Sony - 13 billion (will need to weed out some unprofitable sectors)
Nintendo - 15 billion (with console manufacturing. Will not let go of 50% of its structure easily. See Sega's market cap).
Microsoft - 240 billion (could live without consoles someday, if feels other sectors are more important)

Sony_70 wrote:

Yep the prevailing things I hear on tech websites are google or samsung buying Sony.

Reala wrote:

Hi I'm Reala and I'm a Sega fan you may remember that company from such things as Nights into Dreams, Sonic and the 32X; you may also remember they exited the console market and the true devastation that caused with some of its effects such as Sonic 06 still being felt today; well I'm about to publish a book on just how to survive your fav console maker ceasing hardware and becoming a 3rd party developer, this is not just intended as a book but a tool to cope and overcome such a massive life changing world altering event, and get your life back on track while I truly hope such an event doesn't befall your own personal fav console maker; you can never take anything for granted and hope this book will provide some form of peace of mind in the worst case scenario do not delay pre order by the end August and receive a free tin foil hat!!!