Originally posted by: theredbaron
What you're saying about company divisions and departments was correct, but it wasn't really what I was getting at. I was speaking more about the financial focii of the respective companies. I probably should have worded my post a bit better, but what I meant is that Sony is using the PS3 to push the Blu-Ray format, and if neither do well, they could be screwed overall, whereas if Sony only had to handle the PS3, I'm sure they would have designed it differently yada yada yada. Nintendo is like a streamlined gaming company. Their only concern/focus is to ensure the success of their gaming machines.
What you're saying about company divisions and departments was correct, but it wasn't really what I was getting at. I was speaking more about the financial focii of the respective companies. I probably should have worded my post a bit better, but what I meant is that Sony is using the PS3 to push the Blu-Ray format, and if neither do well, they could be screwed overall, whereas if Sony only had to handle the PS3, I'm sure they would have designed it differently yada yada yada. Nintendo is like a streamlined gaming company. Their only concern/focus is to ensure the success of their gaming machines.
Ok, now that you cleared that up, I understand what you are saying. And Sony is taking a big risk using the blu-ray format in the PS3. So I would definitely agree with you that the could, possibly would, be screwed overall.
I'm looking at your post about how you want Sony out of the race and in it you mention about faulty hardware and stuff. I def agree with you. I have heard a lot of people say that they needed to replace their PS2 and stuff, and as we all know 360 had problems, but if you think back to Nintendo's consoles I know I've never had to replace one and I'm pretty sure that there were never any hardware malfunctions. Nintendo always makes a reliable system. I still have my SNES and it works fine. I got the new NES that came out that was redesigned cause we sold our original NES, but the redesigned one still works as does my Genesis.
-Shark2k