While I have great hope for their future potential, I am definitely skeptical. The winds in Sony R&D have definitely changed and I really hope they will be able to deliver something that meets this criteria.
I see this going one of two ways:
Nintendo recaptures the mature market abandoned by Sony for growth, while competing against a siege from Apple.
or
Sony comes back with a strongly integrated platform, that involves PS3/BluRay/PSN/Home integration. They hold their current market and perhaps steal a little growth from Apple.
I see Nintendo doing what they can with the timing of this 3DS to force the issue sooner than later, and back Sony in to a corner (scenario 1)
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RE: Sony's inevitiable vertical platform.
While I have great hope for their future potential, I am definitely skeptical. The winds in Sony R&D have definitely changed and I really hope they will be able to deliver something that meets this criteria.
I see this going one of two ways:
Nintendo recaptures the mature market abandoned by Sony for growth, while competing against a siege from Apple.
or
Sony comes back with a strongly integrated platform, that involves PS3/BluRay/PSN/Home integration. They hold their current market and perhaps steal a little growth from Apple.
I see Nintendo doing what they can with the timing of this 3DS to force the issue sooner than later, and back Sony in to a corner (scenario 1)