4th January 2006, 10:48 AM
Why anyone would want to compete with Nintendo in the handheld market I will never understand, everything always fails. The closest thing in the market that was able to compete with the GB was the Game Gear and that's only because Nintendo didn't have a death grip on the market yet like they do now. The best any company can hope for in Nintendo's arena is to do what Nintendo's doing in the console arena, offer something different that will create its own catagory.
Sony should have sucked it up and released their first and second party stuff on Nintendo's handhelds just like MS does with Rare's games and others. It just makes more sense: Less work, less cost, larger demographic, higher returns. This is what happens when ego gets in the way of business.
I remember a few years ago when a MS rep was asked "Has Microsoft considered entering the handheld market? Can we expect an 'X-Pocket'?" and the rep replied, "Why on Earth would we do that?"
Genius.
Sony should have sucked it up and released their first and second party stuff on Nintendo's handhelds just like MS does with Rare's games and others. It just makes more sense: Less work, less cost, larger demographic, higher returns. This is what happens when ego gets in the way of business.
I remember a few years ago when a MS rep was asked "Has Microsoft considered entering the handheld market? Can we expect an 'X-Pocket'?" and the rep replied, "Why on Earth would we do that?"
Genius.