The FTC says Nintendo don't count

[Wild self]

breh, a dockable handheld PS5 in 2024 at the prices nintendo typically sells products at would have to be powered by jehovah

Oh, it will be that powerful.

 

[tripleaamin]

Oh, it will be that powerful.

I'd say PS4 Pro level is more likely then PS5.

 

[SCJoe]

Watch MS double back on their ass and buy Nintendo now the they set the precedence. They are a toy company after all right?

 

[Wild self]

Watch MS double back on their ass and buy Nintendo now the they set the precedence. They are a toy company after all right?

M$ tried that already. Nintendo and their Japanese executives laughed at their faces.

 

[SCJoe]

M$ tried that already. Nintendo and their Japanese executives laughed at their faces.

I heard about that too. Everybody has a price though, stay tuned.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Watch MS double back on their ass and buy Nintendo now the they set the precedence. They are a toy company after all right?

lol if that could happen sony afterwards would be like

 

[Diunx]

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

apparently they were right because according to bots the new narrative is without xbox sony can do whatever they want.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

apparently they were right because according to bots the new narrative is without xbox sony can do whatever they want.

crazy how one of us is always 100% on point

If we are actually breaking this shyt down. Each of the big 3 is trying to cultivate their market as “THE” market.

Nintendo is fun family stuff and “unique” hardware
Playstation is Big blockbuster games and multiplat licensing(console sales)
Xbox is software and services(xbox ecosystem)

There’s obviously some overlap between all 3. But if you really wanted to play semantics all 3 are in their own “market” and betting on that market to be THE future of gaming.

The problem for The FTC is, trying to break this down into individual markets only weakens their argument against the microsoft merger.

Their job is to prevent monopolies. Breaking shyt down like they did gives nintendo a monopoly. And preventing microsoft from bringing games like cod to nintendo only seves to strengthen the separation of the 2 “markets” they created.

Microsoft bringing COD to nintendo and cloud and streaming only serves to promote competition and consumer access.

 

[Rekkapryde]

the final stages....

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

the final stages....

 

[Rekkapryde]

 

[↓R↑LYB]

So you saying the type of gamer that wants to play stuff like Grand Theft Auto, Madden, Fifa, Battlefield, Call of Duty is seriously looking at a Switch and a PS5 and weighing which one they want and will only buy one? The primary driver of a Nintendo console purchase is Nintendo content almost exclusively.

The buyer of a PlayStation or Xbox wants those high profile 3rd party games. The determining factor of which they get is the exclusive content or either of those platforms that calls to them more.

Sony vs Microsoft is mostly a zero sum game. People have no issue owning both a PlayStation and a Switch. Most people (outside of enthusiast) will say owning both an Xbox and a PlayStation is not worth it to them.

I worked at Target in the electronics section back in the day and you'd be surprised the shyt people bought. There were so many times I opened the case and sold a bunch of bullshyt while the GTAs and Maddens were sitting there collecting dust.

Which is why you turn around and a game like Mario Kart ends up being one of the greatest selling games of all time.

 

[daze23]

why did you bump this thread?

 

[Rekkapryde]

why did you bump this thread?

Reasons