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If the big three took human form and bore children, which combination would you most like to see?| Nintendo/Sony |
76.0%, 19 votes | Sony/Microsoft |
4.0%, 1 vote | Microsoft/Nintendo |
20.0%, 5 votes | Multi-voting is disabled. 25 users have voted.
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Kutske                 Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6647 days Last view: 6647 days |
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Simon Says: Hmmm, something's not right here... If Nintendo is a guy, then Sony would have to be a girl for them to have a child. If Sony is a girl, microsoft would have to be a guy for the same obvious reason. But if both Nintendo and microsoft are guys and would attemp having a child, someone could get seriously hurt! All three aren't made human at the same time -- in each pair, one turns male and one turns female. Or maybe they use asexual division or something, I don't know. GeckoYamori: Sony manufactured the SPC chip for the SNES, and the Playstation was originally supposed to be a CD addon for the console. For some unknown reason Nintendo decided to cancel the contract to partner with Philips without even notifying Sony about it, ultimately causing the biggest turning point in the history of the industry. My god, what if Nintendo and Sony went through with the NPX, and then Sega and Microsoft teamed up to produce a second Dreamcast, and Square still went to Nintendo's opposition console? Nintendo vs Sega would still be on, we might only have those two consoles in the mainstream, Sonic games wouldn't be multi-console, THPS would have went second-party, someone would have found a cure for cancer, George Bush wouldn't have been elected president, 9/11 wouldn't have happened...just think of how different the world would be today... Yes, Zamboni Flying Machine.: I'd like to see MORE competition. Otherwise Nintendo is going to be forced into a corner because there is no such thing as competing against Sony and Microsoft in the Grand War of Fiscal Attrition More competition howso? A fourth console? A third handheld? HyperHacker: Besides, any teaming up of two of the three would pretty much mean death to the third, meaning no competition. Without competition, prices skyrocket and quality plummets. I just suggested that if they were humans, which child would you most like to see produced -- the question isn't about two of the three companies permanently joining forces. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828    Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6300 days Last view: 6300 days |
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| Oh, in that case, WTF? I guess if they were humans, Sony would be a con man and Microsoft would be guy who can easily be tricked into doing anything.
Come to think of it, if Sony were just one person they'd probably be in jail by now.  |
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Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace...  Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6299 days Last view: 6299 days |
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Originally posted by CymoroI heard a rumour that Stave Ballmer did go over to Japan, and wanted to buy Nintendo. It didn't go well, and I think they made X-box after that.  If the rumour is true, that's it.
Meh, one is pretty much having monopoly over the desktop market (When it comes to Servers, it's mostly various BSD's and NIX's instead of NT  ). The other one delivers rootkits on their CD's. And the third is very aggresive against unlicensed devolopers.
Eh, I think Nintendo had the biggest profit gain from it's console market, if you count DS/GBA as a "console". Then, Sony and Microsoft is bigger, due to their efforts in other markets. Microsofts made least profits out of the three, but they can afford that obviously...
...or actually, Microsoft hadn't done well econimically the few last year according to a few sources. Not that they will go bankrupt anytime soon.
And i'm somewhat with Ziff... competition is good. If a company have a monopoly (or at least, a really big share of the market), they don't really try their best... until they start losing it. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6300 days Last view: 6300 days |
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| Microsoft, and I think Sony, actually lose money on consoles and make it up on games. Not sure if Nintendo does the same. | |||
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Ziff B2BB BACKTOBASICSBITCHES Since: 11-18-05 From: A room Last post: 6299 days Last view: 6299 days |
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| The simple fact of the matter is that they can AFFORD it. They could afford to buy and enslave a small nation. | |||
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Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero  Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6299 days Last view: 6299 days |
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| Yes, Nintendo does the same, though I think they lose less than the others. It's a common practice, since you've got so many more games than systems. | |||
GeckoYamori Koopa  Since: 11-25-05 Last post: 6314 days Last view: 6299 days |
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| Nintendo relies on cheaply manufactured hardware, as opposed to Microsoft and Sony who sell $900 hardware for a third of the price. | |||
NSNick Gohma IF ALL ELSE FAILS USE BOOZE  Since: 11-17-05 From: Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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Originally posted by HyperHacker Aye. Over all, Microsoft lost about $4 billion dollars with the original XBox. |
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Sin Dogan   860  Uoodo Original Blend Armored Trooper Votoms Canned Coffee! Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6304 days Last view: 6303 days |
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Originally posted by HyperHacker AND NINTENDO WOULD BE MY BEST FRIEND.  |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6300 days Last view: 6300 days |
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Originally posted by GeckoYamori I heard the biggest cash-saver is that they make a lot of it in their own factories, often even design the entire thing themselves. Not sure how true that is though. I know they usually use customized versions of existing technology, though. Most of their CPUs are custom-made for them. (NES=2A03, a 6502 with a sound system or some such; I think N64's and Gamecube's were customized; Gameboy=Modified Z80 with some instructions added/removed; GBA=ARM7 without MMU; NDS=ARM7+ARM9 cores in one chip, also without MMU.)
Important thing is cheap manufacturing doesn't mean cheap quality. Most Nintendo products are like tanks with controller ports.  (Yeah, I say that too much... but hey, it's true. I know if I got a PSP instead of a DS, it wouldn't still work by now.)(edited by HyperHacker on 01-25-06 02:51 AM) |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6647 days Last view: 6647 days |
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| HyperHacker, bless you for introducing me to the acronym tag. You can all expect me to use it like a fiend in the coming weeks and months. | |||
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Pikawil 130  Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6394 days Last view: 6302 days |
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| Ninty and Sony because after all, it was Ninty's "fault" if the Playstation was born... | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6647 days Last view: 6647 days |
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| A rarely-noticed Easter egg tying in with the console's SNES roots lies in the PlayStation's controller design. The four face buttons on the right (Circle, Square, Triangle, and X) seem to be based off the magic attack cast by the Magikoopas found in Super Mario World and Kamek in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. The spell consists of three spinning geometric shapes (a circle, a square, and a triangle) followed by a trail of sparks that appear X-shaped.
It should also be noted that Nintendo's N64DD used the Circle/X/Square/Triangle buttons, which is why you can find the symbols in Animal Crossing (originally Animal Forest for the DD) when typing. But read the topic next time; this was already mentioned three or four times. |
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