Dec

14

How The Sony Playstation Won The Game Console Wars

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I’m sure there is a collective sigh amongst the gaming community, when the PS3 managed to sell more than 150,000 units this past November. That’s the one year with the Xbox 360, or even remotely near, but the Nintendo Wii sold.  So, depending on your perspective, and what side of whose fencer sitting behind 150,000 units may or may not be a good thing. There are those among us who would have us believe, at Sony doesn’t really consider, or care about the success of the PS3 as a gaming console. They’ve already hit their targets, as far as the PS3 is concerned.

There is some speculation among experts in the market, but the original design of the Sony PlayStation PS3 was really optimize for video playback.  Sure, if you consider all the current specifications of the Sony PlayStation PS3, on paper it stacks up as one of the best gaming consoles ever created.  But maybe Sony can more about promoting a machine that can deliver a number of media streams, and maybe play a few games.

The Sony Corporation, have a lot riding on the blu-ray format.  Though they won the war between blu-ray, and HD-DVD, arguments can be made to the Sony PlayStation PS3 played a strong role in that battleground.

It’s highly unlikely, that another high definition format will come up in the near future to challenge the blu-ray dominance of high-definition television.  If that’s the case, Sony stands a good chance, of controlling high definition technology. All the high-definition movies consumers decide to watch in the future, with your portion of those costs due to licensing agreements end up in Sony’s bank account.  Where do you suppose Microsoft will go with the next version of the Xbox when it comes to playing high definition content. Even if the PS3 can compete with the Xbox 360 in terms of sales, they may still ultimately end up with a piece of the Xbox high, if there technology for blu-ray somehow incorporated into the Xbox platform. Sony’s been down this road before, after losing the battle with the Betamax format.

Nintendo is living in their own way with the phenomenal sales record of the Wii, and Microsoft is certainly got a stranglehold on gamers in both the PC, and Xbox arena, while Sony they wiggled away in with the licensing of the blu-ray technology. Whether they like it or not Microsoft, Nintendo, and anybody else want to provide high-definition a living room game consoles, or handheld gaming consoles, when the pain some server licensing fee for blu-ray to Sony. Hopefully, Sony will totally abandon the PS3, as more competition there is in the gaming console market for both hardware and software, the better for gaming consumers.