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"Sony/Nintendo union"

Just imagine, what if Sony and Nintendo united with each other ? This would be the coolest thing ever ! First of all we'd have the best console ever from every prespective, and we wouldn't have to worry about exclusive games, we would be playing The Legend Of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear And Gran Turismo games on the same console! And there might be some of the best hybrid games ever like a "Link" Final Fantasy or a"Jak+Mario" action platformer. There would be also some of the best multiplayer games ever. More companies would support both companies. They would expand, and there would be a major amount of publicity.Microsoft would be more likely to give up the video games industry, and if there was a back compatibility, people would know what they were missing. Better production teams will be established, making use of the experience of both companies.The funds will increase providing a better chance for creating better games. Third oarty comapanies wouldn't have to worry about games that don't sell, like what happens to some gamecube games (remember the timesplitters 2 sales on the gamecube?). And also, if they succeed together, The Video games industry will expand in a small amount of time, and probably will become one of the most profitable industries in the world, and if they really really succeed and the sales would really hit the top, they would have enough funds to actually create a special cable network similar to the internet dedicated for gaming that would have much less cost than broadband, and giving the chance for the greatest number of gamers to play with each other all over the world, and playing muliplayer games would become a great challange (Hey, CNN originally started as a pure cable network) and if we even dream further more we could imagine a ceremony that would be held every year where every console owner in the world would be playing the same game at the same round at the same time all together, it could be a war game where there would be different squads : Marines, pilots, Divers, people who drive tanks, etc.., they could make it an actually realistic world war game where every soldier is controlled by a player!
But actually we live in the real world, and these are just dreams that will never come true, because those greedy developers only care about collecting money for themselves, and they wouldn't share it.

But still, sony have already established themselves. What we want doesn't have anything to do with it. Reality is different.

Cusack wrote:
> But still, it won't be half as successful as Sony+ Nintendo.

That remains to be seen.

Still, I would have to say I'd prefer something like Sony and Nintendo than Microsoft and Nintendo. Sony did, after all, do an excellent job with the PS1, and I don't want to see Microsoft monopolising yet another industry.

But Nintendo should not be tainted by either of these companies! They have zest and passion, a philosophy on games completely different to these two business giants. They should remain as they are.

Cusack wrote:
>In
> Japan, it's Fianal Fantasy all the way.

Er ... no.
They have some actually decent RPGs to be excited about. Most of which will never see the light of day over here.
FF is a poor flagship for PAL RPGs.

Oooohh! But your name!
Yes, yes, whatever.

But still, it won't be half as successful as Sony+ Nintendo.

Personally, I'd rather see Nintendo and Microsoft...


MS seem to have all the non-games side of things perfect.
The hardware is powerful and VERY develloper friendly with special middleware being written to cut the boring tedious side of devellopment and allow concentrating on game design.
Also, MS are one of the most experienced networking/internetworking comanies in the world and live shows this.

Nintendo, meanwhile, are the ultimate in all things game design, from perfectly shaped controllers to the most fluidly playable games around.
It'd also mean we'd have Nintendo and Rare develloping for the same games platform again.



Shigsy has already hinted that he'd like MS involved with the DS, especially when it comes to the wireless networking.
It could be the start of a BEAUTIFUL friendship...

Bonus wrote:
> PS2 only, genre leading games:
>
> Onimusha Warlords,
> Devil May Cry,
> Ace Combat,
> Zone Of The Enders,
> Gran Turismo,
> Virtua Fighter 4,
> Ratchet And Clank,
> EYETOY!!!! :D
> GTA: San Andreas,
> SOCOM
> Destruction Derby
> FFX & X-2,
> Full PSX Back catalogue
> MGS3 for the moment at least.
>
> I think PS2 owners aren't exactly badly off, it's just not very
> exciting anymore.
That's just your opinion because you like online gaming, to me nothing is better than a metal gear game, same in most us gamers. In Japan, it's Fianal Fantasy all the way.
>
> There's nothing that the PS2 has to generate excitement like Halo 2
> multiplayer or Doom 3 co-op on Live. Live is about to bring the Xbox
> to life.
>
> All Nintendo has are Nintendo properties and Resi, not much else :D

The were working on a project which was researching the use of CD technology in games consoles.

Not a console itself, just basically a CD format.

Nintendo decided that cartridges were the best way for consoles to go and ended the research project with Sony.

be§§ant™ wrote:
> Cusack,
> you know that sony and nintendo where making consoles way before the
> PS1?

No, completely wrong. Sony never made any console before the PS1. And to suggest they made consoles together is false as well, because Nintendo released their consoles on their own, before Sony released their very own first console in the form of the PS1.

> sony started on a new console the PS and nintendo dumped them because
> of it.

No. They were working together on something (no-one is really sure what, but it wasn't in the scale of a console), but the companies decided to part ways ages before Sony made the PlayStation.

> sony scraped the PS and make a new one called the PSX (the PS was
> never realeased)

The PS was never released? What is wrong with you? The PS is the PlayStation, and if it wasn't released, then why the hell did it sell millions and millions of units? The PSX was a nickname for the PlayStation used by internet sites and magazines for promotional purposes.

> nintendo bought sony out ages ago and there was a big row over the
> whole lot.

Nintendo never bought out Sony. Sony have always been a bigger company than Nintendo, and I really don't know where you got this balls from. They worked together on a couple of projects, fell out, and have never worked together since. You've just talked out of your ass for the whole of the last post.

You've been very mislead, somewhere along the line.

Cusack,
you know that sony and nintendo where making consoles way before the PS1?

sony started on a new console the PS and nintendo dumped them because of it.

sony scraped the PS and make a new one called the PSX (the PS was never realeased)

nintendo bought sony out ages ago and there was a big row over the whole lot.

PS2 only, genre leading games:

Onimusha Warlords,
Devil May Cry,
Ace Combat,
Zone Of The Enders,
Gran Turismo,
Virtua Fighter 4,
Ratchet And Clank,
EYETOY!!!! :D
GTA: San Andreas,
SOCOM
Destruction Derby
FFX & X-2,
Full PSX Back catalogue
MGS3 for the moment at least.

I think PS2 owners aren't exactly badly off, it's just not very exciting anymore.

There's nothing that the PS2 has to generate excitement like Halo 2 multiplayer or Doom 3 co-op on Live. Live is about to bring the Xbox to life.

All Nintendo has are Nintendo properties and Resi, not much else :D