Um noch mal auf das Gerücht einer Partnerschaft zwischen MS und Nintendo zurückzukommen....
NP(NintendoPower): Earlier in the day, we spoke with Mr. Naka [from Sonic Team] and he said that hed like to see the three console makers collaborate.
DD(Dennis Dyack):" That doesnt surprise me, and youre probably going to start hearing more of that. I have many theories on this, so this is going to be a long answer if thats OK. Before I answer specifically, I really think that technology will continue to increase at the rate it is and maybe faster. However, that increase will become insignificant, and I think that were going to reach a perceptual threshold when it comes to seeing a difference in the technology. I mean, to me, clearly the [Nintendo] GameCube is superior to the PlayStation 2. I can just look at them and tell right away. The average consumer can tell, but its getting difficult. By the time we get to the next generation, its very questionable what those differences are going to be. So youre looking at the differences between the hardware becoming more and more questionable, and then it becomes a matter of whats best for everyone. "
"If you look at another analogy, look at the movie industry back in the 1930s. The people who made the best films and dominated the industry were the people who were the most technically advanced, and they cut the film the best and used the wires the best and so on. Around 20 years later, they standardized the cameras and the people who were dominant in technology fell to the background and the people who made the best content emerged as the dominant players and are still the dominant players of todayand I think people are starting to see thats the writing on the wall for our industry. As technology becomes commodified, thats just a factor that hardware will play less and less of a role and software will play more and more of a role. Whether people picked up on it or not, Nintendos message was software and relationships for the future of software. So the fact that Naka said this doesnt surprise me, because its becoming more and more difficult to say why your platform is so much better than everyone elses. Even at the beginning of the GCN life cycle, Microsoft would say, Oh, our platform is better because of this and that. And I can argue tech, and I can talk tech, but we were like, Well, thats OK. Were going to focus on the games, because our games are going to be good and our game play is going to be good. So it wouldnt surprise me if sometime in the future there is a collaboration. It doesnt mean that theres a less-competitive environment, but it would mean that everyone could worry about making good content instead of the technology. And I think that would be a huge positive shift for our industry."
http://forums.n-philes.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14447
NP(NintendoPower): Earlier in the day, we spoke with Mr. Naka [from Sonic Team] and he said that hed like to see the three console makers collaborate.
DD(Dennis Dyack):" That doesnt surprise me, and youre probably going to start hearing more of that. I have many theories on this, so this is going to be a long answer if thats OK. Before I answer specifically, I really think that technology will continue to increase at the rate it is and maybe faster. However, that increase will become insignificant, and I think that were going to reach a perceptual threshold when it comes to seeing a difference in the technology. I mean, to me, clearly the [Nintendo] GameCube is superior to the PlayStation 2. I can just look at them and tell right away. The average consumer can tell, but its getting difficult. By the time we get to the next generation, its very questionable what those differences are going to be. So youre looking at the differences between the hardware becoming more and more questionable, and then it becomes a matter of whats best for everyone. "
"If you look at another analogy, look at the movie industry back in the 1930s. The people who made the best films and dominated the industry were the people who were the most technically advanced, and they cut the film the best and used the wires the best and so on. Around 20 years later, they standardized the cameras and the people who were dominant in technology fell to the background and the people who made the best content emerged as the dominant players and are still the dominant players of todayand I think people are starting to see thats the writing on the wall for our industry. As technology becomes commodified, thats just a factor that hardware will play less and less of a role and software will play more and more of a role. Whether people picked up on it or not, Nintendos message was software and relationships for the future of software. So the fact that Naka said this doesnt surprise me, because its becoming more and more difficult to say why your platform is so much better than everyone elses. Even at the beginning of the GCN life cycle, Microsoft would say, Oh, our platform is better because of this and that. And I can argue tech, and I can talk tech, but we were like, Well, thats OK. Were going to focus on the games, because our games are going to be good and our game play is going to be good. So it wouldnt surprise me if sometime in the future there is a collaboration. It doesnt mean that theres a less-competitive environment, but it would mean that everyone could worry about making good content instead of the technology. And I think that would be a huge positive shift for our industry."
http://forums.n-philes.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14447