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Square-Enix announces partnership with Matsushita
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Why would I? The point I was trying to make is that the "archrival" angle that Deku wants to put on this is way overblown, a construct that exists more due to media sensationalism and fanboy fantasies than because of any real world events.jarrod said:
And just to be clear here, Matsushita isn't just a member of the Blu-Ray group, they're one of the founding members and have been the first along with Sony to actually get product out on the market in Japan.
But they're not really choosing one over the other since they're already working with Sony. As SE's ambitions for their IP has been expanding, so too have their partnerships, which they've handled in a targeted fashion. They don't work out the same business deal with every business partner, and this is no different.Deku said:
It requires less jumping to conclusions than your angle that this is a deliberate snub of Sony. You want soap opera when these companies are just doing business.
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What I don't get is, where did Deku get that Sony was part of this Matsushita/SE deal? Hes making it sound as if Sony was in the loop and was bounced out by SE when Sony wasn't even part of this whole deal in the first place. The only explanation he gives is "why didn't SE choose Sony to do this?".
Now if SE was working with Sony at first then dropped them for Matsushita, then I would put credence in what he said.
Now if SE was working with Sony at first then dropped them for Matsushita, then I would put credence in what he said.
Not only did reading Deku's post singlehandedly lower my IQ about 13 points, but I don't think I've ever come across someone who has such absurd and completely nonsensical business knowledge. I mean, people who just strictly make shit up still make more logical arguments than you have so far.
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Although I suppose in theory, if Matsushita/Panasonic were really planning a game machine/set-top-box, they could very easily sign a deal with Nintendo to have it support Revolution software in addition to perhaps having a higher end chipset as a whole. Nintendo's chipset would probably be very easy to add or integrate because of its supposed cost/size attributes.
Agreed though, Matsushita made a huge mistake in not pushing the M2 console.
I dunno what to make of this Square-Enix alliance though. *If* Matsushita has any inklings of getting back into the hardware biz, they're certainly forming the right relationships.
Tons of announcement's are made like this all the time, could mean absolutly nothing. Square once signed a deal with SEGA to make an online arcade games...nothing happened. Nintendo signed with Konami for a joint company called Mobile 21...nothing came of that either. Nintendo was suppossed to licence out GCN tech. in several Panaonic/Matsushita products, but that only resulted in 2 different "Q" systems.
I imagine 3 scenerios: 1) It's just as I stated above...this ultimatly means little to nothing in the grand scheme of things. 2) A "just in case" precationary measure in the UNLIKELY event that PS3 (which S-E will make most of thier money in the forseeable future) somehow flops leaving S-E to look for a serigate...they'd much prefer someone who's like Sony rather than being "trapped" in a Nintendo-only or Microsoft-only type situation. 3) They know that Matsushita plans on making a "return" to the gaming world in one form or another someday in the future and they just wanna be prepaired to support them when/if that day comes.
#1 is the most likely, but #2 or #3 could happen. Ultimatly...Sony, Nintendo & MS would *love* to have a gaming comitee (sort of like the DVD forum) inwhere they make money from software AND hardware licencing. That way, they're making money on those who want to make content on thier platform and they make money on hardware companies why want to add that technology to thier devices as a selling point.
"When the impact of our next machine comes, it will cause a gaming revolution"
Maybe the "revolution" could be that Nintendo plans to do hardware licensing to Panasonic or whoever else. The Revolution's overall technology/chipset will probably be very cheap since it's going for low-spec performance which would be ideal for hardware licensing partners. Imagine: TV's, DVD players, game machines, PC's, set-top-boxes, DVR, TiVo's with built-in Revolution functionality. The userbase wouldn't just be products Nintendo makes, but also that thier official hardware licensee partners make...no publisher would ignore such potential marketshare.
I imagine 3 scenerios: 1) It's just as I stated above...this ultimatly means little to nothing in the grand scheme of things. 2) A "just in case" precationary measure in the UNLIKELY event that PS3 (which S-E will make most of thier money in the forseeable future) somehow flops leaving S-E to look for a serigate...they'd much prefer someone who's like Sony rather than being "trapped" in a Nintendo-only or Microsoft-only type situation. 3) They know that Matsushita plans on making a "return" to the gaming world in one form or another someday in the future and they just wanna be prepaired to support them when/if that day comes.
#1 is the most likely, but #2 or #3 could happen. Ultimatly...Sony, Nintendo & MS would *love* to have a gaming comitee (sort of like the DVD forum) inwhere they make money from software AND hardware licencing. That way, they're making money on those who want to make content on thier platform and they make money on hardware companies why want to add that technology to thier devices as a selling point.
"When the impact of our next machine comes, it will cause a gaming revolution"
Maybe the "revolution" could be that Nintendo plans to do hardware licensing to Panasonic or whoever else. The Revolution's overall technology/chipset will probably be very cheap since it's going for low-spec performance which would be ideal for hardware licensing partners. Imagine: TV's, DVD players, game machines, PC's, set-top-boxes, DVR, TiVo's with built-in Revolution functionality. The userbase wouldn't just be products Nintendo makes, but also that thier official hardware licensee partners make...no publisher would ignore such potential marketshare.
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