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An anti-competitive Microsoft conglomerate to compete with PS# is hardly going to better for consumers than a Nintendo-Sony duopoly. I’d rather we don’t allow
by mtsr 3y ago
An anti-competitive Microsoft conglomerate to compete with PS# is hardly going to better for consumers than a Nintendo-Sony duopoly.
I’d rather we don’t allow bad M&As, even for good reasons.
- rafark 3y agoPS Sharp? Is that a new language?
- lockhouse 3y agoThere really isn't a Nintendo-Sony duopoly. They don't really compete with each other. It's a handheld game system with the ability to dock and work with a TV. The hardware and its gaming capabilities are very different. There is almost no overlap in the games available to each console. Nintendo stopped competing on high performance hardware several generations ago. It competes like a Honda Civic competes with a Chevrolet Corvette.
- sundvor 3y agoSide comment, but I think you may underestimate the Civic (Type R). Of course the C7 is still on top, but still.. Both in 2017: 7:13.9 - Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 Christian Gebhardt. 7:43.8 - Civic Type R, Honda didn't name the driver. Having said that the Nintendo Switch competes against the Series X in my home for time. It has some seriously good titles that my son loves to play.
- sundvor 3y agoI forgot to say these were Nordschleife lap times. It's about a serious test of both driver and car as you get.
- doodlesdev 3y agoOut of curiosity, which year Type R did that lap? I'm familliar with the EK9 generation from the 90s, is this lap in one of the newer models from the last years?
- wlesieutre 3y agoThat time is a 2017. The 2023 actually went faster, but the lap length changed in 2019 so its 7:44.9 time isn’t directly comparable. https://www.motortrend.com/news/2023-honda-civic-type-r-nurburgring-track-record/ https://www.motortrend.com/news/2023-honda-civic-type-r-nurb...
- sundvor 3y agoAnd the 2023 was a stripped down version only available in Europe as well, that + the track change is why I looked up the 2017 numbers to compare properly.
- wlesieutre 3y agoHa, I missed that. “Type R S” sold in left hand drive European markets to let them call it a production car lap time, as if anyone actually wants a Civic with no air conditioning.
- sundvor 3y agoThis quoted lap time would be from the 2017 FK8; it was seriously impressive, especially in my books. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Civic_Type_R https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Civic_Type_R I eventually ended up with an electric car instead (Tesla LR3), but spent hours looking at this - and the Subaru WRX.
- lockhouse 3y agoThat’s why I love this place! Always learning new things when you least expect it. Thank you!
- re-thc 3y ago> They don't really compete with each other. That's not true. Both sides have made handhelds as well as full gaming consoles. Just because Nintendo's current focus is the handheld switch and Sony dropped their handheld for now doesn't mean things won't change.
- vlozko 3y agoI don't really buy this. There's only so many much time individuals can/will commit to playing video games and spend on accessories. There'll be an overlap of those who can afford the time/money to use both a Switch and a PS5. And with consoles, it's often game sales that matter more than hardware as Nintendo is the only company that makes some money off of its hardware. Quality of games doesn't matter so much. If someone is spending hours playing Tears of the Kingdom, that's time not spent on playing games on another console. Even with your analogy there will be some people who can afford 2 cars and drive them for different occasions but others only dedicate to just one. And even then a person can only drive one car at a time.