What would have happened if Sony sticked with Nintendo?

Sure some of you might have heard the story of that Nintendo was like experimenting with Sony on like making a CD add on on the SNES waaay back in the day. But apparently that didnt work out. So my question is, if the add on did work out, would we be seeing Sony chars like Jak and Daxter, Kratos, and other Sony mascots on a Nintendo platform and Nintendo would dominate the market for a long time? Or would Sony (or some other randomcompany)eventualy make their own console even if the add on did work out?

They would have been untouchable stuck together

I think Nintendo would have a mind blowing system on that gen. The Nintendo 64 was great and I really love it but it was a system basically supported by both Rare and Nintendo with Sony out of the picture all those fantastic series that debuted on PS One would have the Nintendo 64 as their home and the Final Fantasy series would have never left Nintendo.

dunno if gaming would be as popular as it is today, arguably sony brought gaming to the mainstream. i think IGN did a good article on sony impact on gaming, was a good read.

I think Sony still would've made their own console later but maybe not until last gen or this gen.

I heard somewere that the reason the deal fell through was because Sony wanted the rights for the software that was made on that add-on so Nintendo figured Sony would betray them later.

It would've been great Nintendo would probably boost the power of their console because they could. SEGA would still be making consoles I think because the Saturn would've actually competed because Saturn would've been in 2nd Place probably instead of 3rd. Also Microsoft wouldn't of entered the Console race they only entered when Sony sold 100 Million PS1s.

LOL most people say here they would have been beast. Sony did change the gaming market when they came in. Do you have the link to the IGN article BTW?

Oh well I didnt hear why they didntcontinue trying it out. I just read it somewhere and it said they were wroking together this one time

Gamecube still would have failed.

dunno if gaming would be as popular as it is today, arguably sony brought gaming to the mainstream. i think IGN did a good article on sony impact on gaming, was a good read.

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But if they would have joined together it would have been a beast!

Gamecube still would have failed.

Burning-Sludge

no one will ever know. i would of thought sega and nintendo would have continued to be the big dogs. i doubt microsoft would have bothered joining the gaming market if sony wasn't in it, but i couldn't see sony buying studios etc, just to become a third party nintendo/sega developer. sony are a hardware company, which is why their software often sucks (look at the old pc mp3 software etc) it's only recently they have really started developing good software (in the gaming market at least). they might have continued making hardware for nintendo if the cd was sucessful. Mckenna1845

There would be no more "Wii sucks" being posted on almost every board.

And they would dominate in the Video Game world. ^-^

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Gamecube still would have failed.

mightychir

Yes. Nintendo made one last generation and Sony made one this generation.

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Gamecube still would have failed.

Yes. Nintendo made one last generation and Sony made one this generation.

[QUOTE="Mckenna1845"]no one will ever know. i would of thought sega and nintendo would have continued to be the big dogs. i doubt microsoft would have bothered joining the gaming market if sony wasn't in it, but i couldn't see sony buying studios etc, just to become a third party nintendo/sega developer. sony are a hardware company, which is why their software often sucks (look at the old pc mp3 software etc) it's only recently they have really started developing good software (in the gaming market at least). they might have continued making hardware for nintendo if the cd was sucessful. Nintendo_Ownes7

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[QUOTE="mightychir"] You sure the GC would have existed?mightychir

Yes. Nintendo made one last generation and Sony made one this generation.

They just would have got arrogent at the same time and make big fat grapic box which they both have done so at the same time and loose marketshare to someone.

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dunno if gaming would be as popular as it is today, arguably sony brought gaming to the mainstream. i think IGN did a good article on sony impact on gaming, was a good read.

boredy-Mcbored

But if they would have joined together it would have been a beast!

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Yes. Nintendo made one last generation and Sony made one this generation.

They just would have got arrogent at the same time and make big fat grapic box which they both have done so at the same time and loose marketshare to someone.

Every Nintendo game would have guns.OreoMilkshake

Every Nintendo game would have guns.OreoMilkshake

[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]Every Nintendo game would have guns.Giancar

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dunno if gaming would be as popular as it is today, arguably sony brought gaming to the mainstream. i think IGN did a good article on sony impact on gaming, was a good read.

AGMing

But if they would have joined together it would have been a beast!

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[QUOTE="mightychir"] You still arent taking in consideration how changes would have been done on how Nintendo would have made their consoles if Sony was with them.mightychir

They just would have got arrogent at the same time and make big fat grapic box which they both have done so at the same time and loose marketshare to someone.

Yeah but it would make it harder for "teh hardcorez" because Nintendo would be "ruining the industry" with even more casual stuff.

Yeah but it would make it harder for "teh hardcorez" because Nintendo would be "ruining the industry" with even more casual stuff.

Burning-Sludge

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dunno if gaming would be as popular as it is today, arguably sony brought gaming to the mainstream. i think IGN did a good article on sony impact on gaming, was a good read.

AGMing

But if they would have joined together it would have been a beast!

[QUOTE="AGMing"][QUOTE="boredy-Mcbored"] Your confused. Nintendo made gaming popular, Sony made it mature.

But if they would have joined together it would have been a beast!

Each console would be both innovative and powerful, and nations wouldwage warover who gets to release the stellar first party lineup first.