It's shocking how much of it has been fake this entire time. People went back and forth between Sega and Nintendo all the time. The sales numbers for Playstation don't make sense.
I guess I should add the people were working for the companies back and forth. The rivalry on the actual ground didn't exist. The Yakuza and others wanted there to be, and I'm fairly certain Sega was using consoles as a money laundering scheme, not an actual rivalry.
And people still go hard with Nintendo vs Anything Else, and even for a while PC vs Console.
No one has given a shit about Playstation versus Xbox since the PS3/360 era at best. They still sell, but nobody is out there getting heated and defensive about it. Things you need for a "war" in this sense.
It's shocking how much of it has been fake this entire time. People went back and forth between Sega and Nintendo all the time. The sales numbers for Playstation don't make sense.
Remember this statement when it comes to politics as well.
I guess I should add the people were working for the companies back and forth. The rivalry on the actual ground didn't exist. The Yakuza and others wanted there to be, and I'm fairly certain Sega was using consoles as a money laundering scheme, not an actual rivalry.
And people still go hard with Nintendo vs Anything Else, and even for a while PC vs Console.
No one has given a shit about Playstation versus Xbox since the PS3/360 era at best. They still sell, but nobody is out there getting heated and defensive about it. Things you need for a "war" in this sense.
Nintendo vs PC makes sense. I consider the PS and XB just part of the PC now.
Between Game Pass and Sony porting all its former exclusives, they basically are. Which makes the idea of some console war even more ridiculous.
Heck with how easy every single Nintendo console is to emulate, its basically a PC thing to. Leaving that battle more "piracy vs anti" than anything.
I don't consider the Switch to be in competition against PC. The strengths and weaknesses are too different.
One of the many reasons why Nintendo is very anti public emulation.