Nintendo tried jointly developing with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. in 2001.
It is a NINTENDO GameCube that was called the next generation machine.
The optical disk that was an original specification was adopted in this.
However, after PlayStation 2 had been put on the market, this sale was done later in addition for even one and a half years.
It was a problem of the GameCube that there was no “Backward compatibility” that existed in passing of time too much, and PlayStation 2.
In addition, it has not been improved yet that the kind of software is chronic little.
It was not able to win PlayStation 2 according to such a factor.
In this, Nintendo has been defeated at Sony over 64, the GameCube, and 2.
Nintendo is subcontracting the part said, “Processor” necessary for the game machine to IBM etc.
Therefore, there are not so many things to which the chip cost changes.
Then, it is also difficult to lower the price of the main body, and can say that degree of freedom in the design is also more disadvantageous than Sony.
This respect and Sony are developing the processor by itself.
And, production increases because it makes it from the semiconductor fab of the Sony group.
The possibility that the cost of the chip is lowered comes out if it is possible to make it in large quantities.
It might be natural that there is a difference in Nintendo that cannot freely do the price and the design, Sony that can do it, and both.
Considerable corporate efforts are necessary for defending the seat no matter how it is said the industry number 1 in the major company.
Then, it is also reluctant that the enterprise that cannot survive comes out because there are needs in the flow in the age and the age.
Then, it is the one that Nintendo that has defeated at Sony wants also to expect the rally.