Bill Gates: Nintendo is toughest competition

In this round of the console wars, people always say that the main rivals are Sony with their PS3, and Microsoft with the Xbox 360. But of course, the two are now neck-to-neck in terms of hardware, graphics, online service, and other features. Nintendo comes in as a viable alternative, a dark horse if you will. This is undeniable especially when Nintendo has always been open about their stance in this round – to go with gameplay experience and not focus on graphics. However, Microsoft’s boss of the bosses Bill Gates maintain that Nintendo is not just an alternative.

According to him, “The strength of Nintendo on the portable space has been very impressive and surprised a lot of people; and the strength of the Wii; and we see Nintendo as the toughest competition,” as he commented when he was interviewed recently by TV Tokyo.

Quite recently, Nintendo raised its financial forecast for fiscal year ending on March 31 to 966 billion Yen. That’s roughly around US$ 8.1 billion and it can attributed to the strong performance of DS and Wii, both in hardware and software sales. We wonder where does Sony fit in all these?

Via WiiPals

In this round of the console wars, people always say that the main rivals are Sony with their PS3, and Microsoft with the Xbox 360. But of course, the two are now neck-to-neck in terms of hardware, graphics, online service, and other features. Nintendo comes in as a viable alternative, a dark horse if you will. This is undeniable especially when Nintendo has always been open about their stance in this round – to go with gameplay experience and not focus on graphics. However, Microsoft’s boss of the bosses Bill Gates maintain that Nintendo is not just an alternative.

According to him, “The strength of Nintendo on the portable space has been very impressive and surprised a lot of people; and the strength of the Wii; and we see Nintendo as the toughest competition,” as he commented when he was interviewed recently by TV Tokyo.

Quite recently, Nintendo raised its financial forecast for fiscal year ending on March 31 to 966 billion Yen. That’s roughly around US$ 8.1 billion and it can attributed to the strong performance of DS and Wii, both in hardware and software sales. We wonder where does Sony fit in all these?

Via WiiPals