Terry's MBA 734 Blog

Since the writing of the Electronic Arts Case the Sony Playstation 3 and the Nintendo Wii have been released and both have online gaming capabilities. What’s your assessment of the current online gaming market?

The online gaming market I think is dominated by the XBox 360 (for consoles). They had the early mover advantage due to the PS3 getting their blu-ray technology in order and the Wii focusing on bringing in casual gamers. The XBox 360 has been successful in moving ahead of Sony in part due to the early focus on online gaming. The tie in rate for software also shows a clear advantage for Microsoft as they have ensured that each gamer gets a consistent experience in terms of online gaming. For this generation Sony will seem to be the copy cat in trying to match the standard set by Microsoft in the online gaming arena.