Joint venture between Microsoft and Sony?

[Swamperon]

Saw this over at Neogaf:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=437309

Basically Microsoft have registered the domains Microsoft-Sony.com and Sony-Microsoft.com.

This would seem to suggest they are doing something together. Some of the posters are seemingly believing it's a sign that the two are going have a joint console for the 8th Generation, or an agreed standard.

Whilst I can't see that happening, I do see the logic behind the thinking.

Others think it's something to with phones/tvs etc What do DP think?

[portnoyd]

They're probably just buying up domains so idiots don't register them to make stupid sites that proliferate dumb rumors. Case in point. :P That's NeoGAF for you. As the last poster on the first page says, they own 30,000 domains. I'm sure you'll find many other red herrings in there as well.

[Kitsune Sniper]

... Can companies buy a domain that contains part of a name of another company?

That's the weird thing. I mean, you'd think they (Sony) would sue them for owning one with their copyrighted name on it.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

... Can companies buy a domain that contains part of a name of another company?

Yes they can.

Semi-related case in point, www.digitalpress.com vs. www.digitpress.com

Basically anybody can own any domain, copyrighted name or otherwise.

[Icarus Moonsight]

If they were to team up, that would be like two blackholes merging. Just think of all that red ink!

Just think about it, the console would ship with AIDS - would cost on parity with luxury line autos - the DRM and copy protection would be a custom power button shaped as a dildo that will fit only into your specific colon... A photo is taken with EyeKinect, to ensure you're actually turning it on using the contractual proper method. No action replay fleshlights for your MSony PoS 420, no sir! What a dream machine!

I figured snark was welcomed because this is just not going to happen, unless someone loses a fiddle throw-down in the South-East US.

[buzz_n64]

Sony makes computers with Microsoft Windows on them, hell this isn't even the first time. Check out Sony's MSX computers. Plus Microsoft may need Sony's Blu-ray tech. for their next game system, and may work with Sony. It's business, hell doesn't Bill Gates or Microsoft own 1/3 share in Apple?

[j_factor]

The whole reason Sony got in the game console business in the first place was because nobody wants to co-produce a console.

[jcalder8]

The only thing I'm surprised by is the fact that it took this long for them to do it.

[Kitsune Sniper]

... Plus Microsoft may need Sony's Blu-ray tech. for their next game system, and may work with Sony.

Sony isn't the only one that holds Blu-Ray patents, there's a bunch of companies they'd have to get licenses from before they could include the technology. So it's not as simple as "Microsoft hates Sony".

[kupomogli]

XPlaystationBoX.

Backwards compatibility with all PSX, PS2, PS3, XBOX, 360, and also plays XPlaystationBoX games.

I doubt it, but we can always hope :P.

[buzz_n64]

I could see Sony doing it as big fuck you to Nintendo for the shit Nintendo pulled with the SNES-CD add-on called "Playstation" As for Microsoft, they're money hungry and maybe a little pissed that the Wii outsold them. I don't see a unified console coming along, but maybe a Microsoft portable?

[Kitsune Sniper]

I could see Sony doing it as big fuck you to Nintendo for the shit Nintendo pulled with the SNES-CD add-on called "Playstation" As for Microsoft, they're money hungry and maybe a little pissed that the Wii outsold them. I don't see a unified console coming along, but maybe a Microsoft portable?

They already have Windows Phone.

Or did they kill it already?

[buzz_n64]

They already have Windows Phone.

Or did they kill it already?

I meant for gaming.

[Jorpho]

That's the weird thing. I mean, you'd think they (Sony) would sue them for owning one with their copyrighted name on it.

Isn't their name trademarked rather than copyrighted?

I could see Sony doing it as big fuck you to Nintendo for the shit Nintendo pulled with the SNES-CD add-on called "Playstation"

Really now, that's ancient history at this point.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Isn't their name trademarked rather than copyrighted?

I honestly have no idea - or what the difference between both is supposed to be.

[j_factor]

Names are trademarked. Works are copyrighted.

[The 1 2 P]

During my extended long term research on this matter(whihc took me about 20 seconds) I came across this.

While everything is nothing more than rumor right now this seems the most plausible:

Current speculation is that Microsoft is planning to do a comparison site to show consumers why it is the better brand

But one thing is for sure, they definitely aren't teaming up to make a single all in one console. They dislike each other too much for that.

[Compute]

As for Microsoft, they're money hungry and maybe a little pissed that the Wii outsold them. I don't see a unified console coming along, but maybe a Microsoft portable?

I'm too lazy to find the numbers atm, but this statement blows my mind. Outsold even including all of the people who have purchased multiples because their first 4 were hosed by ridiculous problems?

[buzz_n64]

I'm too lazy to find the numbers atm, but this statement blows my mind. Outsold even including all of the people who have purchased multiples because their first 4 were hosed by ridiculous problems?

Worldwide Shipped
Wii - 86.01 million
360 - 55 million

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History..._generation%29

[kedawa]

I really doubt MS is all that bothered by those numbers. It's not like they make a killing on hardware, and the XBOX360 has a much higher attach rate than the Wii.