While Nintendo is primarily a dedicated video game company, Sony's PlayStation division doesn't view it as a direct competitor, except in Japan.
This was something former PlayStation Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida mentioned, and his explanation makes sense, especially when you factor in Nintendo's dominance in Japan.
PlayStation Doesn't Even See Xbox As Competition In Japan
Shuhei Yoshida spoke about PlayStation's view on the Big N in a podcast (via Nintendo Everything).
Yoshida said something we all knew all along, that PlayStation saw Xbox as its main competitor, given that the two companies released relatively similar hardware and targeted the same demographic. In comparison to Nintendo, which targets "a different audience," and has a vastly different console when it comes to power and features.
Yoshida shared, "Working for PlayStation, their perception of the competition is always Xbox. They see Microsoft being the competition because Xbox is very similar – performance, hardware. Like a high-end console, mature games and Nintendo is very, very different. Nintendo is family-friendly, games for everyone, and not about technology, it’s more about having fun with friends and family and always have multiple controllers, bundled with the hardware."
He continued, "Inside Sony, even when they do a...
