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P/B/17. Business Analysis of the Game Console Industry

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DATE:
2002
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Game console manufacturers find themselves at the crossing point of two rapidly developing industries, entertainment and consumer electronics. Software and hardware developers are in a kind of symbiosis: no one can survive without each other, although they are not directly related. But while software programmers can switch hardware platforms easily in the event of failure, hardware manufacturers have to stick to the system, as this is their main product. Improving an unsuccessful console after its initial release is difficult as well because of its monolithic design using special, single-purpose components.

 

KEYWORDS: business, game, console, industry,

 
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