| Cidien said: Oh noes. Evil ol' M$ is going to ruin gaming just like everything else! Fact is, M$ has a monopoly on many of those things because nobody else puts out a decent alterntive. People will probably continue putting out something to try to compete in the gaming world. And if they don't? Oh well. Saves me money. Now I only need to buy one system instead of two. If M$ ever charges too much or provides a poor product then someone else will step in to compete with them. The end. |
If one company has enough of a domination, they can release almost anything and still remain the dominant company.
Look at Vista. At launch, it was a mess. They've fixed it, and people use it. Most people who don't use it use XP.
Gaming might be different though. Sony was dominant for two generations, the PS3 was "Vista", I suppose, started bad and got a lot better, and to be fair it did go into second (weekly sales) for quite a while, although the price eventually lowered sales again.
And look how many people still use the PS2.
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