One Console Future ?

[Bodhesatva]

Entroper said:

Hus said:

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3162081

A utopian vision of the game industry.

Snow balls chance in hell of that happenin.

I would call it a distopian vision. Competition drives innovation and lower prices. If there was only one console to choose from, it would be too expensive, and would not develop new features as quickly. The Wii is the perfect example of this -- if all three companies had consolidated 5 years ago, would we have a Wii Remote today? I highly doubt it.

Well put. It is, however, a utopian vision for developers. Look at that list: Dyack is dreaming of a time when a game he releases can be released to 100 percent market share at a lower production cost per game. Instead, of, oh, just as an example, releasing a game to 40 percent market share with enormous developmental issues supposedly related to graphics engine multi-platform design. Again, just an example.