| Lafiel said: no.
and guys.. don't let a small, vocal minority of fanatics destroy your personal enjoyment with gaming |
$400 (360) + $323 (ps3) = $723
even at "monopoly" prices i'm sure it would have been cheaper for a unified sony/ms console. besides, what if each movie studio had their own format instead of the unified format of dvd so that you had to buy multiple movie players to have acces to all your favorite movies? what if each phone company only allowed you to talk to people on the same network so that you had to own multiple phone services to talk to all your friends?
yeah, sure. those examples are probably a bit extreme but the point is, companies working together doesn't exactly mean the customers are worse off. sometimes standards, although perhaps not the "best" solution, makes life overall better. i mean, my god, what if the government hadn't steped in and set a standard for the voltage coming out of your electrical sockets? even though the voltage they picked (usa) would have been better set at a higher voltage i still feel pretty good about not having to worry about wether my purchse will work in my home...
