Soooo, MS is trying to choke the life out of any competition in its core business environment: Operating systems and proprietary software, in order to hold a monopoly position, if not in an absolute sense then at least to the extent that it can absolutely dictate the market.
Sony is acting, for it's own selfish reasons, as a foil to MS's monopolistic quest for WORLD DOMINATION!!!!! *Muaaaahahahaha*. Sony can exit the console (and HH) gaming business and remain a viable company.
Nintendo is playing in its own sandbox right now, but the main thing that is stopping MS from trying to directly kill off Ninty is that Sony is standing in the way, and is seen as the bigger threat in MS's quest for WORLD DOMINATION!!!!! *Muaaaahahahaha*. Ninty has no other business other than gaming, if MS killed it off as a console producer one wonders if it could last as solely a hand held producer, given the likes of iPod touch and phones with increasingly sophisticated gaming systems.
Therefore:-
If I buy a 360 I am aiding MS in its quest for WORLD DOMINATION!!!!! *Muaaaahahahaha*.
If I buy PS3 I am helping to counter MS's quest for WORLD DOMINATION!!!!! *Muaaaahahahaha*, and I am in the very least delaying any MS attack on Nintendo, if not preventing it from ever happening.
If I buy a Wii I am basically sitting out this current corporate struggle and by virtue of inaction I am aiding MS in its quest for WORLD DOMINATION!!!!! *Muaaaahahahaha*.
I think I have made the right console purchasing decision.
Caveat: This assumes the motivations ascribed to MS in the OP regarding its entry into the console market are true.
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