How Microsoft Ruined fun for everybody

[ZenfoldorVGI]

Xoj said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:
Without MS, how awful and expensive would the PS3 be this gen? Think about it.

it would be 399$ you know there is nintendo.

I asked you to think about it. You obviously didn't.

Sony would have no incentive to lure 3rd parties to their console.

Home wouldn't exist, rumble would still be a last gen feature, the price would be higher, the games would be fewer and worse, and Sony would probably eventually figure out they could charge us for PSN with no real comptition anyway.

Without MS, how would the PS3 be better?

Now..the Wii would hugely benefit from the 360 being kicked out of the market. 3rd party developers would no longer have a reason to choose multiplat development for the PS360 over the Wii. Especially since the PS3 is so difficult and costly to develop for. Some PC developers would revert strictly to PC, and some console developers, to Wii. The PS3s library would suffer, while the PC and Wii gained several exclusives that would once have been PS3 multiplats.

It's also likely Sony would see less of a need to create 1st party games. No need to lure anyone in, when they have fewer or no choices. No need to pay for DLC, or run promotional bundles. No need to drop the price. No need to help the consumer.

I'm just glad that petty whims only blow one way.