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If you subscribe to the idea of killer apps as console pushers, then the question of broadening userbase is a non-issue. There are certain individual games that prompt people to buy consoles, or buy into gaming period. Having those games available across a wider space wouldn't have significantly effected something like, say, Halo 3 or NSMBWii, or Gran Turismo 5 as it rolls around

For less compelling titles, there might be an advantage in having a universal pool to play in, but at the top of the heap, the need for software overwhelms hardware barriers.



Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.