| Soundwave said: Sony + Nintendo Vs. Microsoft would be fine and an improvement from what we have now IMO. |
That's false and demonstrably so. Even if there's no competition, the reason prices are lowered is often to increase volume of sales as a whole, which can often mean more profit anyway. Pretty much every generation before the current one (and SNES vs. Genesis) has been a monopoly and yet the Wii was almost breaking records for holding its original price for the longest, especially compared to the far more dominating PS2, despite having far tougher competition in the HD consoles. Also, Nintendo, despite never having any significant competition in the handheld space (uptill the PSP and even then not really) has always kept a very decent price.
Video games aren't a necessity; if the price is too high, people can go and read a book or play tag. There is a very natural incentive to keep prices low, which is to keep sales volume and thereby profits high.
Because of this, I'd be quite alright if there were absolutely no competition. That said, I definitely don't want to see a console made by all three or even your idea. I'd much rather see Sony and MS exiting the market and Nintendo taking over completely, :P.
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