Challenge: Say one positive thing about the big-3 companies you favor less, as they are today

[SSJGohan3972]

I consider myself a fan of Nintendo the most out of the 'big three' so I will say something nice about the other two.

Microsoft: While I am not part of their main demographic I do appreciate the steps Microsoft has taken, and influenced the industry to take towards online integration, socializing gaming, things like the achievement system (still think Nintendo is dropping the ball not picking something like this up! Sony did with their Trophies system, it's a no brainer) I plan to purchase an XBox360 within the next year's time and it's because of all the great moved Microsoft has made throughout this generation, I wouldn't have even considered buying a Microsoft console just a few years ago. I will be intersted to see the direction they go with their next console, I suspect it may be one less focused on games and more on all forms of entertainment but I'm sure games will still the biggest priority and many great experiences will be had by their fans.

Sony: Again, I don't think I'm part of the main demographic that Sony is shooting for but I do appreciate the obvious time, energy and money they put into having diverse and high quality exclusive games on their system, several of which I find highly intriguing. Sony has done more to increase the size of gaming (since their introduction with the PS1) than arguably anyone else (perhaps even Nintendo, no way to factually tell but they have both made great strides) and I feel that their strong competition is the driving force behind innovation from the other two console manufacturers (ie. I don't think Microsoft and Nintendo really focus on eachother, sony is the perceived competitor for both in my eyes.)

Also I'd like to add in my thoughts on Nintendo, I appreciate that they make games to be fun. Period. I feel that a lot of gaming has put 'fun' on the back burner and focused on competitive play, graphics, huge worlds, and any number of other things. While these things are great and should be included in games I don't like when they are the focus whether the game is fun or not is deemed unimportant. Nintendo can be repetitive, they are usually behind the times in most things but they make games that I find enormously, ridiculously, amazingly fun! and for that I give them my money and call myself their fan.