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Zizzla_Rachet on 06 June 2013
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RolStoppable said:
kitler53 said:

on the one hand competition is good...

..on the other hand timed-exclusives, console specific DLC,  split multi-player communities are all downsides.  i hate the FUD sony and ms throw at each other.  to get the "full" experience i have to get CoD on xbone but destiny on ps4?!?  fuck that shit.    ..and with more and more games being community based the split userbase sucks.  more than just CoD/halo/uncharted should have a viable online communities.   if ps4/xbone could somehow have cross-platform multiplayer (which it won't) us gamers would be rewarded for it.

so yeah,.. or maybe at least.  i guess what i'm saying is there are both pros and cons.

 

i also hate retailer specific pre-order bonuses.  what the shit?!?

About the only gamers who are against a dominating console are those who are on the losing end, either by choice or by force (i.e. lack of money to buy the system that ended up dominating).

Besides, the entire argument that competition is needed, so that a monopolistic company won't abuse consumers can be buried for good with the Xbox One reveal. Competition doesn't stop such behavior. On the flipside, a company doesn't need competition to operate in a consumer-friendly manner. It's all a matter of company mentality, whether or not there is competition is pretty much irrelevant.

Hardware competition isn't needed as motivation for developers to make better games either. What happens when developers flock to one dominating system is the NES, SNES, PS1 and PS2 which just so happen to be the consoles that are agreed upon by every gamer to belong into the top 10 systems of all time.


"Besides, the entire argument that competition is needed, so that a monopolistic company won't abuse consumers can be buried for good with the Xbox One reveal. "

Rol just does not know how to keep his fans....