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DM235 on 06 June 2013
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CGI-Quality said:

In an ideal world, I would buy one console that could play everything.  That way I wouldn't have to chose between consoles.

I admit that this will probably never happen, but it would be nice, wouldn't it?  At the end of the year, if I didn't want to be limited in which console game I waned to play, I would have to have the following in my entertainment unit:  WiiU, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.  Needless to say, that isn't going to happen (for me anyway and probably the majority of others).

An ideal world definitely wouldn't be to limit you to one device with less choices and competition.


Do multiple devices gain you anything besides headaches?  With one device, you can still have competition between developers to see who could make the best game.  You would also not have to worry about not being able to play with all of your friends because some of them bought a different console from you.  You also wouldn't have to worry about developers making a game for the lowest common denominator, potentially leading to better games that can fully take advantage of the hardware.  We have already seen what a developer can do when they only focus on one platform (for example, Naughty Dog or Bungie).

The only benefit I see right now is that competition may force the console companies to come up with better hardware, but I think this would happen naturally as technology expires.  Competition may also force companies to spend more on R&D, but I think some of this is negated by money "wasted" on exclusivity deals.