Now can we all say "Thank You Microsoft", "Thanks for the Competition"

[Nem]

I dont agree. I dont think Sony without microsoft would have been bad. We can also take the viewpoint that to achieve that level of competition microsoft rushed in a new gen before devlopers were ready leading to the decline in the number of publishers, developers and the japanese development.
We can also say that they used that competive effort to usher in malpractices.

So, no im not gonna thank them since im of the opinion that they brought more bad than good.