Should Publishers follow the movie industry and force one platform per gen?

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Walter_Kovacs1986 said:
If you want them to follow the movie industry, every game should be playable on every console, regardless of who made it. On the movie side, all the tech and movie companies get together and decided what the standard is gonna be for the next format (screen resolution, mghz, medium capacity). So in videogames, Ninty, Sony, MS, Activision, Ubisoft, EA and all the rest get together and decide what the standard is gonna be for the next format (RAMgbs, GPU, CPU) so that every game bought will be playable on any console. Each console maker can offer their own peripheral (MS-Kinect and TV feautures, Ninty-gamepad and wiimotes) that will only be available on their console, but will be OPTIONAL and not required so that a Ninty game can be played on a MS console.

What you're asking for is a monopoly where Sony has complete control over video game distribution

Even in the Movie industry competeing formats ment one winner took all the gold and all other manufactures had to make that platform if they wanted to have a peice of the pie. There is no reason next gen MS or Samsung or however could not try and bring out a competitor to what Sony does with PS5. Sony had Beta and Toshiba had HD DVD. In the end, if someone can make a better platform, then great for everyone.

In addition, Sony has done a lot in the last few years to open up the PlayStation brand from being so propriatary. Playstation mobile is open to any hardware manufacturer that wants to adapt it, and going forward PS Now will be open to other manufactures as well. 

I think this is the direction Sony is trying to push the games industry in, and that is the reason for the massive amount of support they are getting from the developers and publishers. Move the industry to one spec, and then Sony, MS, and Nintendo can all run there services through it as they please. Every game, peripheral, and service works on every device.