S.T.A.G.E. said:
Pemalite said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Keep your blind faith in MS. No ones advocating it or putting it down but rather talking about Microsoft as a corporation and their practices which ARE detrimental to the industry (which can affect consumers).
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I agree with that statement 100%.
However, I also consider Sony to be a detriment to the industry.
They have done some pretty shocking anti-consumer practices in the past.
Then again, you almost need to expect such things when it comes to public for-profit non-charitable companies whose sole purpose is to sell you a product for monetary gain, they aren't going to send you cake and flowers for your Birthday as they don't care about the indivudual on a personal basis. :P
I wish Microsoft and Sony would take notice of the PC more and especially Steam, which has done some great things for the PC landscape, Valve being a private company not answering to shareholders helps a ton.
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Sony has no excuse for their mistakes, but unlike Microsoft they're pushing the consoles in tech and visual nature. Unlike Microsoft its becoming their bread and butter so they will do what it takes to survive where they are strongest.
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Well.
Without the PC, you wouldn't have the tech, thank the PC gamers for that as they were the ones supporting companies like AMD and nVidia, they made this "next generation" and last generation what it is from a technology perspective.
Without competition though a company becomes stagnant, prices increase and innovation drops.
Microsoft taking a massive chunk of the gaming audience from Sony created that competition to give Sony the desire to be more competitive this round, otherwise you may have ended up with a Playstation 3 version 2.0 in regards to cost and complexity.
Sony this round got all the right pieces of the puzzle and fitted them in all the right places for gamers and they should be applauded for that, but don't give credit where it's not due. :P
