Competition is good! Stop wishing doom to Nintendo and Xbox.

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As was already stated, why single out Sony fans?

Anyways, I agree and disagree. Competition is good to a degree. It makes sure to keep the leading company on its feet, but no competition also has its benefits.

With no competition, or a definitive leader, gamers will more than likely only need to own one console for most of the best games. More players on the same console, meaning that more than likely you and your friends will be able to play together from home with the latest release of your favorite multiplayer game. Developers save money and man power by not having to port a game over to several consoles, meaning that the money and man power that's saved could be used in starting development on their next title.

A leading console maker going to keep console prices high is a misconception in my opinion. They'll only keep it high as long as it keeps selling. If a console sells millions at $600, then the console maker is going to keep it at $600. They're not going to drop prices as long as the product keeps selling well. If sales are lagging, then prices will drop.

Consoles now days also have to compete with PCs. Back during the days of the NES, SNES, PSX, etc, most of the games on those consoles were exclusive to consoles while PC games were exclusive to PC. That's a far cry from what it looks like today. Most games on console today are also on the PC, while a decent amount of PC games are starting to make their way to consoles. So console developers are always going to have to compete with PC, so they're not going to price too high if that's going to have gamers look into PC gaming for what may be cheaper even if you purchase it directly from the store?