I hope Sony does not listen to Microsoft call for open online gaming

[Trunkin]

BMaker11 said:

Trunkin said:

You people and your console wars never cease to amaze me. I mean, holy shit! Can you imagine if you could buy a game on a single platform and play against potentially any gamer in the world, regardless of the piece of plastic they chose to buy their game for? How awesome would that be? But no, you stand against it, because you don't like some mega corporatíon - or you just want some other mega corporation to be even more fucking successful.

You've fallen for the "illusion" of choice (we can all play together regardless. That would be awesome!). Competition, which is a good thing, means choice. Everybody having all the same things is not competition and therefore is not choice. 

Everyone will not have the same things. There will still be "Windows" exclusives and Playststion exclusives. No cross-platform multiplayer there. For the abundance of titles that release on all  platforms, though? All gamers would stand to gain from that. Some more thsn others, of course. No one who prefers Sony's exclusives would be forced to "choose" to buy an Xbox because all thier friends have one, or vice versa. Your choice of gaming platform would be solely in your hands, and the platform holders can compete for your money with all the other features they uniquely offer.

I dunno, kinda sounds like you'll still have both choice and competition in a world where multiplats all support cross plat multiplayer.