Its competition and its great.
It drives innovation, innovation that is then adopted by the industry.
This generation, one company did everything right except perhaps going after third-party exclusives early on, and they got well paid for it.
One company had a horrible hardware design and paid the price for it with slowing sales. But at the same time it was saved by the single best push to get exclusives and great games on their system since Sony's attempt with the PS1. IT was also saved financially by its incredible online innovations (and price gouging).
One company was exceedingly arrogant and paid the price with massive losses and the need for substantial moneyhatting to keep even a few of its exclusives. Competition forced that company to reduce the entry price of its console by 33% in its first year, which is largely unprecedented.
Competition has forced all of these companies to start adopting the successful parts of their competitions models, whilst simultaneously forcing massive investment in new and innovative games.
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