| Azzanation said: Duopolies is what drives the big tech industries. |
No it doesn't.
| Azzanation said: No 3rd company stays around in the console hardware market, it's just not big enough to support all 3. |
Microsoft has been in the console market since 2001, that is several decades now.
If that were a person, they would be an Adult now.
I think it is supporting three console companies just fine, you don't need to sell 100+ million consoles or come first to be a success in the market or turn a profit.
The Xbox One would have sold roughly on-par with a Super Nintendo. - Does anyone here think the Super Nintendo is a failed platform?
| Azzanation said: We are focusing more and more on digital and Cloud that Hardware isn't even necessary anymore. Let Sony make the high end consoles and sell the games on their system. If Sony wants to rip people off again, then we have Nintendo and PC to cover that. |
Digital and Cloud is happening with or without Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo.
PC has basically been fully digital for decades now.
Nintendo have many big graphical titles that are cloud only.
Sony also makes a digital only console.
Microsoft actually makes good hardware, arguably even better than Sony... And that pressure needs to keep up so Sony keeps innovating. - Unless you want a second job to buy your next console?
It's also wishful thinking that if Sony screws over gamers that gamers will flock to Nintendo or PC.
Nintendo is chasing a completely different demographic and have for all intents and purposes left the high-end console market for decades now to focus on portable/lower-end visuals.
And console gamers have proven for over a quarter of a century that they are not really interested in PC gaming.
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