If Sony does leave the industry, I think they will only leave the console part, not games making, that part is profitable. However if they did, then MS would be able to implement their DRM policies due to lack of competition. You will either have Nintendo or MS as a choice and I'd hope another company would step into the mix to produce more competition. But I hope that new company is no Apple or Google. Someone like Samsung who are hardware specialists.

My guess is some other third company would enter the fray in that case. Probably Samsung.

Nintendo-Sony console and handheld would be ..... yes please. Put me down for both of those.

True, videogames werent considered as well rounded tech for all ages until the PSX. Before that they were considered toys.

To some they are still toys. What exactly do you want to say?

I guess I have to respect your opinion but just as you are a "fanboy" of Microsoft. There are Sony fanboys and nintendo fanboys that are going to say that Microsoft is the system that will struggle the most this gen. Me personally will have all 3, love and play all 3, and I hate this childish too broke to buy more than one system fanboy shit. This gen is going to come down to one thing only and that is price. 

Honestly Sony gets a bit too much credit for that. Sega had already made it "cool" for teenagers/adults to play consoles with their buddies.

I think that sadly this will be the fate of Microsoft. I can see Microsoft leaving the hardware division and sticking to just software (games) especially if they have a repeat of the original Xbox. I think with the amount of money they put into the Xbox one they stand to lose the most this gen especially with the high price in all. They should have took a page from Sony and saw that it doesn't matter what kind of iressive tech you have in a console people just don't want to pay the price. They wil sell but we will see them lag all generation long like Sony did unless the drop that price. 

We can scream about features, but my time on this site and many others have shown me that despite all the advancements a system has, price always reigns king. I am in the minority of gamers who buy all the systems just to enjoy all the industry has to offer. Most people usually get what they can afford and stick with it and for some strange reason go to war with words on the Internet over a company as if their lives or family lives depended upon it. It is very hilarious at times. 

Yep...exactly the reason all the toy stores went out of business where I live. Babies, toddlers and very young children are the only reason Toys R Us still exists. K B Toys went ouf business where I live because of EB Games. Electronics took over and kids are kicking over toys just to get their hands on games. They are desensitized to the effects of technology. Then the Playstation came onto th scene the game industry grew by like forty million+ and continued to grow there after and then MS segmented that crowd. Thats an effect if I ever saw one. Today the average gamer is an adult. 

Sure, Sega did a lot. Especially considering how much arcade-games they ported to their consoles.