I know this is a sarcastic response, but I'll fancy: who is this "we" that doesn't want gaming "run like a business"? Obviously, you're poking fun at Sony with your hashtag, implying that Sony fans, Playstation gamers, etc. are hypocritical, maybe? Because if it's "#4thegamers", we should allow all games and services to be on all devices? 

If that's the case, why not just have 1 console? Every gamer will have access to all games and all services, and they'll all get to play against each other online. That's very "pro-consumer", right? We all get to play the same games and with our friends? Let's see how well that monopolized gaming experience works out. 

Wii U has a larger library of quality exclusives than either other console and free online play yet sold by far the worst. Exclusives are nice, but their importance to the mass market is largely overstated here. Also, Xbox still has exclusives, and Microsoft isn't trying to compete against the PC with the Xbox One. That's like saying Nintendo is trying to compete against the WiiU with the 3DS. They have the same ecosystem and play the same types of games, usually from the same IP's. Gaming on Windows is about expanding the reach for MS. If Xbone loses to PC gamers, why does MS care? Those PC gamers can log onto the Windows Store and pay MS monies for games there.

Exactly what is this big benefit MS gets from opening online play across all platforms that Sony does not? Are people suddenly going to start buying up Xbones instead of PS4's? I don't see why. PS4 already has the "it" factor.

They are trying to compete the last 2 years and they've been obliterated.  That may change but it ain't looking good.  Don't shift the goalposts and start bringing in their OS which is clearly not what I'm talking about. 

Makes no sense to me. The customers win if Sony does this. Sony should be racing to make this happen. It finally gives those timed dlc deals meaning.

Preach, A-men!

All these "consumer friendly" moves are obviously because of one reason, Xbox isn't selling as well as it should.

If I was Sony I'd block cross online play if it meant Xbox benefitting from its larger online playerbase lol.

But are you talking about big Sony exclusives going to other platforms? Never gonne happen other than thru PS Now streaming. Sony has its own ecosystem and PS Now is gonna be a huge part of it.

Yeah i also hope that Sony will never bring their Exclusives to PC or any other device not from Sony ! For Microsoft it makes kinda sense because of Windows. But im really sure they wont and im really happy about this. :)
And the same applies for Cross-Play, Microsoft tried the sneaky way to turn things in their favour because they "lost" and wanted to look like the good guys, but they are the devils.
And we dont even need it on PS4, we have more than enough Players. For PS4/PC with Games like Rocket League, where you have no advantage over another im completely fine and they can do that.

And if you People complain about #4ThePlayers thing, then i feel sorry for you, because you certainly DONT get what it means. #4ThePlayers belongs to Playstation, the # has nothing to do with Xbox/PC or whatever.

Sony is simply the best in terms of GAMING (at least from my point of view) and will forever (if they dont screw up massively) be my Gamingcompany, that i will support 4-Ever !!! :) #4ThePlayers #PSNation
And i will still enjoy some great PC-Exclusives along the way or maybe soon (again) Nintendo-Exclusives (NX) !

Sure, the people making a big deal out of "Xbox no longer has exclusives" are tryng to score points in the console wars but obviously those who are suddenly pushing the idea that "exclusives don't matter" when a year ago they had a different message are doing the exact same thing.  NOW they don't believe in exclusives?  Right.  I think I saw someone earlier post something like "#forthegamers" which is basically the epitome of the console warz mentality where everything is spun into a weapon.

Is Microsoft making their games exclusive to Windows 10, UWP, and their own store a pro-consumer move?  No, it's a pro-Microsoft move.  Does it bring some benefit to a segment of gamers?  Absolutely.  So does KFC opening up a new restaurant in Saphenous, Japan, as now more people can eat wonderful fried chicken (!) but I'm not going to call that "pro-consumer".

Really, though, so what?  Should we pat them on the back for trying to make more money?  Not really, though it does represent an improvement.  I mean, Sony has games available on Sony TVs and BluRay Player and Samsung TVs through Playstation Now but I'm not going to pat them on the back, either.  They're just doing what they should, which is to grow their product.

Personally, I'm pro-business compared to a lot of gamers, as I've been in business and understand that the first loyalty is to the success of your own company.  Most of the time, if businesses listened to their customers, they'd die within a year.  I think some "anti-consumer" claims are just people feeling entitled.  However, I'm not going to praise a company for trying to make money.

What you mean with "Wii U has a larger library of quality exclusives than either other console and free online play yet sold by far the worst."? Quality is something from person to person but I can bet that  only releasing a game every 4-5 months hurted Wii U's sales and also every single Multiplataform game skipping the Wii U also helped a lot in its failure.

Wii U is a home console and 3DS a handheld console.  completely different markets and I don't remember the last time Handhelds received games of the size of Console or PC games.

Xbox already is very niche out-side the USA and now without Exclusives Microsoft will not be able to get any ground out-side of the USA. Of course people on the USA will continue to purchase the Xbox One regardless of that (but in a less quantity) since Microsoft have a strong fanbase there. A console that only is popular in 2 countries will have a hard time getting the Developer's atention, more exclusives would come for the PS4.

1st bold: remember when MS was pedaling the "greatest lineup in Xbox history" and fans were eating it up? Touting Halo 5, Forza 6, Tomb Raider, etc. Now, all of a sudden, exclusives don't matter, coincidentally as Microsoft gets rid of the idea of true exclusives. Funny. 

2nd bold: exactly. I've posted, at length, about this many times. Things are only "anti-consumer" because, for some reason, you feel everything is owed to you just for making a purchasing decision, and if you don't get what you want, it's not your fault for jumping on the wrong horse; it's their fault for not doing every little thing you want them to. Let's go ahead and abolish exclusives, let every console play online against other consoles, etc. Get rid of every incentive to purchase a particular console. And watch the console industry crumble under all this "pro-consumer" mentality. And when we end up with one console that allows everyone to play with everybody, watch the quality of games dip as developers no longer have an incentive to push harder than the next guy. No need to work extra hard. 200 million people will buy this "one console for all", and if just 1% buy a game, that's 2 million sales for a low effort game. Plenty of profit.

Sony and MS are pro business. If that means that they'll have to be anti-consumer, they will. You of all people should know this.