Blue3 said: we would have weak pathetic hardware with nothing but kiddy crap to play on it. Market would be alot smaller, many would probably be pc gamers. |
You seriously need to grow up and gain just a little more objectivity. Nintendo systems have always had adult content on them, all the way back to the NES (well as adult as you can get on an 8 bit system). This is also the first generation where they've chosen not to simply increase the power in their console and instead moved in a different direction.
It's obvious where your preferences lie Blue3, but incessantly insulting a rival console just makes you look like a childish fanboi, and a jerk. Try debating like an adult sometime, people might pay you more attention that way.
As for the question at hand, there are too many factors that are impossible to consider, but competition in a market is inherantly positive, both for the market and for consumers of that market. Both the Playstation's and Xbox's have introduced new talent and new ideas, grown the industry, widened the userbase and positively effected video games in general. However, if neither Sony nor Microsoft had stepped in, someone else would have and the end effect would have been the same.