Less competition for one, which may or may not be a good thing. Just because I don't buy MS consoles, doesn't mean I don't necessarily get the competitive benefits of it existing.

And without the hardware, MS is betting a lot on other platforms to keep their subscription service viable. There's no reason for Sony to have to agree to GP on the platform if those games are being sold on their digital store, which I assume (maybe incorrectly) is more financially lucrative for Sony. 

As for GP on PS, it'll be slow going for a while: these games need to be working on PS hardware to begin with and I imagine it'd be a MS only catalogue presented, which kind of diminishes part of the appeal of GP. 

Man it is your thread. My opinion didn't change but I won't write several paragraphs again or go looking for it for you to give the same type of answer you gave back there.

Lol faith in company is for fanboys 

Yes and Yes for your first/second questions

For your third question I'd say it worked fairly well, Sony kept prices as low as they could during PS4 days.  PS5 prices are okay for what it delivers.  Also Sony invest in studios and games because they can't rely on third parties only which are multiplat. Without Xbox all AAA third parties will be on Playstation by default so basically PS2 days again with nobody to stand a chance against Sony. I don't like that, I'm not a Sony fan just someone who thinks Playstation offers the best value, if this is no longer the case I will buy a PC and call it a day 

As for someone to pay to Xbox, this is for Xbox customers to care about not me. I'm not demanding people to keep buying Xbox, I'm just sad nobody see value on them anymore because it will lower the bar for Sony lol 

Console market is very hard one to get into if a Big Tec like Microsoft can't prosper on it I don't think any company can challenge Sony

Sony poor choices can push people away from console gaming and look for PC or mobile gaming, that's all. If people still liking console gaming it's Sony or nothing, which means they can get away with losing customers if this means maximizing profits from the userbase who wants to stick with consoles. They couldn't afford this with Xbox having a healthy foot in the market

This was like 8 months ago now.... Wow.


Also man, Azzanation comeing off like a prophet in this one.
I guess he saw the writeing on the wall before most of us.

The wii did not dominate in terms of mind share or console sales, in the end it sold 13% more then ps3 and 15% more then 360, It did not kill those console like ps5 is doing to xbox. If the console comes with attachments and its the only option it will sell no matter what because what's the other option do people that are used to buy consoles for generations. yes companies will exploit you but it will only get worse with out competition.  like imagine if there was no amd competition for nividia yes things would way more expensive for gamers that want home consoles and gpu's for PC. 

If you want the competitive advantage of competition than you need to support it otherwise, the competition will get up and leave like we have seen since the beginning.

So many gamers were upset that Sega left the hardware market, the very same people that wouldnt buy a Sega product. It makes zero sense.

No company in their right mind will compete just to make you happy while spending billions. Xbox have witnessed how bias the industry is towards them. Give them reasons to stay that actually benefit them, otherwise like we are seeing with the rumours, will get up and leave. They dont care what Sony does, they can survive without them aswell, so weather Sony does right by you isnt MS, Xbox or Phils responsibility. If you choose not to support them, dont expect them to support you either. Its the Sega situation all over again.

Lets not forget, MS own the brands that make Sony the most amount of money, so if anything, its Sony that needs MS because those Shareholders dont want to lose that CoD money. 

Saying competition never helped us in the video game industry is wild. Many consoles became far cheaper solely to get ahead of the curb in sales against their competitors, there are so many examples I could list. N64 was originally supposed to launch at 250$ but lowered the price to 200$ to keep up with the PS1 & Saturn in sales and price. Throughout the 6th generation literally the day after Sony announced price cuts on the PS2, Microsoft & Nintendo would price cut their systems to keep up. Sony also clearly wouldn't have priced the PS3 at 600$ if the 6th gen competition was closer, but they priced it that high because they thought they were so dominant that consumers would buy their consoles no matter what after dominating the 6th gen, the reason the PS4 was as affordable and developer friendly as it was was to make a better system that would make sure Xbox wouldn't take away their sales again.

Competition just overall gives us more options too, if the competition wasn't so stiff in the 6th generation Nintendo likely would've never gone the innovative direction with their consoles, consoles that have proven to be more appealing than standard Nintendo consoles as proven by the sales numbers of the DS,Wii,3DS, and Switch. We now benefit as a consumer having another option like the Switch to get a hybrid experience different from PS & Xbox.

Competiton also encourages companies to release the best games to sell the most hardware.

You cannot have your cake and eat it too. You cannot expect Xbox to stay around without the support. Xbox have literally no reason to stay in the hardware market, when they can capture the hearts of more gamers elsewhere. Selling 20m more consoles or selling 100m more software in a year. Its an obvious anwser 

The industry isnt run for the small minority. Xbox leaving wont affect you in anyway, no idea why you would care for Xbox fans. Sony will do what they have always done, with or without competition, makes no difference.

You are clouded by the notion of Competition is better. There is always a catch when companies play around with pricing. Companies find other ways to make you pay them back for their discounted prices. Nothing is for free. They literally all locked up Multiplayer behind a paywall, that was Competition that did that, not a monopoly. 

Competition does not equal better games, and to debunk your points on pricing, look at the industry today. We have price increases across the board, in a industry with Competition. Companies will price hike regardless. Because they know when one does it, they all follow to push the agenda

The industry is better when we move away from exclusive boxes and focus on open platforms. Exactly how PCs and the mobile marker work.

We have literally seen more bad things happen when it comes to competition than we have seen with gains.