One Console Fits All

[Avalanche]

How much easier is life when it comes to DVDs. Pick whatever DVD you want. It's going to play on your DVD player. You don't have to buy a rival DVD player just to play it.

Should Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft come to some sort of agreement? A standard console on which all games would play. Mario, Gran Turismo and Halo all on the same console. All games on the same console for that matter.

Personally, I'm for such an agreement. I can only see the benefits as a consumer. There are many a game I like on consoles other than the PS2, but I can't afford to shell out for another console. I can only see such a move being positive for game developers. I really don't think it would stifle competition either. Developers would still be competing with each other to make the better game, regardless of the fact there would only be one console.

Imagine, no fanboys throwing insults at games just because they're on a rival console. Can't see it ever happening of course, but it's a nice thought.

 

[THWIP*]

How much easier is life when it comes to DVDs. Pick whatever DVD you want. It's going to play on your DVD player. You don't have to buy a rival DVD player just to play it.

Should Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft come to some sort of agreement? A standard console on which all games would play. Mario, Gran Turismo and Halo all on the same console. All games on the same console for that matter.

Personally, I'm for such an agreement. I can only see the benefits as a consumer. There are many a game I like on consoles other than the PS2, but I can't afford to shell out for another console. I can only see such a move being positive for game developers. I really don't think it would stifle competition either. Developers would still be competing with each other to make the better game, regardless of the fact there would only be one console.

Imagine, no fanboys throwing insults at games just because they're on a rival console. Can't see it ever happening of course, but it's a nice thought.

BUT THEN THE GAMES WOULD BE $100 + EACH.

 

[Brainiac 8]

BUT THEN THE GAMES WOULD BE $100 + EACH.

Yup....

 

[Avalanche]

BUT THEN THE GAMES WOULD BE $100 + EACH.

I don't think so. There'd still be competition between different developers. This competition in itself would keep prices down. The price of games couldn't suddenly double in price. Consumers wouldn't accept it.

 

[XwolverineX]

Absolutely not dude, you'd eliminate all competition, which would ruin the industry. But I think Nintendo should go the way a Sega.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Absolutely not dude, you'd eliminate all competition, which would ruin the industry. But I think Nintendo should go the way a Sega.

I don't like that idea.

 

[Avalanche]

Absolutely not dude, you'd eliminate all competition, which would ruin the industry. But I think Nintendo should go the way a Sega.

How would competition be elimated? Competition between console brands would be eliminated of course. There would still be heavy competition between games however, moreso with the potential of reaching a bigger audience.

Films and music compete fine. They don't need separate platforms to help them compete. There's no reason why games couldn't be the same.

 

[Manny Calavera]

It works fine when all you need is a format and a way to read it, like with DVDs. That isn't the case with games. Rather than a sort of DVD player type console that works with everything, you'd basically end up with PC gaming, with no one having the same console, with no game working the same on any two machines, and with no machine being 'top of the line' for more than a year, no matter how expensive. What we have now is a paradise compared to any other options.

 

[Brainiac 8]

The Playstation Wii60?

 

[SouLeSS]

How would competition be elimated? Competition between console brands would be eliminated of course. There would still be heavy competition between games however, moreso with the potential of reaching a bigger audience.

Films and music compete fine. They don't need separate platforms to help them compete. There's no reason why games couldn't be the same.

You must be completely oblivious to the whole betamax/vcr thing, casset/MD/CD thing, Blu-Ray/HD thing, so on and so forth.