sony..M$...nintendo...to make one system...will u be happy

wat if sony m$ and nintendo team up and make one system....no more exclusives and competition...but then imagin the possibilities .....i would be very happy....wat about u

if this happens then the good will be : evey one can play any game

no more disappointments

the bad:

no competition

maybe a high price???

would u buy it???

Didn't you pay attention in Economics class?

A monopoly is not the idealistic way for things to go...

If that would happen you would hav a system that:

Is for kid's(nintendo) sells terrible has flops games(Sony) and then dies on you 2 months after purchse(MS).

Why would you want that :?

Didn't you pay attention in Economics class?

A monopoly is not the idealistic way for things to go...

RotaryRX7

Companies cooperating to develop one common platform isn't a monopoly, it's a standard, like DVD players. It's only a monopoly if ONLY those three companies can manufacture those consoles.

If Sony, MS, and Nintendo developed a standard platform, but allowed anyone to manufacture a console based on those hardware standards, that'd be the best outcome for the gaming industry.

If that would happen you would hav a system that:

Is for kid's(nintendo) sells terrible has flops games(Sony) and then dies on you 2 months after purchse(MS).

Why would you want that :?

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

Or maybe we'll have a system with every game we want, at a semi-affordable price, that can do everything multi-media wise, and wont break down because Nintendo + Sony will see that it wont.

I'd like that but I don't see it happening in the near future. How could you get Sony, MS, and Nintendo to agree on what should be made? I mean, look how different the current three consoles are, especially the Wii.

[QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]

If that would happen you would hav a system that:

Is for kid's(nintendo) sells terrible has flops games(Sony) and then dies on you 2 months after purchse(MS).

Why would you want that :?

shadyd1717

Or maybe we'll have a system with every game we want, at a semi-affordable price, that can do everything multi-media wise, and wont break down because Nintendo + Sony will see that it wont.

Never. They wouldnt agree on anything. ANYTHING.

besides i would quit gaming before i play the same system as a cow.

Never. They wouldnt agree on anything. ANYTHING.

besides i would quit gaming before i play the same system as a cow.

-GhostMLD-

Wow...that's dedication to System Wars:|

[QUOTE="RotaryRX7"]

Didn't you pay attention in Economics class?

A monopoly is not the idealistic way for things to go...

mjarantilla

Companies cooperating to develop one common platform isn't a monopoly, it's a standard, like DVD players. It's only a monopoly if ONLY those three companies can manufacture those consoles.

If Sony, MS, and Nintendo developed a standard platform, but allowed anyone to manufacture a console based on those hardware standards, that'd be the best outcome for the gaming industry.

This. : ))))

[QUOTE="RotaryRX7"]

Didn't you pay attention in Economics class?

A monopoly is not the idealistic way for things to go...

mjarantilla

Companies cooperating to develop one common platform isn't a monopoly, it's a standard, like DVD players. It's only a monopoly if ONLY those three companies can manufacture those consoles.

If Sony, MS, and Nintendo developed a standard platform, but allowed anyone to manufacture a console based on those hardware standards, that'd be the best outcome for the gaming industry.

Didn't you pay attention in Economics class?

A monopoly is not the idealistic way for things to go...

RotaryRX7

this is why consoles are bad!! on pc there's competition in every aspect that makes a PC!! graphics, ram , cpu, case, cooling hardrives etc etc!! also develpers are not as limited as in consoles!! but best of all there will be no more exclusives!!! that is the best thing a gamer can get! being able to play halo, mario half life and FF13 :D

MS does the OS and the online service and other software features, and handles getting other people to design a good next gen graphics chip and CPU that are easy to dev. for.

Sony does the design of the console and extra hardware features, and the marketing.

Nintendo designs the controller.

and they all make and publish games for it.

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="RotaryRX7"]

Didn't you pay attention in Economics class?

A monopoly is not the idealistic way for things to go...

ThePlothole

Companies cooperating to develop one common platform isn't a monopoly, it's a standard, like DVD players. It's only a monopoly if ONLY those three companies can manufacture those consoles.

If Sony, MS, and Nintendo developed a standard platform, but allowed anyone to manufacture a console based on those hardware standards, that'd be the best outcome for the gaming industry.

It was Sony who introduced that idea, and it's only worked for them because they sold a ridiculous number of consoles before selling a ridiculous number of games.The 3DO failed because it was prohibitively expensive for what it delivered and it had no companies to support it, but by the time the next generation rolls around, graphics on the level higher than the 360 and PS3 will be available for a machine that costs as much as the Wii to manufacture.

When it comes to gaming, the incessant drive for bigger and faster technology has to be mitigated because it just isn't cost-effective. For the gaming industry to survive, consoles should not strive for the cutting-edge, because they don't remain cutting edge for more than a few months. Leave the technological advancements to the PC. When it comes to consoles, sustainability is more important than technology.

A standard platform would slow down console development, lengthen the life cycle, foster game development that doesn't rely on graphics and presentation to impress, and promote competition among manufacturers without hurting consumers OR developers by shifting the focus of the competition to non-gaming extras like extra multimedia features and extra online services.

I know that many people here will say that it's bad to slow down technological development for consoles, but most of the people here are consumers, and consumers are generally self-serving, self-involved, short-term thinkers who wouldn't give a rat's @$$ about the state of the industry five, ten years from now. The pace of console technological development right now is spiralling out of control, making it harder and harder and harder for developers to get anything done on the software side.

wow no. . . just no that would suck so much imagine that a console with no unique shooters no innovation because the company has security in knowing that they have the market in their hands and imagine the havock it would cause small developers. . . it would suckbig_smoke_666

Yes, I can just imagine. It would be like owning a DVD player, but for video games. That's such a terrible prospect.

If that would happen you would hav a system that:

Is for kid's(nintendo) sells terrible has flops games(Sony) and then dies on you 2 months after purchse(MS).

Why would you want that :?

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

:D :lol: the best response EVER.. dude you just made my day

[QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]

If that would happen you would hav a system that:

Is for kid's(nintendo) sells terrible has flops games(Sony) and then dies on you 2 months after purchse(MS).

Why would you want that :?

Rexer-i4

:D :lol: the best response EVER.. dude you just made my day

Gh0st_Of_0nyx has a point, why would you ever want that :|

[QUOTE="RotaryRX7"]

Didn't you pay attention in Economics class?

A monopoly is not the idealistic way for things to go...

mjarantilla

Companies cooperating to develop one common platform isn't a monopoly, it's a standard, like DVD players. It's only a monopoly if ONLY those three companies can manufacture those consoles.

If Sony, MS, and Nintendo developed a standard platform, but allowed anyone to manufacture a console based on those hardware standards, that'd be the best outcome for the gaming industry.

Never. They wouldnt agree on anything. ANYTHING.

besides i would quit gaming before i play the same system as a cow.

-GhostMLD-

Put that in the words of an average person, thats racist.

[QUOTE="RotaryRX7"]

Didn't you pay attention in Economics class?

A monopoly is not the idealistic way for things to go...

mjarantilla

Companies cooperating to develop one common platform isn't a monopoly, it's a standard, like DVD players. It's only a monopoly if ONLY those three companies can manufacture those consoles.

If Sony, MS, and Nintendo developed a standard platform, but allowed anyone to manufacture a console based on those hardware standards, that'd be the best outcome for the gaming industry.

/end thread

I would rather have one system from ninty and one from sony and M$ combined
-hells-

I second that.

kids? omg, goldeneye perfect dark red steel geist re series doon duke nukem hexen etc all spawned first on a nintendo platform or besides a pc version

so your wron g about nintendo ,

and sony! but ms your right

I see a single format comin sooner rather than later what with the 2 big makers havin near identical graphics already which will only become even more so next gen. With nintendo sayin they will have a comparable machine graphics wise next gen too it will come down to which machine is easier to program for leavin the others by the wayside.

It may take another generation yet but a single format really is innevitable i think.

wat if sony m$ and nintendo team up and make one system....no more exclusives and competition...but then imagin the possibilities .....i would be very happy....wat about u

if this happens then the good will be : evey one can play any game

no more disappointments

the bad:

no competition

maybe a high price???

would u buy it???

iqballo

No competition , is the worst thing i can imagine.

About disappointments... What disappointments youre talking about? I mean , before i buy a console , i know which games i like more and which games its console has and will have the next 2- 3 years. So no , im not dissapointing about other console games , since i dont care... ,lol.. !! I mean , if i would , most likely i would own another console too. But i dont.!!

The reason why it works for DVD, BLU RAY etc is because the format that they play is standard, the difference between the picture qaulity of one dvd/blu ray player to the next isn't going to change much if at all, it's the price point and extra features that the companies who build the devices compete in.

This wouldn't work for gaming as the games themselves have no standard format, set resolution or engine or a million other variables. The "one console" would have to have a minimum standard for developers to meet (which could end up costing developers, especially smaller ones more time and money), would have have locked settings for resolution/effects/etc (why does game X perform poorly on my player Y) and would have to be profitable for the manufacturers (price increase vs current systems especially in the early stages of a "generation")