Is it just me, or does a ONE console future starting to look more likely?

[QUOTE="HAZE-Unit"][QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]I am not your pal, mate. People are complaining that there would be a lack of competition and I believe that the opposite would be the case and now you are complaining that the competition would actually be too much?Hexagon_777

Im not you dud.... ok it's getting old now :P

You said it yourself, "maybe they close", I don't think it is a maybe to be frank, it is a must because the parent company wouldn't allow the same budget for SCE or MGS meaning the talents behind such awesome titles would vanish and be separated and each individual may go to different third party developers so the same creative vision from the old team ( say Team ICO from Sony get to go to two-three different third party developers ) wouldn't be the same, that is a decrease from competition and creativity.

Again I point out to you that some studios and talents wouldn't even exist and even if they existed they wouldn't have the same vision or projects under different publishers or developers.

Do you really think Bungie or Polyphony could have the same creative freedom if they were third party developers? or should I say the same success they had?

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"][QUOTE="HAZE-Unit"]im not your mate, folk. oh ok i have to rephrase, what i meant is games like forza, killzone...etcwouldn't exist if there was only one console, im against you on this point, competition would decrease when a unified console is born, actually hardware companies like Sony and MS would close much of their studios and the games they produce might be of lower quality, look at Sega for proof.HAZE-Unit

You said it yourself, "maybe they close", I don't think it is a maybe to be frank, it is a must because the parent company wouldn't allow the same budget for SCE or MGS meaning the talents behind such awesome titles would vanish and be separated and each individual may go to different third party developers so the same creative vision from the old team ( say Team ICO from Sony get to go to two-three different third party developers ) wouldn't be the same, that is a decrease from competition and creativity.

Again I point out to you that some studios and talents wouldn't even exist and even if they existed they wouldn't have the same vision or projects under different publishers or developers.

Do you really think Bungie or Polyphony could have the same creative freedom if they were third party developers? or should I say the same success they had?

[QUOTE="HAZE-Unit"][QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]I am not your folk, dude. Competition would increase. With console manufacturers out of the question, every developer and every publisher would be on one system. They would all be on the same turf. Sony and Microsoft may close their studios, they may not. Just because they don't sell hardware anymore doesn't meant they don't wish to make profit from the software they sell. Even if closed, other publishers and developers will wish to capture the available talent that is now on the market.Hexagon_777

You said it yourself, "maybe they close", I don't think it is a maybe to be frank, it is a must because the parent company wouldn't allow the same budget for SCE or MGS meaning the talents behind such awesome titles would vanish and be separated and each individual may go to different third party developers so the same creative vision from the old team ( say Team ICO from Sony get to go to two-three different third party developers ) wouldn't be the same, that is a decrease from competition and creativity.

Again I point out to you that some studios and talents wouldn't even exist and even if they existed they wouldn't have the same vision or projects under different publishers or developers.

Do you really think Bungie or Polyphony could have the same creative freedom if they were third party developers? or should I say the same success they had?

yea maybe we agree to disagree haha but it was a good chat :)

Linkin guy raises another good point though Im not starting anything else but just saying :P

[QUOTE="StealthMonkey4"]It's just you.linkin_guy109

HAZE-Unit, don't say anything! :x

No. Suprised you see it that way in this time period. All 3 consoles are viable and selling a ton. I think its more likely we see a 4th console then just 1.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="IAMSERIAL"]

I never said ME2 lol. Keep failing bro.

IAMSERIAL

Nah, just you bro. There will probably always be 2 - 3 Consoles.

I would like to say "yes, it most definatly is" but I doubt there ever will be. People are just to greedy.

No. Suprised you see it that way in this time period. All 3 consoles are viable and selling a ton. I think its more likely we see a 4th console then just 1.

SpideR_CentS

It will never happen. 2 systems seem the best imo. Why do we need a 360 and a PS3 when the only real difference is first party games ? Everything else is just a bunch of 3rd party stuff.

Don't worry, is just you.

Don't worry, is just you.

madsnakehhh

Honestly, I hope so. And the sooner the better. I think it would help to get a lot more people into gaming than there already are. It costs too much money to buy multiple systems, especially when buying one system that costs we'll say on average $300 (this is just an example) for only one or two exclusives. I don't know where everyone is getting this one system = no competition nonsense from either. Gaming is driven by the software, not the hardware. Granted we need the hardware to play. But the choice one makes of what hardware to get, for a gamer, is what games are going to be on the system. Competition will still exist, and I think the competition would be firecer honestly. A one system world is a dream come true if you ask this gamer. Besides, if we only had to spend money on one system, we could buy more games lol. Hopefully the PC becomes this one system eventually, but I don't see it happening unless technology stops advancing every couple months.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="IAMSERIAL"]

I never said ME2 lol. Keep failing bro.

IAMSERIAL

[QUOTE="madsnakehhh"]

Don't worry, is just you.

iammason

I think that we never see this happening because of Nintendo, they will set apart from everybody else, just like they did this gen, giving us 2 consoles.

I've been saying a single unified format is the future. Maybe something like video players or tvs are now, with a basic standard that anyone can make their own tv based on that standard. I still think it's coming inevitably. It might even just be your tv that becomes this single format with services like OnLive and the basic hardware built straight into all new tvs. Its just makes far too much sense not to eventually happen.

[QUOTE="SpideR_CentS"]No. Suprised you see it that way in this time period. All 3 consoles are viable and selling a ton. I think its more likely we see a 4th console then just 1.iammason

No chance in hell. Even if all of the current competitors dropped out, new ones would replace them. This market generates too much money, no one is gonna let just one company collect them.

Honestly, I hope so. And the sooner the better. I think it would help to get a lot more people into gaming than there already are. It costs too much money to buy multiple systems, especially when buying one system that costs we'll say on average $300 (this is just an example) for only one or two exclusives. I don't know where everyone is getting this one system = no competition nonsense from either. Gaming is driven by the software, not the hardware. Granted we need the hardware to play. But the choice one makes of what hardware to get, for a gamer, is what games are going to be on the system. Competition will still exist, and I think the competition would be firecer honestly. A one system world is a dream come true if you ask this gamer. Besides, if we only had to spend money on one system, we could buy more games lol. Hopefully the PC becomes this one system eventually, but I don't see it happening unless technology stops advancing every couple months.ThugKing6669