I understand all the reasons why a monopoly would be bad, but at the same time...it would sure be nice to only have to get one console to play any game.

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If there was only one console but the problem of a monopoly wasn't there it would be great.

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If there was just this one console, its name
would be BSOD Station, thus a nono.

Why would a console manufacturer favor a developer over another? All they want to do is make money. Nintendo proves it by letting shit like Ninjabread Man seeing the light of day.

I can see a console being priced high but remember, the companies still need the consumer to be able to purchase the thing so it would be nowhere near as high as paying that $1,155 I did. We can also say if all three companies were really working on one console, there would be no need to rush out the next best thing. We could actually dream of that 10 year PS3 future the Sony execs talk about and where they would wait for the price of all the parts needed to drop before releasing them at a loss.

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monopoly very bad and sometimes it can ruin a company like look what happened to nintendo when it tried to monopolize the games for n64

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No, you're wrong.

You cannot talk about a console without talking about its games.

Why would you a console if it doesn't have games you want to play?

Without first discussing the games, you cannot talk about a console.

In a single console future, all games would play on a single console, however this is highly unlikely to happen. As previously stated, without competition, there will be no innovation.

Without innovation, nobody will keep striving to make a good game. The quality of games will significantly drop.

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Which is why I'm saying game developers would still need to best other game developers. Rock Band would still be trying to beat Guitar Hero. It's not like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy went down the toilet when Square and Enix merged by the way.

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It sounds appealing, but I don't think I'd like the reality of it. One console would make it much easier to play with other people, everyone can just bring controllers and games over to play at a party or something.

However when you mention that competition between game developers would be unaffected I think not. A good game is created when the console's hardware is used to it's full potential, each console has a different potential, thus a wider and more unique variety of games for each console. Otherwise developers might be pushing all their games in one direction.

On another note, the price would end up ridiculously high, I know a lot of people who are still waiting for the ps3's price to drop. High Price = less consumers

My poor wallet can only handle so much.

Competition is a factor of innovation, but I don't think that they will suddenly stop innovating just because there isn't any competition. >.<

Profit matters the most. They always want to have more money, so they spend a lot of money on R&D to make even more money.

Downside of a monopoly though is that they control the market, and therefore can change the price however they see fit without worrying about customers running away to another company with lower prices.

The prices won't be that high though, but high enough to only let the rich and the upper middle-class buy their product.

The government could issue a maximum price, but I don't think they'll do that as for something like the gaming industry.

The factors that a monopoly takes into account are;
- Finding a good price for maximum profit.
- Knowing the price of substitute products. (In this example, there aren't any though)
- Price elasticity of demand.

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It's kind of annoying that there are quite a lot of good games only available only for one console. I would already be happy if it would be for one console and a pc version of it, that I can play those which console I don't have. I certainly will never get more than one console, they are expensive enough... thanks -.-

I wouldn't say 1 console is a good solution. I dislike monopoly of anykind, eventhough aslong as the pc is still a gaming system they wouldn't have complete freedom with the prices...

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I agree with everyone else. The fact that it'd be a monopoly bothers me, though economically, it could happen naturally.

But it'd definitely be convenient. Many more games are being made for more than one console these days, so a one console future probably isn't necessary.

I don't think that there'll be a one console future anytime soon. But one can only hope.

@Ishi: Thanks.

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Yeah, if it all went to one system we would not have the innovative stuff now. The wii or Nintendo is trying to re-obtain its place in the gaming market as it was completely flushed down by the ps2 last generation.

Nintendo I can see though taking its profits than introducing a powerful console like the Sony thinking they too are so great everyone will buy their new console just because we won last time.

One Console, is not cool in anyway what so ever. Everyone has a preference, and dislike. I for one dislike the ps3 controller as it has no rumble and so light, but I prefer the ps3 over the 360 as it has the games that I'm after. My Wii is just gathering dust.... I should maybe ebay it or something.

Meh

360,ps3,wii

Out of them all wii is really dusty.

Though the future it seems Microsoft could be in its very way to try and monopolize the gaming industry, they just bought out every ps3 game possible except for a few faithful companies. Nowadays money is more important than opinion of fanbase people like mgs4 and FFXIII etc...

With multiple consoles, I'm likely to just...not buy ANY of them...

I'm not a gamer - my kids *want* to be - but in order to have "all the cool games" their friends talk about they'd need all the consoles, which simply isn't going to happen. If I could invest in ONE that could play EVERYTHING, there'd be a much greater chance of me actually spending the money.

Aside from the money issue, multiple consoles take up too much shelf space, and figuring out where to plug 'em all in is a hassle. (Maybe this isn't an issue with newer homes, but our house doesn't have many electrical outlets, and they're not located very conveniently. )

It's quite possible that I just don't understand the differences between the different game consoles - ok, it's more than just "possible" - but I don't think all competition would cease if there was a single console instead of a whole bunch of them. Isn't there still competition & innovation with PC games, even though they all run on the same system??

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And all console games eventually emulated on pc...