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Yes the old format wars topic but this time with a difference, Having a couple of consoles on the market creates competition and makes companys work to make theirs the best of the bunch but it does have it's faults, for instance some games your after are on the other consoles and your average gamer just doesn't have the amount of money to buy them all.
Back in the day of the Snes and Mega Drive both companies were working overtime to make their console your purchase but have a think without the other opponent would they have been as good and sucessfull? Propably not because if sales were only one way and going smoothly then why worry and work more than needed.
We all argue about which is better but I've seen it all too many times and what it boils down to is the console you prefer is probably the best one for you.
If all you want to play is pokemon then get the game boy, If you want mario and zelda it's the 64 and if you want the Playstation titles then you get a PS1 and so on.
Just having one console would be far easier on us to make sure we can play all wanted games but it has a down side, Some fantasize about all companys working together and creating a super console, To me that would be the worst thing to ever happen in the games industry because the console might not be up to your standard and then whats the alternitive? Having other consoles gives us a choice to which one suits us best and personally i think there's quite a nice selection.
Sega have currenly backed out of the hardware section and have moved onto multiformat software so its all between Microsoft,Sony and Nintendo.
Back in the day of the Snes and Mega Drive both companies were working overtime to make their console your purchase but have a think without the other opponent would they have been as good and sucessfull? Propably not because if sales were only one way and going smoothly then why worry and work more than needed.
We all argue about which is better but I've seen it all too many times and what it boils down to is the console you prefer is probably the best one for you.
If all you want to play is pokemon then get the game boy, If you want mario and zelda it's the 64 and if you want the Playstation titles then you get a PS1 and so on.
Just having one console would be far easier on us to make sure we can play all wanted games but it has a down side, Some fantasize about all companys working together and creating a super console, To me that would be the worst thing to ever happen in the games industry because the console might not be up to your standard and then whats the alternitive? Having other consoles gives us a choice to which one suits us best and personally i think there's quite a nice selection.
Sega have currenly backed out of the hardware section and have moved onto multiformat software so its all between Microsoft,Sony and Nintendo.
Nintendo and Sega got complacent with their 3D machines in terms of competitivity and pricing.
The one good thing the PS did was kick them hard in the face.
Both companies then went on to produce killer, cheap and competetive consoles (DC and GC).
Sony on the other hand, went out and got complacent...
The one good thing the PS did was kick them hard in the face.
Both companies then went on to produce killer, cheap and competetive consoles (DC and GC).
Sony on the other hand, went out and got complacent...
Yes the old format wars topic but this time with a difference, Having a couple of consoles on the market creates competition and makes companys work to make theirs the best of the bunch but it does have it's faults, for instance some games your after are on the other consoles and your average gamer just doesn't have the amount of money to buy them all.
Back in the day of the Snes and Mega Drive both companies were working overtime to make their console your purchase but have a think without the other opponent would they have been as good and sucessfull? Propably not because if sales were only one way and going smoothly then why worry and work more than needed.
We all argue about which is better but I've seen it all too many times and what it boils down to is the console you prefer is probably the best one for you.
If all you want to play is pokemon then get the game boy, If you want mario and zelda it's the 64 and if you want the Playstation titles then you get a PS1 and so on.
Just having one console would be far easier on us to make sure we can play all wanted games but it has a down side, Some fantasize about all companys working together and creating a super console, To me that would be the worst thing to ever happen in the games industry because the console might not be up to your standard and then whats the alternitive? Having other consoles gives us a choice to which one suits us best and personally i think there's quite a nice selection.
Sega have currenly backed out of the hardware section and have moved onto multiformat software so its all between Microsoft,Sony and Nintendo.
Back in the day of the Snes and Mega Drive both companies were working overtime to make their console your purchase but have a think without the other opponent would they have been as good and sucessfull? Propably not because if sales were only one way and going smoothly then why worry and work more than needed.
We all argue about which is better but I've seen it all too many times and what it boils down to is the console you prefer is probably the best one for you.
If all you want to play is pokemon then get the game boy, If you want mario and zelda it's the 64 and if you want the Playstation titles then you get a PS1 and so on.
Just having one console would be far easier on us to make sure we can play all wanted games but it has a down side, Some fantasize about all companys working together and creating a super console, To me that would be the worst thing to ever happen in the games industry because the console might not be up to your standard and then whats the alternitive? Having other consoles gives us a choice to which one suits us best and personally i think there's quite a nice selection.
Sega have currenly backed out of the hardware section and have moved onto multiformat software so its all between Microsoft,Sony and Nintendo.