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Time for a Single Format?

Is a single format future for video games as far away as ever or will the rivalries of Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft be one day put aside? One GameCentral reader images a world without console wars…

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Jacobite5561d ago

Hell no way I say! Time for all fanboys to unite and say NO to the MAN : P

pangitkqb5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

I pray there will never be a single format. That's all we need, a single, iron-fisted Hardware conglomerate that never has to worry about competition or quality. Being our only option, we either accept what they give or us or go without. Grab your ankles, everyone.

Continuing the though, exactly how is that a good thing for anyone, devs, consumers, publishers, etc...?

As for fanboys...judas, who cares? Let them rant, let them rave. I'm still gonna game on every platform that interests me. In the meantime, watching blatant fanboys whine and fight is, honestly, sometimes entertaining. Nothing like two idiots accusing each other of bias. "Hey kettle, you're black!" said the pot.

Monopolies are illegal for a reason, btw.

AAACE55560d ago

Hmmmm.... MS hasn't announced much lately... Sony put plans for Ps4 on the shelf(allegedly).... Nintendo hasn't announced much lately either... Sounds like a all in one console is coming!

Just kidding!

But the timing of all this is strange!

Close_Second5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

I'm all for a single format. A baseline format that manufacturers can then take away and develop units from. Some might might add additional USB ports or memory card slots. Others might provide a cut down, bare basic version for just playing games.

At the end of the day this should all be about the games and not about who's hardware is better.

Legion5560d ago

@close second

You do realise that competition is the only thing that breeds a better product. If it wasn't for competition then we might still be playing our old nintendo familycom, or a bastardized Atari product.

Games today would not be as good as they are if the the consoles did not need to improve due o direct competition. Can you imaging that we would all be still playing the PS2 if MS did not take over for competition when Sega dropped out? Think of all those games you would not have been able to play.

HarryMonogenis5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

When a corporation sees another corporation prospering from a certain market, they're going to try and take a piece of it -- it's business.

I say let those fanboys bicker over online forums and N4G while the more civilised people, who can understand preferences and don't see it their duty to preach to others over the Internet about which corporation has the best video game console, simply enjoy gaming.

*Stands in-front of sunset and removes sunglasses slowly. Turns*

That, my friends, is all.

malandra5560d ago

sure

as long it's from Sony

hoops5560d ago

When you only have one company...innovation becomes stagnant because they have no need to compete. We need more than one player in this business. 3 is perfect. Keeps everyone on their toes.

JsonHenry5560d ago

There is a single format - The PC. and that is what (eventually) it will all end up when all gaming is cloud based.

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Saryk5560d ago

There will be one format eventually. No way around it.

MAJ0R5560d ago

no competition, how is that good for anyone besides the company behind the monopoly?

Close_Second5560d ago

Are you saying there is no competition in the PC market?

I think what's needed is for the gaming industry to get together and agree on some baseline spec for a system then allow different manufacturers to deliver to those specs.

Legion5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

PC is not one format... think of Apple versus HP to start. Think that each PC is it's own console basically. Some video cards are better then others. Tthe large majority of the arguement will then change from which is the better graphics card or CPU to program directly for. You see specs on PC boxes that say what a system needs as a minimum. And for many people their system no longer stacks up. They have to buy new hardware just to play games these days compared to before.

plb5560d ago

Competition is a good thing.

Kon5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

yes. Imagine a console created by Nintendo,Sony,and M$... A beast(ninja edit'd) ;D

zootang5560d ago

Blu Ray, yes. Downloading 50gbs, no!

RememberThe3575560d ago

Yeah! No competition always bring out the best in companies. With no competition companies are more motivated to innovate and push themselves and their medium. They feel pressure from the market that they've monopolized to keep down prices even though they don't need to at all.

Oh wait...

Pjuice5560d ago

or you could build your own and pick parts from allot of diff companies that make them and you still have competition (pc)

RememberThe3575560d ago

Indeed, but you can't update consoles. So if you want a universal console, you probably already have one, it's called the PC.

Legion5560d ago

I like how people hark on the fact that the PC is the thing because you can just keep buying more and more parts to upgrade it and play on. And what are you really doing...? In the 5 ~ 6 years of an average console life I would have spent much more on my PC upgrading the memory, new graphics card (every year!) and getting that new internal bluray player. On and on and on... it is never ending with the PC. One of the biggest nickle and dime devices out there.

Pjuice5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

there all just computers when there torn apart. they don't call consoles computer entertainment centers for nothing..... its a locked pc

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio7d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing7d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster927d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit7d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing7d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster927d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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