danpascooch said:
The Hungry Samurai said:
IMHO Anonymous should put aside their differences with Sony and help hunt down these douches.
Think about it, anon is supposed to be all about free exchange of info on the net, and defending the freedom of the net supposedly. These hackers are literally terrorizing ps3 users, not only leaving them afraid of what this system can leak, but pushing them over to help establish a monopoly like state in the online console world as people lose confidence in all but the pay to play xbl network.
I own all three systems and I appreciate the innovation that competition between them brings, but this seems to be disrupting a very delicate balance in that competition. I for one don't think ANY gamer would benefit from Sony pulling out of the console market regardless of what there controller of choice is.
As a 360 user, how would I not benefit? More people migrating to Xbox means a higher userbase, which means more pressure for developers to choose Xbox as their platform of choice to release their game on.
Simple economics. The more sellers in a market, the more competition in the market, the lower prices are. The less sellers in a market, the less competition in the market, the higher prices are. If Sony has to exit the market, that just gives Nintendo and Microsoft more market power with which they can -- and probably will -- use to dry hump you.
Once they become one of only two games in town, Microsoft will use that reduction in competition for platforms to leverage more money from the developers. The developers will simply pass that increased cost of doing business with Microsoft down to you, the consumer. Everything will cost you more. From the console to the network subscription to the games. The price of everything will increase. You don't gain from Sony not being around. You lose.
