[quote name='jer7583']I don't want $600 consoles to become the standard.[/quote]
Fair enough.
[quote name='jer7583']I don't want future game systems to be next generation movie players with gaming functions.[/quote]
Part of me wonders if the contention is because there is a format war at the moment; I don't recall many people shitting themselves over the PS2's DVD player, making arguments that we didn't need the storage capacity, games could fit on multiple discs, etc. I truly wonder, if there was a universal next-gen video format, if this would be a big deal at all. Just a thought.
[quote name='jer7583']I don't want systems that take ideas from competitors and call it "innovation" to be market leaders.[/quote]
That's the way the world works. Recall how reluctant Nintendo was to adopt a disc-based format for their games (and how it subsequently cost them dearly)? Innovation comes from a few sources, and when successful, is widely adopted. You can see that in the genres that move from system to system, things like the EyeToy (XBL Camera), the Wiimote (Sixaxis), and probably several dozen other places I can't think of. Innovation is what it is, and while I'd argue that the Sixaxis is not the Wiimote at all (it's a poor attempt to stave off the Wii's innovation, sure, but it's not the be-all-end-all of the system), if a company wants to protect its property, patents do exist. Sony found that out last gen, and now they have no rumble in their controller. Speaking of which, what console was the first to feature rumble technology (the technology that was in all three previous gen consoles)?
[quote name='jer7583'] I do want to be able to play most of this generation's good games on my 360 and not worry about things being developed only on PS3.[/quote]
You can substitute any number of console names in there. I'm sure there are plenty of people who want all three systems to fail so they can rely on their PS2 or Xbox for gaming. It is selfish, and foolish as well (see my other post where I argue that fewer consoles does not imply, by any stretch of the imagination, that you'd see those awesome IPs from that console on the one you prefer - if the PS2 died, that wouldn't mean that you'd have seen Kingdom Hearts on the GC or Xbox).
[quote name='jer7583']Don't always get what you want, but that's my reasoning. Might be selfish, but it's true.
I think Sony has a good chance this generation, just because people buy things based on name first, quality second, but I don't encourage their success.[/QUOTE]
What is low quality about the PS3? Their games? Sure, some of them don't stack up to the 360 - yet. If you examine the Wii's launch lineup, there's some fun stuff, but nothing mindblowing (and before you even type out that first "Z" in Zelda, let me say that it's a circumstantial release, no matter how good it is, because it had been in development for the GC, and was released on the GC as well; it's akin to SquareEnix releasing FFXII on a BluRay disc, in my opinion, and calling it a launch title). Launches are always kinda dim in that way. Likewise, there are some fun games on the PS3, but ultimately, when you think of what your game collection will be like in 5 years (and we hypothetically assume you'll get a PS3), I don't think you'll see any of the current crop of PS3 games still in your collection - likewise, the only long-term keeper for the Wii is Zelda, which shouldn't even be considered a launch title (in my opinion).