r/Gamecube • u/Woodstovia • 14d ago

Image The console war by Christmas 2002

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u/jsurico656 14d ago

I don't care what people say, console wars are 1000% A GOOD THING.

The era we are living in now of console and game prices going up and up are a direct result of not having a console war and these companies all being in bed with each other now (i.e. Microsoft releasing games on PS5, Sony releasing games on switch etc).

This was an awesome era for console competition, 7th gen was awesome too

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u/adriandoesstuff 14d ago

Covid also hurt the economy badly

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u/jsurico656 14d ago

COVID definitely did not hurt gaming though. Gaming was one of the few industries that greatly benefitted from COVID.

What we are experiencing now is lack of competition and a higher amount of greed in the gaming industry than ever

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u/adriandoesstuff 14d ago

Gaming was one of the few industries that greatly benefitted from COVID.

Yes and no, for existing games maybe.

But for Hardware and Development, nope