If someone would get one for me, all my problems would be solved.

Hahaha

True. Wouldn't you say that the NES and it's competition still arose through innovation despite that system though?

I bought a console second hand because it's cheap. I don't have the money to build/keep up a PC, and truthfully I'm lazy and want to buy a product that, like many others, will do all this for me.

Thank you. My point exactly.

Al Davis?

They would still have to fight even without unique game formats.

Agreed totally.

I'm wondering, because I've heard this, isn't most of the money for the "big three" in game publishing anyways?

Good point, although I avoid them for that reason.

I'm sure all companies would cede all sales to whoever releases one first. Or maybe they'd just try and capture the market through competition, like TVs, Blu-Ray players, PCs, or any number of things...

I'm seeing the main, and totally legitimate, issue with this is that innovation would be stunted because of lack of competition. My thoughts about that (which may be off base, I'm pre-med, not a business major :-p ) are:

I was thinking more of future hardware.

I'm curious as to why exactly...

In my personal opinion, I would say One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Wow. Just, wow.

vide —> video #corrections

Gamefly isn't the fastest thing in the world, but it has, like you said, allowed me to play a lot of games I wouldn't have otherwise. I think its worth it.

One of the Hitman games had one where you woke up at your funeral...

Beautiful story, man. It's that stuff that makes everything worth it.