[Julio Riddols]

My take on the console wars is a different one. I don't see it as a war. I see it as competition, which is ultimately good for gaming. I think all 3 major companies put out strong products, but I feel like the pricing of them has kind of gotten out of hand. I used to be able to afford a console pretty close to launch, now I have to wait 3 or 4 years into a cycle to pick one up. It is beneficial to me in many ways.. I get a better, streamlined, more reliable product thanks to modifications made to address issues that pop up early in a console's life span, and I get immediate access to cheap games that I know are good because there are enough reviews and game play videos out there to inform my purchases.

I may not get to enjoy the newness with everyone else, but I am not much of a MP guy when it comes to console games anyway, so I don't miss it. I've recently begun migrating to PC for a lot of my gaming, but I will still be picking up a next gen console when the time comes that I can afford it (299 is pretty close to my price point) And when I do that, it will be a PS 4. Not because of anything anyone says, but because the exclusive games I want to play most are on that system. If there is one thing I wish the gaming industry didn't do as much, it would be exclusivity deals.