think of this as microsoft and sony taking a hit for every console they sell. It's anti-competitive because other console manufacturers can't do that.
in the end, you end up with a result like in politics. Whoever has more money wins the whole market.
The market pretty much exchanged short term benefits (cheaper console, better phone plans) for worse longer term problems (lame games because you have no choice, more expensive phone plans because you have no choice)
Ah, it was always my understanding that Microsoft and Sony did take a hit selling their console, and made the money back in things like controllers and games. Do they make a profit on the console itself now?
in the end, you end up with a result like in politics. Whoever has more money wins the whole market.
The market pretty much exchanged short term benefits (cheaper console, better phone plans) for worse longer term problems (lame games because you have no choice, more expensive phone plans because you have no choice)