Not the person you were replying to. Consoles rely on 3rd party support to be successful. Microsoft just bought out one of the largest 3rd party publishers in

Not the person you were replying to. Consoles rely on 3rd party support to be successful. Microsoft just bought out one of the largest 3rd party publishers in the gaming industry. By failing to stop it, it's signaling to other players in the console space that they shouldn't bother continuing in the business as there is no way they can compete with the spending power of Microsoft - whose market cap is >14x both their competitors combined.