Maybe I'm going through a phase or something, but everytime I peek into a thread like this these days, I can't help but hope that Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo all go bankrupt and exit the industry, leaving only the "little" ones to continue to compete. This medium needs a reset, and it's not because of the games - the creativity and all that is there. It's the platform holders and hardware, distribution channels etc. holding it back. We're all taken hostage watching how these three battle it out who becomes the one and only quasi monopoly of video games. It sucks.