[quote]I disagree. That statement is taken as fact for no other reason than because it has been drilled into us by society.
Its particularly true in this circumstance...Sony and MS won't allow cross platform play specifically because they believe it will reduce their "competitive edge". How does this advance progress in the gaming industry? It doesn't... It limits growth. Greed trumps progress.[/quote]
I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with either party here, but you didn't back up why you think that competition doesn't drive progress, you basically said "You are wrong because I say so", not "You are wrong because [reasons]".
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Well...my overall point is "economies" are not necessary to human advancement. Which I don't think I can "prove" because to my knowledge no society exists within this framework. And every culture on the planet has to work with what actually exists. I could elaborate but its a big conversation that would be mostly wasted time because my perspective is so fringe that very few people would want to begin to try to grasp it. But I do think the cross platform topic articulates the problem and solution very well. I probably shouldn't have responded at all ;)