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LinkPizza posted...

While I wouldnt stop completely, Id definitely slow way down Probably buying 5%-10% of what I buy these days

Honestly, I doubt that. I don't doubt that you believe it, but bear in mind that you're actually saying that you'd cut down on your gaming by 90-95% long-term (short-term, it's believable, because backlogs). That means instead of spending an average 5-10 hours a week playing, you'd be spending 20-40 minutes. You can sub in whatever numbers more accurately describe your habits than me making some up, but whatever the actual figures it's a very substantial lifestyle change you're proposing that would take gaming from being a major hobby to a very minor one. You have touched on one thing that would change, which is impulsively buying something you weren't planning on getting to bundle with something you were specifically looking for in a BOGO sale (or the like), but even without that I expect you'd keep buying games digitally and just put up with having to plan your downloads ahead of when you want to play.

LinkPizza posted...

The other two are already halfway there It would probably be Microsoft first, then Sony

If Nintendo doesn't blaze the trail for them (in which case, they'll both follow suit), I expect it'll be whichever one is in the lead at the time the decision is made. They both have a history of getting cocky when they're winning: The PS3's exorbitant price point and esoteric architecture after the PS2's success, the aggressive always-online DRM of the Xbone (which they walked back after the disastrous first impression, but they never fully recovered), Sony rejecting cross-play opportunities now that they're in the lead (flipping things around from the PSWii60 era when Sony liked cross-play and Microsoft turned it down)... It's going to be an unpopular decision regardless of who makes it or when, so it's most likely going to be somebody that's in a strong enough position to feel confident that they can't lose.

With that in mind, Sony's winning now (not counting Nintendo, but Nintendo's mostly doing their own thing), but they're a little nervous with Microsoft buying up so many major third party studios, so I doubt they'll take any major strides like that any time soon. Microsoft's losing, so I doubt they'll take the plunge and risk burning whatever good will any new exclusivity deals can cultivate. As such, it'll be a while before either of them tries it.