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Apples and oranges. If you goal is to simply play games, well then there's plenty of hardware out there for you to use. If you want to play Sony exclusives then you have to use their hardware. If I want to get from point A to point B then I can use any vehicle. If I want to get from point A to point B in a Volkswagen then I have to buy a one.

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A BMW and a Volkswagen are two kinds of apples. Both get you from A to B, which was the entire goal. A Sony exclusive and any other game are not two kinds of anything. If you can't tell these apart, perhaps you should go back to elementary school.

> A Sony exclusive and any other game are not two kinds of anything.

Are they not two kinds of games?

I'm arguing that your comparison isn't the right one.

A BMW and a Volkswagen are two types of apples. They both let you drive form A to B.

A Playstation and a Nintendo Switch are two types of oranges. They both provide entertainment in the form of video games.

How you drive (and how enjoyable your drive is) from A to B, or which games you play, are specific characteristics of the hardware you chose to use to accomplish the task. Neither of those are two types of anything, as it were.

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