Gaming in 2019 is weird. Unexpected story after unexpected story has permeated front pages across the gaming web, shifting the status quo and changing the gaming landscape as we know it. Stories like Bungie stepping away from Activision, Sony stepping away from E3 this year, and even Wired?s pre-reveal of the ?it?s not called the PS5 yet but we all know it will be called the PS5? next-generation console. The latest news is that rivals Sony and Microsoft, the companies behind the PlayStation and Xbox consoles respectively, will be partnering and working together on cloud technologies and initiatives, including using Microsoft Azure in Sony?s gaming space. I?m honestly still trying to process this one a bit, namely because I think Daily Reaction has been predicting this path for some time now. Okay, so I?m not going to claim credit for predicting Sony and Microsoft working together. That specific bit of news is pretty shocking to me. But underneath that big headline are some truths about the trajectory of gaming and where things are headed in the future. For example, a few years ago, Daily Reaction talked about Nintendo losing its seat as one of the ?big three? and why that mattered. Since the original Xbox, the gaming landscape has always been Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. Nintendo went off on its  own to try experimental things and fulfill a very specific need, making it less competition and more supplementary to gaming. Its certainly earned the success it is seeing, with...