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Didn't we already go through this in the courts when game consoles like Nintendo, XBox, and PlayStation put the same restrictions on game developers?
by GeekyBear 8y ago
Didn't we already go through this in the courts when game consoles like Nintendo, XBox, and PlayStation put the same restrictions on game developers?
- delinka 8y agoHonestly I don’t recall. Do you have any links I could read?
- bilbo0s 8y agoI think he is referring to the Tengen case.
- MBCook 8y agoBack in the NES era with licensing restrictions, yes. I believe it was Tengen vs Nintendo? Also Atari vs Activision? But the Switch, PS4, and XBox One ALL have closed app stores exactly the way Apple does. If Apple loses a lot of people will have to find a new business model.
- p1necone 8y agoI would love game consoles to have third party stores. As it stands I almost never buy console games through the PSN store/xbox store/whatever because (at least with AAA titles) games remain at initial launch price way too long, and are usually more expensive than retail stores.
- p1necone 8y agoAlthough, it isn't only limited to online console stores, some publishers are pretty terrible on PC too. As an example - in my region (New Zealand) Call of Duty Black Ops is still $99 on Steam, and that released in 2010... (Activision, you there? I still want to buy it but I can't justify that price for an 8 year old game, or even the half off sale price right now...)
- ariwilson 8y agoYou can buy digital codes to redeem games on those stores from third party retailers. Often at a discount.
- MBCook 8y agoReally? I think I’ve only ever seen that for Steam/GOG.
- ariwilson 8y agoExample: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Dead-Redemption-Xbox-Digital/dp/B07G9WVK6K https://www.amazon.com/Red-Dead-Redemption-Xbox-Digital/dp/B...
- MBCook 8y agoI’ve seen the digital codes before, but that’s actually MORE expensive than disk. I assumed they weren’t allowed to sell at a discount