The people down-voting and arguing with you are missing the point entirely.[0] Yes, console makers have monopoly stores on their platforms. Even if you include

The people down-voting and arguing with you are missing the point entirely.[0] Yes, console makers have monopoly stores on their platforms. Even if you include physical copies, because of the licensing platforms, it's still the same basic idea. (They're also criticized by some for these reasons.) The difference is that those platforms are not using those quasi-monopolies as leverage to force developers to use their tools. Could they? Yes. But you can't use the capability someone has to do something to defend Apple actually doing the thing. [0] - The down-voters seem only to disagree with you. That's not what a down-vote is for, and voting this way actively harms the discussion.