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Except that the physical copy of the game is still gatekept by Microsoft or Sony. People complain about apple's app store and 30% tax but compare that to the cr
by jaegerpicker 6y ago
Except that the physical copy of the game is still gatekept by Microsoft or Sony. People complain about apple's app store and 30% tax but compare that to the craziness it takes to get on a console and it's not even close.
As a developer I pay Apple $99 a year and i can release my app to the store as long as it meets some pretty lose guidelines. To get on a console you have to basically audition your game and met some arbitrary guidelines that aren't published anywhere. Either a company can build a curated system or they can't. XBox, PS4, and the switch aren't monopolies for gaming and iOS or Android aren't monopolies for mobile.
- slantyyz 6y ago> Except that the physical copy of the game is still gatekept by Microsoft or Sony. And Nintendo. I don't follow consoles these days, but the gatekeeping by region that console makers used to do (even if I understand the reasons behind them) was incredibly annoying as well. I think the perception of game consoles is different from PCs and mobile devices. Even though the game console is a computer, they're still not seen by the public or governments as a general computing platform no matter how blurred the lines have become.
- laurowyn 6y agoAbsolutely, not saying it's a perfect system. But at least I can go to GameStop, or even Amazon (lol), and buy a physical copy instead of having to go to the console specific digital store to buy and download it. At least if the digital store shuts down, and/or the console goes out of support, I still have a physical copy of the game I can play. Physical vs Digital is a whole nother holy war though.