> As soon as Apple runs out of an audience that platform is dead. That's true for any platform, isn't it? I mean, I see your point about an open platform, but

> As soon as Apple runs out of an audience that platform is dead. That's true for any platform, isn't it? I mean, I see your point about an open platform, but on something that's intended to 'just work' like a PS, trading openness for guaranteed working games and known-good [enough] quality is fair enough. The platform only needs to keep its side of the promise (and not be a monopoly, which would open another can of worms).