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Monopoly of what? A platform of their own creation? It's not of the app market or the mobile phone market, there are strong viable competitors in both. No one
by multiplegeorges 6y ago
Monopoly of what? A platform of their own creation?
It's not of the app market or the mobile phone market, there are strong viable competitors in both.
No one says Toyota is a monopolist of Toyota cars and yet Apple is called a monopolist of the App Store, iOS, and Apple phones.
- ogre_codes 6y agoStrangely, nobody says Microsoft has an xBox monopoly either. Likewise, no complaints about the PS4/5 monopoly or Nintendo Monopoly.
- StavrosK 6y agoOh I would love to be able to buy a full-price PS5 to install whatever I want on, rather than the discounted-because-PS-store one we have now.
- ogre_codes 6y agoLikewise, I'd be willing to pay a reasonable premium for a truly unlocked iPhone.
- StavrosK 6y agoThe difference is the iPhone isn't sold below cost, you should already be able to unlock it (except Apple just doesn't want you to) .
- ogre_codes 6y agoThis makes no sense. As a consumer, I'm dropping $500 on a console. How much it costs Microsoft to make doesn't affect my relationship with them or my relationship with developers of the platform.
- StavrosK 6y agoIt does when they don't want you to be able to unlock it because they'll lose money on it.
- threeseed 6y agoIt's called a PC. And the fact that people still flock to consoles means that users want a safe, curated, vibrant, affordable gaming platform. Which would be destroyed if you (a) stopped Sony making a profit of games and forcing them to make it from the hardware and (b) stopped Sony from blocking crapware, malware and counterfeits.
- StavrosK 6y agoWhy even make these straw men? What's the use? 1) Who said that games need to be sold at cost? 2) Who said anything about stopping Sony doing anything? Does the fact that you can unlock Android phones mean that the manufacturers (or Google) have now gone out of business? Or that they can't curate their stores? Just a super low effort reply.
- threeseed 6y agoConsoles are unique in that they sell the hardware initially at a loss which they recoup through game sales and future production efficiencies. If you allow people to install third party software without Sony's approval then you deprive them of this revenue stream and make the platform basically like a PC. Which us console gamers do not want. Android manufacturers make their money from the hardware so it's irrelevant to them which apps you install.
- StavrosK 6y agoYes, Sony won't make profit on games unless you actually want games. I don't see what the problem is. Sell a more expensive, unlocked version of the PS5 I can do whatever I want on. What's the issue?
- PascLeRasc 6y ago[deleted]
- StavrosK 6y ago