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Ok, let's say this happens. Why is this a bad thing? So consoles get slightly more expensive, or other revenue streams are created. Steam, Origin, Epic, UPlay
by manigandham 6y ago
Ok, let's say this happens. Why is this a bad thing?
So consoles get slightly more expensive, or other revenue streams are created. Steam, Origin, Epic, UPlay and GOG all compete on the desktop while earning plenty, even though people can download games directly from the publisher today. Why can't the same model be applied to consoles which have always been basically pre-built mini computers anyway?
If you say that all these devices are computers then why have arbitrary treatment of desktops, phones and consoles?
- actuator 6y agoI am all in favour of even going after game consoles if it helps other platforms but smartphones are worth fighting for first. Smartphones are logical successors to PCs as general purpose computing devices. A lot of people just have them as their device for photo editing, emails, gaming, spreadsheet editing, web browsing etc. PCs had open software and hardware access, I think it is reasonable for us to want their logical successors to atleast have open software access. There is trillions of dollars of ecosystem which PC had which has largely extended/moved to smartphones. Everyone should get a chance to compete on fair and equal terms in this ecosystem.