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What would happen if game consoles would need to open up? Price of consoles would go up and price of games would come down. Net result for the consumer wouldn't
by zigzag312 6y ago
What would happen if game consoles would need to open up? Price of consoles would go up and price of games would come down. Net result for the consumer wouldn't be that much different. Of course, the whole dynamics of game consoles business would change much more than this simplified example, but all in all it probably wouldn't be worse, just different.
However, there isn't just an option to completely eliminate walled gardens. There are many possibilities, like limiting what rules are legal, or requiring that equal rules/fees apply to all developers, or limiting max fees, or allowing small fee to be charged even if official store is not used, or requirement that all apps that are available via 3rd party stores are also available on the official store and that base price is the same (markup being the only variable)... I think platform creator should still be acknowledged in some way, just not by having a complete and total control over the platform.
- 8note 6y agoI don't think the prices for games would change much. Doing higher and higher resolutions makes the art work hard and harder, and the tool updates arent making a big difference
- zigzag312 6y agoIf we take away the whole 30% store fees, the dev's revenues jump by ~43%. For example, instead of earning $100m, same developer would earn $143m. With 30% fees, if a game developer earns 100m revenue, store owner gets 43m.