Microsoft stands out here with their Xbox product, which is 1000% percent a walled garden. They make great hardware, have a great online product, their store is

Microsoft stands out here with their Xbox product, which is 1000% percent a walled garden. They make great hardware, have a great online product, their store is well liked and used by other gaming companies, and they allow cross-play with other platforms, even PC and Mac. Xbox Game Pass is considered the big success of the gaming industry right now and could define the future of how gaming looks (a la Netflix). It makes tons of money for them. All of this inside their walled garden and not in any way open. So walled gardens are not necessarily bad. I pay for Game Pass and I think it's a great deal.