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We can still buy games outside the platform at this point. But we're probably nearing an age of consoles without disk drives, then yeah. I guess there is still
by therealdrag0 5y ago
We can still buy games outside the platform at this point. But we're probably nearing an age of consoles without disk drives, then yeah.
I guess there is still the in-app purchase angle.
- kmeisthax 5y agoStrictly speaking, retail games are also part of the same platform. Game consoles have the same lockout policies Apple does - in fact, they were literally invented decades prior to the iPhone by console manufacturers. You still have to pay a platform royalty on physical copies; except now you also have to throw margin to distributors and retailers, too; and the games can be resold without you making a penny.