This seems like a no-brainer for the console makers. The consoles are already sold, and they're making back any losses from that through games sales and subscri

This seems like a no-brainer for the console makers. The consoles are already sold, and they're making back any losses from that through games sales and subscriptions. Then X comes along and asks for half a mil a year. I'm sure they looked at their usage numbers and how people feel about X, and they decided they could cut the feature and not lose many/any customers. Feature cut; projected revenue remains the same; problem solved.