Opinion: The Future Will Not About Hardware Platform (PC/COnsole/handled/Mobile ) but Ecosystem (service/software)

[vivster]

xl-klaudkil said:

vivster said:

I'm talking of course about digital gamestores. And there are currently only 3 on this planet who force their customers to buy specific hardware for software that was coded with general purpose development tools.

Yes, not even gamestop is asshole enough to force specific hardware onto their customers.

This makes noo sense, your games on steam are also locked on your steam account and locked on pc hardware, same wirh epic game store, etc

There are about ten quadrillion different PC builds which include every possible combination of price, performance, design, portability and features. How many PS4, Switch or Xbox builds are there?

I don't mind software exclusivity as much as hardware exclusivity because at least software exclusivity gives you some choice, while hardware exclusivity gives you none. Imagine Netflix forcing you to watch their shows on just a single specific TV, or Spotify forcing you to listen to their music on a specific iphone. Yes, it's exactly that bad with consoles.