in the original article he is also praising steam because it's all digital. not sure if he doesn't know but next gen consoles are also all digital if you want to and steam isn't only digital, i can very well buy a pc game which has to be played on steam at retail like i did with bioshock infinite.
there is no forced retail version next gen and since every game will be on the same marketplace there is also no logic if he believes that a digital only game on console is not the same as on steam.
he can think about mobile what he wants and maybe they have to do it with those crazy costs for console productions but his comparison with steam didn't sound very logical to me. and i like steam a lot.







