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| konnichiwa said: I honestly believe we are going to a future with the ability to buy games on Amazon for like 59.99 that plays on PS but Sony not receive any % from it. Basically the possibility that Sony has to open their store and other stores can sell digital codes for less, stores will make deals and compete with each other (10% cut only as an example). Gamers can't really be against it, publishers similary will love it. |
A lot of people believe this but I just don't see how this future happens. People keep pointing to what's happening on mobile without understanding why it's happening to mobile and can't be applied to consoles. Even then the mobile issue still isn't closed with Google and Apple still fighting back against it and having success.
I don't think anything will change honestly. Even on PC Steam still charges 30% while other stores charge less and it doesn't matter the consumer wants to be in the ecosystem they know. Xbox PC app charges like 12% and Borderlands 4 didn't even bother releasing on their PC app store. So even on PC where there is a ton of competition people still just default to Steam. Most likely even if this did happen PS would just make it a pain to install other app stores and 99% of people will just default to the PS store. I could even see Sony disabling trophies for any game not on their store and just making it a pain overall.
