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by 8note 1135 days ago
This is why the steam deck is a good example? The console doesn't have to be sold at a loss in order to sell games.

It would be better overall for competition for the games to be decoupled from the console. Same as with phone apps
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brookst 1135 days ago
You’ve made a fair point and that’s a reasonable opinion, but do you think it should be outright illegal for console makers to use a business model of consoles at cost, profits made on a share of game sales?

Because that was Epic’s end game.

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smoldesu 1135 days ago
They can make them at-cost and then charge whatever they want on their store. They just also have to allow me to choose different stores, or install another OS on my console if the OEM goes against my wishes. If you don't think I deserve that right as the lawful proprietor of said hardware, then we may be at an impasse. It seems like perfectly fair game to me.
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_kbh_ 1135 days ago
> They just also have to allow me to choose different stores, or install another OS on my console if the OEM goes against my wishes

Whose job would it be to maintain all of the compatibility layers for the custom hardware that consoles generally contain?.

Who pays for all the work to allow you to do whatever you want on your device?.

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_piif 1135 days ago
> Whose job would it be to maintain all of the compatibility layers for the custom hardware that consoles generally contain?.

The community's? I don't think anyone expects the vendor to officially support anything other than the OS it ships with. We just want the option to use our own software on the hardware we purchased.

> Who pays for all the work to allow you to do whatever you want on your device?.

Surely it's more work to go the extra mile to restrict access?

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