[croes]

You don't need to buy from MSs, Sony's or Nintendo's store to play a game on their consoles.

There was no way for iOS except Apple's App store.

[smallnix]

I vote with my wallet but I also vote at the ballot.

I want my delegates to regulate the market to make it more fun to me.

[johncolanduoni]

They get a cut of physical media sales too, and studios need their approval for each title they publish.

[crtasm]

I don't think the tiny amount of games that are get a physical copy makes much of a point here. Most games you need to obtain through the online store.

[flohofwoe]

...unless you have an "all digital" console like the Xbox S.

[goosedragons]

You can still get codes for digital Xbox games at retail. Digital games are available at places like Amazon too.

[croes]

Your choice.

[Fraterkes]

It's also your choice to buy an Iphone, this kind of reasoning is silly.

[croes]

Nop, iPhone is yes or no, consoles are yes, no or yes but without store.

One option more.

The hardware enforced only one store

[vifon]

Sounds very similar to the paid data processing opt-out Facebook does now. That actually might be an interesting case.

[TylerE]

With the next console generation, it almost certainly won’t be.

[croes]

Then it's time for EU to step in