Papa Francouz
Registered User
It's never going to happen, consoles are closed systems by design. Playstation Store (or any console digital store) will never have competition within their own market because they won't allow it. PC is an open system so there's nothing stopping all these store fronts from popping up and doing whatever they want. I've been exclusively a PC gamer for probably close to 10 years now and haven't bought a physical PC game in that time. I don't even want a physical copy of anything. I can find store fronts competing with each other for a cheaper copy. I personally don't even buy many games directly from Steam since you can often find them cheaper on GMG or Humble Store.
Playstation's just going to say "f*** you, you want it, $60."
Good point, I hadn't considered the actual marketplaces being owned and operating by the company that made the console. The consumer is shit out of luck at that point, unless the company decides to be kind and release games for free, which they more than likely won't do. I'm sure it's happened before, but only after the original run of a game is finished, and after the game stopped bringing in regular revenue for the company, so years after its release.
I recently built myself a nice gaming PC, and I'm in the same boat as you. I don't plan on getting a PS5 or Xbox for a long time, and by that I mean once their exclusives are on sale and the console has seen a drop in price. PC gaming offers too many options and too many sales for me to go back, as well as better visuals and much better performance. I'm always going to be a Nintendo fanboy, though, and I'll be content as long as their consoles don't cost an egregious amount and as long as their exclusive titles continue to be super high quality.