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> I don't disagree but does this mean Sony should allow, for example, Steam to be installed on the PS5?

That would be great for the hundreds of millions (billions?) of consumers and thousands of developers in the global game industry, but bad for exactly 3 companies: Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft.

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It would also largely undo the business model of having consoles in the first place, and likely result in there never being another gaming console.

Which would be bad for a whole lot of businesses besides Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft, and for a whole bunch of consumers who really like the console gaming experience as distinct from PC.

Yup, it's why the NES beat out Atari. They had strict control over the quality of games published for their console and so everyone bought NESs over Ataris.

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