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There’s a pretty fundamental difference between consoles and smartphones.

Including that most consoles are sold at a loss or close to it vs. allegedly being an open platform like iOS and android.

Epic being such an important partner to all gaming companies also gives them more skin in the game there.

The difference is the size of the install base. Game consoles are an insignificant niche product compared to smartphones.

Google Play does actually, in a region by region model.

The bigger difference is that Android has always allowed sideloading.

For Google Play, third party stores are the big difference. No idea about consoles.