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Epic’s battle for “open platforms” ignores consoles’ massive closed market — Ars Technica

Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo demand the same platform control—and the same 30% fee; writes Kyle Orland.

Here is the link: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/08/as-epic-attacks-apple-and-google-it-ignores-the-same-problems-on-consoles/

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