Yeah', totally agree.
The idea of making a loss (or evens) on hardware and making a fortune by locking down the consumed media on it, is an amazing buisnes model. Consoles have been doing that for years, as to release on one you need to pay dues to the manufacturer....but it's never to this level.

It's proven now, with many thanks to AppStore, that selling media so cheaply that people won't think much about paying a quid or soo for it, works well. That microtransitions are far better not only the ovbouse way, but also the fact that more people have the product equates to a really cheap methord or advertising too.
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