I understand but that's why I said next gen is now as open if not more so then steam which means PC no longer has that huge advantage that they had for a decade now. It's a different situation naa mean brah?
Consoles still aren't open
There's only one dd storefront(xbl, psn), there's only one control scheme (you still won't see mobas, rts, grand strategy games , not to mention all the sim genres)
There's still no ability to mod either so stuff like ns2 wouldn't make it on there even if the controls were suited.
There's a whole breath of game genres that won't be on them, just like always.
Self publishing is just one step and there are no guarantees that there won't be hilarious restrictions again like not being allowed to offer free dlc on xbox live (gears of war) or having to wait weeks or months for patches to go through the walled garden filter or being able to price their games however they want or use pricing models.
All we have to go off is some vague promises and hoping for the best, that always turns out well in console land (hah)
Remember at the start oft his gen ps3 supported otherOS, had keyboard and mouse support and even mod support in UT3, there were big tales of how we'd be playing online cross platform with pc gamers now that the online era arrived in console land.
And look where we are now at the end of this gen, none of this was ever realised or adapted as any kind of standard.
New racing games are releasing on these systems and people still don't know if we'll be able to use logitech g27 or fanatec racing wheels etc.
If it was even remotely open this wouldn't even be a question.
There's also big talk about how mmos will come to consoles (3rd gen in a row that they'll try this, ROUND 3 : FIGHT), but what happens when people realise they still need a keyboard to communicate and their idea of comfy couch mmos goes out of the window.If you want to see what an mmo without text chat is like you can try out defiance, that game launched with a bugged chat during the first month and there was no community and it is doomed.
I admire you optimism , though perhaps naivety is a better word.
As for the pricing thing, games are on average much cheaper and I got 12 big 'AAA' games for 2 dollars (combined) this month from humble bundles.... and I don't have to pay 50 bucks a year just to be allowed to keep playing them.
We've mulled over this a thousand times before, not going to go there all over again.