The vast majority of console owners don’t understand how to install modded software or cracked games. PC players don’t have to pay for online gaming either.
The options are there, though. It is a restriction of knowledge rather than a walled platform sense.
I am certain that people who can install mods from Nexus for Bethesda games/Cyberpunk 2077 have the technical ability to install games from GOG, Epic, or other sources (just look at the Java Minecraft and Vintage Story communities).
The vast majority of console owners don’t understand how to install modded software or cracked games. PC players don’t have to pay for online gaming either.
I hate to break it to you, the majority of PC owners don’t either. PC hasn’t been a majority power-user platform for a long, long time.
The options are there, though. It is a restriction of knowledge rather than a walled platform sense.
I am certain that people who can install mods from Nexus for Bethesda games/Cyberpunk 2077 have the technical ability to install games from GOG, Epic, or other sources (just look at the Java Minecraft and Vintage Story communities).