That Burai post should be the first post anytime second hand sales are brought up in a thread, seriously, it would be an automatic win/thread shutdown post
MS and Sony have their own storefronts, they will have 0 competition, they can do w/e the fuck they like, the pubs are their buddies and they can set w/e prices/DL schemes they want
The real reason Steam works so fluently is it doesn't tie you to Valve only
You can go to amazon, gog, greenman, other countless digital stores and get the Steamworks edition
Competition breeds price wars, companies will do w/e they can to get you to be a repeat customer through their doors
On the console front all 3 companies so far, have not shown any competition against each other. They are homogenized entities that share in the pillage wholeheartedly. Why sell a title for $20, when your counterpart is selling it for $40, sell it for $40 too, you have nothing to worry about, if they want access through you they will have to pay the same amount as the other, they aren't going to drop you and get the other machine to save just $20 in the long run
So far Sony and MS have not shown any signs they hold the power, they are bullied and held hostage by 3rd parties, in turn they have to keep their 1st/2nd party titles prices inflated or sour their partners
I mean why would you go to you partners and say hey guys let's make it cheaper, you'll get more money out of it
Most partners would say, you lose that fee that you charge us and we'll talk, and most of the time Sony/MS say "No Thanks"
Steam is an entity that can't be reproduced console-wise, it works on the PC cause delivery methods are so many, that you can get it from a lot of places
Consoles are tied to one store, and you are at the will of the Platform holder, if they feel like to have a sale to boost their bottom line or try to market for upcoming titles, that is when you see hints of those Steam"esque" sales, but they get quickly wiped away from the constant barrage of MSR, full price
Also retail plays a pivotal role is this, Steam doesn't have to answer to the Walmarts, Best Buys/amazon of the world, Sony/MS/Ninty do