How many Gaming Portals/Platforms/Marketplaces are there online now?

[Zak33]

Lo people

Taking into account Steam and so forth...how many are there now? For both buying games and for subscription access

We're going to see a swing toward subscription gaming platforms now - pay monthly and have access to loads of games but not own them one you stop paying. Spotify for games if you will. Stadia and Uplay etc

https://hexus.net/gaming/news/pc/131...-pc-only-1499/
https://hexus.net/gaming/news/pc/131...rs-pc-console/
https://hexus.net/gaming/news/indust...ives-november/

[Ferral]

So for the consoles you have :

XBox Live
Playstation Plus
Nintendo Online

PC however there are a few few stores and clients now :

Steam
EA Origin
XBox Game Pass for PC
GOG Galaxy (DRM Free)
Ubisoft Launcher
Battle Net
Bethesda Launcher
Epic Games Launcher

All those above have stores attached to be able to buy stuff.

Streaming side of things you have Playstation Now which is a bit of a rip off and I believe Microsoft are launching something similar or have done already.