Valve already tried a console 'like' model and it failed miserably.
There is a console like model for paid online that's been in place for generations.
Valve and any other company would also use it.
Don't like it but it is what it is.
Any of the brands you mentioned would fare better because...
Valve is a niche brand.
Most casual gamers have no clue who they are.
Steamdeck for example is a niche product but healthy, kinda like the Neo-Geo was except its specs are poor unlike NG at its time.
Also online wouldn't stay free if they adopted the console model.
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