Well first part is definitely fine, but third party is more iffy. Problem is if a third party is purchased and made first party, is it ok to make their IP exclusive?
When I decide to go steady with a girl, and make her exclusive, there's a reason I want her all to myself, and everyone else, as Mattrick would say, can just deal with it. If she cheated on me and used the argument that it would be anti consumer to lock herself down to just me, well that wouldn't fly. If she chooses to become first party, knowing the expectations, then she's made a choice and has to deal with the positives and negatives, and so does everyone else. Now if there's no strings attached and we were both cool with that, then we would both get what we wanted and others could benefit as well. Not everyone has the same tastes and expectations when it comes to relationships though, and the same with gaming. Both companies and consumers want different things. Everyone just has to make a choice based on what's available.
