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theprof00 said: How does it make no sense? This isn't news released by nintendo or netflix but someone who participated in said survey. Why would you enter into talks if you weren't already sure what kind of money you would be making off of a deal? Talk about making no sense whatsoever. "Hello MS, we want more money" - "why?" - "Because we could be making more money" - "Ahhh, so you want to play that card eh, ok how much is it going to cost us?" - "we're not really sure, but we know it's more" - "Haven't you done surveys and figured out the math?" - "Nope, we just planned to walk in here and ask for more money" - "hmm maybe you should gtfo of my office then" - "Okeydokey!" Most exclusivity contracts have deals worked into them that require supplemental amounts paid out if possible income exceeds a certain amount. The netflix thing is a big deal mr. knowitall. I myself know one person that bought a 360 and canceled their cable service saving 40$ a month. I'm not sure what you think you know lol!
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I never said it wasn't a nice feature. I said having it exclusive isn't a big deal. Theres a difference.
Oh, and the way you bring it up is during contract negotiations. You casually mention other companies showing interest in it as well. Either that, or you send them a quick message saying you have been contacted by other companies and want to know if they would like to re-negotiate to an exclusive contract. This all assumes that the company showed some interest in keeping it exclusive.
If Microsoft didn't try to put a price tag on it to be exclusive originally, they probably didn't care where it went other than their service. Sending out a survey that may or may not reach the offices of anyone who can actually make a difference is a bad way to do it. You have no guarantee anyone will bite. As a general rule you want the people who can actually make these decisions to definately be informed.
