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chakkra said:

Ryuu96 said:

Stalker 2 is three months.

It was only revealed due to the Epic court case.

I'll say what I said earlier, all companies should be forced to state how long their timed exclusivities are for and when/if future platforms are planned and what those future platforms are and the maximum someone should be allowed to money-hat something should be 1 year.

That focuses on giving consumers the best possible knowledge on a situation to make their own decisions rather than keeping them in the dark. This would be a pro-consumer move rather than a pro-corporation move Imo.

Moneyhats could still happen for smaller titles and bigger titles but the key thing is we'd have transparency rather than this vague shit right now. Cause Tbh...Moneyhats are never being blocked outright, it'd just be too complicated and messy.

I disagree with this.

Independent developers are the sole owners of their work. It is their intelectual property, with their resources and their hard work. They should be 100% free to develop for whatever platform they want. Besides, most small developers out there don't have the man power to optimize a game for every platform that is out there, so often they have to choose one first and then go from there. Not to mention that many times they actually NEED these exclusive deals to even be able to get their games out.

I think you misread my comment because I say that moneyhats can still happen, I just want transparency about them.

I'm basically saying if there is an exclusivity agreement then consumers should be told upfront from the start how long for and what platforms they plan on launching on when the exclusivity agreement is over. 1 year cap is more than enough as well but I don't think that would be enforced either.