3rd Party Exclusives are hurting the industry

[Azzanation]

JWeinCom said:

Azzanation said:

Now before you jump on the hate train by only ready the headline. Hear me out.

Let's talk hypothetical here. What would the industry be like if all 3rd party games released on all platforms, with the only exception of exclusives are 1st party games. 

1) Developers have a larger market to sell their games on, increasing popularity and profits. Keeping the lights on.

Just stopped there. Do you think devs are agreeing to exclusivity just because they like Sony or MS better? They're getting a financial incentive. Unless they wound up making a dumb deal, one would presume exclusivity is actually beneficial. 

It literally says "hypothetical" 

Also if a company invests into the development, sure, no issues being exclusives, if a company slides a $50 to keep a game off competition consoles, thats taking a short cut. Thats my point. Use the money to create or buy more studios to build a 1st party empire instead of hurting the competition by taking away games form other platforms.