3rd Party Exclusives are hurting the industry

[JWeinCom]

Azzanation said:

JWeinCom said:

Eh, I think this is as much effort as I want to put into this discussion. If you want to argue that third parties are routinely making deals that hurt them, well, that's a dumb argument, but I will sleep fine even with the knowledge that someone is wrong on the internet.

I am not arguing if it's hurting the devs, I am debating that it's hurting the industry. Industry meaning pushing console manufacturers to be even better and not rely on paying to hurt competition but to use the money invested to create better products and more games. I have given you the plus sides if this became a reality and your entire argument is "Devs won't survive without deals and it's been happening for decades." Even through I proved to you that plenty of games release with no deals in place. 

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

That was literally exactly your first point.That third party exclusivity decreases probability and will prevent devs from keeping the lights on. XD That's the point I was arguing. As you are now saying the exact opposite, I accept your concession of the point.

What you quoted me as saying is not something I said, or even a reasonable paraphrase of something I actually said. I'm generally happy to defend the things I say, but I am not going to defend things I did not say.

Last edited by JWeinCom - on 18 March 2024