3rd Party Exclusives are hurting the industry

[Azzanation]

JWeinCom said:

Azzanation said:

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.

I am a little confused with your entire Reponses. I have brought up the good and bad.

Exclusivity deals can also hurt the developers. We see it plenty of times where a game takes an exclusive deal, then undersells on its primary platform. 

Maybe i read into your replies too much, but it seems you were saying all devs take these deals when all i was pointing out that plenty of companies release games without deals.

Last edited by Azzanation - on 19 March 2024