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trasharmdsister12 said:

2. Bought PC Game Store exclusivity/timed-exclusivity
This is a tricky one to navigate because in some cases the game may not exist if not for the funding, but even then I'm not inclined to reward this practice. I understand if the game is developed in-house by the same company that owns the store, but when it's a third party title I tend to back away from wanting to purchase the game. I don't want to reward the practice because I want PC gaming to be a more open platform with choice. Somewhat artificially limiting that choice doesn't resonate well with me. Fortunately most of the parties that have attempted this practice in the past have either done it with only first party games (which I'm okay with) or have gone back to releasing on more storefronts. Epic seems to be the big outlier here. It was tough when BL3 came out, it was even tougher when Alan Wake 2 came out, and it's going to be tough when Fumito Ueda's next game comes out. Heck, just the other day Ninja Gaiden Black 2 released and I was ready to buy it only to realize it's only on the Microsoft Store.

That's actually on Steam as well.