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Is it? Isn't there a difference between - develop a game for me so i can sell it on my store (ea) and here let me give you some money so you can't sell it anywhere else for a while…
Well, there is a difference, but I don't think either is a problem, or unusual. To stay with the analogy of other creative industries, I think the line is often also blurred - you might get an offer to sign up your current novel, and also a deal to maybe produce two more books for that firm.
What I could imagine happening, if there are more stores competing for game distribution, is that they start to offer the creators more attractive deals to sign with them - as well as upfront payments, perhaps investment in their next game, support with marketing and promotion, and so on. In a way, another sort of blurring, of the line between publisher and storefront. I think that could be very good for the promising indies, which seems to be a focus for Epic.
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