‘We want developers to be successful’

Speaking in a keynote address at IndieCade’s professional conference Friday, SCEA vice president of publisher and developer relations Adam Boyes addressed exclusives and their impact on independent developers.

“Right now exclusives are just a way for [console makers] to brag louder,” Boyes said. “Nobody gains from exclusivity in perpetuity.”

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Though exclusive content might encourage hardware sales, Sony wants studios to be successful. “Developers now have the option to deliver on a huge number of platforms,” Boyes added, saying this will almost inevitably lead to multiplatform publishing.

‘Nobody gains from console exclusivity,’ says Sony’s dev relations boss[Gamasutra]

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