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zhemao on July 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Exploring No Man’s Sky, A Computer Game Forged by ...

Console makers will sign deals giving you advance funding if you promise to make the game exclusive to their platform.

shmerl on July 23, 2014 [–]

I see. That stinks, but I can understand why some developers can fall for this. Crowdfunding is a good alternative to prevent such kind of lock-in.

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