My point is that it's not about the cut. If the cut is more attractive elsewhere, you can sell on both places.
As for exclusivities in console space, I dont really look into what's happening into console space otherwise I'd be paying a online paywall, since they do on consoles too.
I get what you're saying in general, but I don't get the bolded at all. Are you their Biz Dev team? They're going somewhere where they can get more exposure, more money up front, and a higher cut. That means an exclusive 12-month window.
And why is PC immune to any sort of financial influence? Just because Valve got in the door first, they're masters of the rest of PC history? I don't see how waiting 12 months really inconveniences you. You'll still get your game. But having to wait is some sort of hill to die on? These are business deals.
Is a studio going partially exclusive (MS's recent acquisitions) against the rules? They're making these decisions to stay solvent.
Fair enough to delineate the console space, but it's a big space. Sony has kept a heap of software "exclusive" to their platform for years. No reason at all it couldn't be on PC. Don't hear any hue and cry over that. Put it another way: Sony has kept games like Bloodborne and Last of Us away from PC. Why is that okay there (for all gamers, now) and it's not okay for Rebel Galaxy devs?
If someone is to compete with Valve, they need exclusive content. They can't just hit the ground running and out-feature Valve. It's like asking someone to come into the console space and dunk on XBL right off the jump. That's not happening.
Epic, presumably, will add features in due time. To get their foot in the door, they make business deals. So all of these devs are just unscrupulous for making a business deal?
The baseline of this sort of argument seems to be: "I don't want to wait; I don't want to download a different launcher."
I get that we all want choice, but the undercurrent of a lot of this argument seems to be about some Steam preference. That's not really much of an argument. If people want more choice, I don't see why they wouldn't want to see Valve (and others) get pressured a bit.