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Why is it beneficial to have third-party exclusives on PlayStation?

Sony’s PlayStation chief Jim Ryan says it’s beneficial for third-party developers to sign an exclusivity deal for PlayStation because “development efforts required to make that game reduces.”

The FTC has been arguing that exclusives are bad for competition and that Microsoft purchased Bethesda and kept games like Redfall, Starfield, and the upcoming Indiana Jones off PS5. Ryan expected these games to remain on PlayStation:

“I think that pretty much every Bethesda game was multi-platform prior to the acquisition.”

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