Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/@psilocervine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>psilocervine</span></a></span> I beg to differenciate:</p><ul><li>Obviously <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a>'s <em>de-facto <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a></em> is clear and noone doubts it.</li></ul><p>It's just that for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IndieDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDevs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marketing</span></a> is the key to success.</p><p>Obviously it doesn't make sense to do a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a>-exclusive: </p><ul><li><p>Some games did <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a>-exclusivity due to lower <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Piracy</span></a> rates than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppleArcade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleArcade</span></a> is a working way to squeeze revenue out of an old title that is is the sub-$1 bargain bin at Steam and where everyone has closed the books on as in <em>'nice to have some revenue, but we ain't do much more about it'</em> without going <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayToLoose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PayToLoose</span></a></em> or shoving it full of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> and <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microtransactions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microtransactions</span></a>"</em>... </p></li></ul><p>I'd say if one's already using a multi-platform-engine then clicking <em>"export to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a>"</em> is an option.</p><ul><li>Unless one has no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> device and doesn't want to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/test" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>test</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/debug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debug</span></a> <em>at all</em>…</li></ul>