Xbox has accused Sony of paying Game Pass 'block fees' to developers

Re:Xbox has accused Sony of paying Game Pass 'block fees' to... by partiallypro on Thursday August 11, 2022 @04:23PM (#32431260)

The complaint is against paying 3rd parties though, not owning your own first party and doing it. I guess it would be like if Apple paid Uber, Whatsapp etc to only make their apps for the AppStore and not Android. I don't know if that's a good argument though because music streamers do it all the time.

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Re:Xbox has accused Sony of paying Game Pass 'block fees' to... by xyzzy_plugh on Thursday August 11, 2022 @05:40PM (#32432049)

Do you believe that Apple does not participate in this sort of behavior? Because they do.

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Re:Xbox has accused Sony of paying Game Pass 'block fees' to... by cassianoleal on Thursday August 11, 2022 @07:13PM (#32432987)

That's a bold claim. Not that I doubt you, but do you have references to Apple doing this sort of thing?

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Re:Xbox has accused Sony of paying Game Pass 'block fees' to... by sangnoir on Thursday August 11, 2022 @10:42PM (#32434220)

I remember a small studio/individual developer who had their iOS update stuck in review hell after they publicized an Android port.

The app had been previously featured in the app store, and had no feature changes when the review process screetcyed to a halt. I'm hoping someone on HN remembers the details, but I'll try to Google and update this comment if I find the article. In the mean time, take it wirh a pinch of salt as I may be misremembering.

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Re:Xbox has accused Sony of paying Game Pass 'block fees' to... by xyzzy_plugh on Thursday August 11, 2022 @08:29PM (#32433499)

Apple explicitly does this with Apple Arcade, Apple TV, has done so with podcasts and albums in its music store.

I've personally been involved in one business discussion involving folks from Apple about platform exclusivity for an app.

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