Ok, that's what it seems. Which I find stupid. It's better they not release it in the first place, but if they do and it's labeled truly exclusive, then KEEP it exclusive. Word is your bond. Do not spoil your integrity. Make amends to those who want exclusive items they can't have some other way.

: The underlying, and unproven assumption from which all of your argumentation
: flows is that locking people out of some content is bad. You seem to hold
: it forth as self-evident, but it's really not. I'd argue just the
: opposite: exclusives incentivize sales and service fans. If a metaphor
: helps you, consider physical collectibles and whether their scarcity is
: harmful.

uh, who is "your" referring to? That's not my argumentation, most definitely. I'm saying it's not bad to lock people out of some content, if it was announced as exclusive in the first place. If you miss out, you miss out. Live and learn; not everyone can have everything.

I'm saying "Exclusive content" should remain exclusive, IF they decide to release exclusive content. If they release exclusive content, they should not go back on their word and un-exclusivize it after a time, because that is a Bad Thing. If it's timed exclusive, label it timed exclusive, or publicize whatever context in which it remains exclusive. -- Or don't release anything exclusive at all - I'm fine with that too (I'd prefer not to see that happen, but better to NOT release stuff that isn't what they say it is).

I agree with you, and was trying to clarify what GV was implying.

Feel free to ignore all the above, if it was like you just turned your head and switched from talking to me in the first paragraph to talking to GV in the 2nd :P