Having exclusives is unrelated to the store walled garden conversation. I have a game, I can choose my store's infrastructure to exclusively sell this game. Fo

Having exclusives is unrelated to the store walled garden conversation. I have a game, I can choose my store's infrastructure to exclusively sell this game. For instance, if Walmart made a game, it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect Walmart to be the only one distributing it - however Walmart would have to accept the consequences of doing so, which would include people who refuse to go to Walmart not being able to buy the game. The Apple store walled garden is a completely different beast altogether. Not only Apple sells their software through the store, it requires everybody else to also do so. That reduces competition because it prevents others from lowering their prices beyond a certain point and distributing content that Apple finds objectionable (some of which would undermine Apple's semi-monopoly, such as portable apps using certain technologies like emulation).