Yep, it’s not a bad thing to have an alternative to the popularity lottery. Heck, people make the same choice every day by going to work and not spending all their money on lottery tickets, guaranteed income vs taking a chance to win big and considering how many games there are on Steam and how few of them make their money back, it’s not a bad move to have a contract telling you exactly how much you’ll make by releasing exclusively on a specific platform for a limited time.