lihlih posted...
Epic takes less of a cut than Steam, so should Epic charge more just like Steam and fuck over the developers? The biggest reasons why developers are putting shit on Epic only/first is so they can make more money on games sold.
No, it's primarily because Epic's paying them for timed exclusivity. Developers making the decision to only sell on Epic to improve their margins is fair game. Epic throwing around Fortnite money in a deliberate effort to make Steam worse by comparison, decidedly less so, and that's the reason for exclusivity in the vast majority of cases.
Also, as much as Epic's lower cut (including waiving the fees for using UE, which is even better) is a good thing for developers, their sale practices tend to amount to "we're discounting your game whether you like it or not," which is emphatically bad. That's how Walmart does business, and when you can compare your business practices to Walmart, you're not exactly a positive force for the industry.
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