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Launching it as an Epic Exclusive on PC sure didn't help.
Yep. Heard great things about the game, but I'm waiting till it's on steam to get it. I refuse to give Epic a dime. Exclusivity deals hurt consumers.
Yeah, while I wouldn't be against decent competition for Steam, exclusivity deals aren't something involved with that. I'm not sure MBAs even know how to compete with Steam.
Though maybe, at some point, some capitalist will realize that there's a ton of money to be made from providing good products where the primary design concerns aren't about maximizing profit or ensuring future profit can be made.
Exactly. Win customers over by providing a better experience that makes people want to use your platform over a competitor, not because they're forced to
So you don't play any games that use Unreal?
I meant I don't want to give the Epic Store a dime.
You do realize Epic owns Unreal. The store, game engine, both are giving the same people money.
"I'm not going to give Nestle a dime of my money!" While eating Hot Pockets.
Yes, I do realize the money goes to the same place. My argument is not that Epic should go bankrupt. My argument is that I don't want to encourage or support the Epic Store.
"vote with your wallet" - my vote says I approve of unreal but disapprove of epic store.
Remember that next time a game is exclusive to Windows
Okay?
2 wrongs don't make a right. That said, Microsoft does this much less frequently than Epic and mostly just with first party games.
Here's a list of Microsoft Store exclusives. I don't see a whole lot of triple A games on there.
Starfield was on Steam at launch, as was Halo Infinite. Microsoft has been moving away from exclusivity. But how dare they keep Solitaire all to themselves, right?
I thought I read Microsoft will launch all PC games on steam going forward.
The store doesn’t matter, exclusivity is platform based (the OS)
That's not a money reason or a store related reason. That's really on the developer. Mac is a different architecture. Often times Mac versions require extra development.
Linux is gaining more ground not because of a store or the developers themselves, but because Proton makes the windows versions of games run on Linux.
My argument was about exclusivity deals, not technical compatibility.
Yeah, the store doesn’t matter
If it’s on a platform (os) then it’s on the platform
If you want to complain about exclusivity it would be mac vs windows vs linux vs freebsd vs xbox vs Nintendo vs PlayStation