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vivster on 03 April 2019
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BasilZero said:
vivster said:

Epic is not doing anything different or outrageous compared to anyone else. It's a stupid hissy fit that PC gamers are throwing that obfuscates and buries other pressing matters. Everyone wants competition for Steam but as soon as we get it, they freak out.

But they are doing different than what usually happens on the PC platform - buying exclusivity for third party titles.

Its not like Valve moneyhats devs/publishers to keep their games on Steam. GOG doesnt do it, Origin doesnt do it, Uplay doesnt do it and not even MS does it.


Also yes competition indeed. You're cheering/holding a bias against the wrong groups lol.

You don't see Valve moneyhatting anything because they have a monopoly and anyone who doesn't release on it is fucked unless they have monetary incentives to not do so. That's not healthy either.

I think this separation of 1st party and 3rd party is inane in this day and age. 1st party exclusivity is just as artificial as 3rd party exclusivity. No one is stopping Sony or Nintendo to release their 1st party games on other platforms. Microsoft does it. The only reason they do it is because greed. Because they want to force people onto their stores(sound familiar?) and even worse, their hardware. I don't see how their greed is somehow ok while everyone else's isn't.



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