Zoombael said:
Darwinianevolution said:
Yes, but that's the thing. The only real exclusive Epic has is Fortnite, that's the thing driving the most users to the store. The exclusive hunt Epic is doing is not only temporary, it's costing them a lot of money, and they are probably operating with relatively low profit margains. Taking games like The Outer Worlds and Borderlands 3 as exclusives cannot have been cheap. So by the time they decide this is not worth doing anymore, they must have something in its place, otherwise they are going to be left in the dust. Not to mention all of the problems the store itself has (lack of features, inferior return policies, spyware, Tencent as Epic's shadowy overlord...).
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This is pure speculation. You dont know the deals in detail. Me neither. But i can gurantee that both parties assessed the situation thouroughly.
Epic isnt just sending cheques with fixed sums. They offer devs something Valve doesnt: Incentive.
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They are not small games. Even with a bigger percentage, the potential losses due to many customers not bothering with it plus people boycotting it are considerable, much bigger than smaller indie projects would suffer. Epic must have given them quite a green check to keep the exclusivity deal going.
