Borderlands 3 PC is releasing exclusively on the Epic Store in September

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Darwinianevolution said:

Zoombael said:

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.

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.

Big or small doesnt matter. What is important...

https://www.vg247.com/2019/03/20/metro-exodus-sales-launch-week-epic-games-store-ll/

It doesnt matter what sales might potentially could have been. The real initial sales numbers count and how it turns out beyond that. As it seems Epic can fulfil their end of the deal. Despite the backlash, EGS young age, the united youtuber front against Epic, Fortnite and whatnot.

To publishers and developers it is of interest what they gain in the long run. 

Sweeney doesn’t see it that way, and further explained how exclusive deals can help developers. “These exclusives don’t come to stores for free; they’re a result of some combination of marketing commitments, development funding, or revenue guarantees. This all helps developers,” he said.

https://www.vg247.com/2019/01/02/how-epic-games-store-exclusive-deals-happen/

"Marketing commitments, Revenue guarantee"

Why are Sekiro and Resident Evil 2R exclusive to Steam? It was the publishers choices but no one is screeching at them and making a scene. They felt it was the best option at the time, hoping for sufficient initial sales. Exactly what those who partner up with Epic feel like. A promising view on sales and revenue and a distribution platform with the goal to provide professional developers and publishers a stable, reliable market, a chance for more creative freedom and driving advanced game development forward.

I dont know if Epic will succeed, if they re on the right track. But its worth a shot, since Valve hasnt done anything for the betterment of trve PC gaming for the last 10ish years. Their doing was rather detrimental and they show no serious efforts of cleaning up their mess. I guess at this point it would be futile anyway. At this point Tabula Rasa is the way to go, and the EGS presents a good opportunity.