• Rusty
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    22 hours ago

    I would rather buy a game on steam, or better yet on gog, than giving my money to a company that is trying to make store exclusive games a thing.

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      7 hours ago

      Wait, I’m confused. The article is about how Epic won’t take a cut to a point. Surely, you’re not giving money to Epic if you buy the game on EGS?

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        4 hours ago

        If my purchase on Epic helps the game reach $1 million in revenue then I am giving money to Epic.

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      12 hours ago

      Eventhough I adore GOG, they really need to step up their linux support, which is non-existent

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        3 hours ago

        I mentioned two stores in my comment, what exclusive access to money are you talking about?

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        19 hours ago

        Yes, because they still allow you to spend your money elsewhere if a new storefront appears on the market. Epic is actively preventing that.

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            3 hours ago

            Yes, that’s what exclusive access to games mean. You can’t buy them from other stores because Epic is actively preventing the developers from doing so.

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                2 hours ago

                So we can’t complain about Valve’s 30% cut, then? Because its a legal agreement that game companies willingly enter into, is it not? What about game companies overworking their developers? It’s all dandy because the devs willingly agreed when they enter into the employment?

                You’re also forgetting about games that Epic pulled from other stores after buying the company making them. That’s even shittier than releasing games exclusively on Epic.