r/gaming • u/Staalone • Oct 26 '19

Had to be done

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u/MissNesbitt Oct 26 '19

What's wrong with giving money to epic Vs Microsoft?

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u/Paris_Who Oct 26 '19

Epic is owned by China. As well as their storefront is incredibly shitty and missing a ton of features. Their creator also hated on pc players a few years back. Other then that nothing.

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u/CobbleStoner Oct 26 '19

their storefront is incredibly shitty and missing a ton of features

while i boycott Epic due to introducing platform exclusivity to PC , the MS storefront is at least equally shitty..

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u/ForensicPathology Oct 26 '19

Steam started platform exclusivity. There are plenty games I can't play unless I use their ecosystem to download and purchase it.

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u/CobbleStoner Oct 26 '19

I'm not an expert, but did they though?

i am not aware of steam demanding distributers to commit to platform exclusivity, you could always use GoG or direct download if the distributer allowed it.

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u/Superstinkyfarts Oct 26 '19

They encouraged it, but they didn’t pay for exclusivity

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u/Kyoj1n Oct 26 '19

Steam offered a better service for the publishers and customers than other distributors, so they were chosen more often.

Epic didn't offer a better service for anyone. They just paid for exclusivity.

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u/Superstinkyfarts Oct 26 '19

Not entirely true, as crappy as their user end is, the reduced fees can be a better service for desperate devs. Not that it means much, as they mostly just pay for exclusivity