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• brawleryukon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Darwinia.

  And before you even go there, yes, it was a long time ago, no, they haven’t really done it since then. But the discussion here is about whether or not Epic did it first, which they did not. By about a decade and a half.

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  • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Darwinia still sold copies through their site. Steam didn’t even support macos or linux back then yet the game did and that was how you got those versions. It wasn’t exclusive.

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    • brawleryukon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tell me you didn’t click the link without telling me you didn’t click the link.

      Darwinia still sold copies through their site.

      Straight from the linked forum post:

      As part of the launch and Steam’s exclusivity, we will no longer be offering Darwinia as a download option from our site, although it will still be possible to purchase shipped boxed copies. At Valve’s request we will also be removing the demo from our site for about a month.

      So, yes, they were still selling boxed copies - because it was 2005 - but Valve made them stop selling digital copies from their own site and even made them take down their own demo.

      It wasn’t exclusive.

      Again, same quote as above:

      As part of the launch and Steam’s exclusivity

      Not sure how you’re getting “it wasn’t exclusive” from a post that explicitly says that they signed their game up for Steam exclusivity.

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      • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As you said, it was 2005. Physical sales were the norm.

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  • finishsneezing@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Since you are really nitpicky here: The people you replied to did say „exclusives“ and „games“, so…

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    • brawleryukon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Careful you don’t throw your back out helping them move those goalposts!

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