Remember DARQ? Taking a stance against third-party exclusivity pays off.
suzune@ani.social 1 year ago
Maybe… just not make exclusive deals? Especially not on mediocre game distribution platforms.
rtxn@lemmy.world 1 year ago
suzune@ani.social 1 year ago
Maybe… just not make exclusive deals? Especially not on mediocre game distribution platforms.
Remember DARQ? Taking a stance against third-party exclusivity pays off.
MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If these deals didn’t exist, lots of games simply wouldn’t get made. You can hate on the platforms all you like but the deals are one of the only sources of funding for small & solo developers.
Halosheep@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Oh no! Not the games I will never play because they’re exclusive to EGS!
beetus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You do realize those are exclusive for only a year, right? So EGS pays them out for a year.of exclusivity and then the devs are free to launch on steam and others.
The thing is, often if they don’t get that first infusion of cash from a deal with EGS (or another investor) they don’t get to complete or even launch the game at all.
Halosheep@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Usually by the time they’ve made it off EGS, I’ve forgotten they exist. There’s been many sequels to games I loved that I forgot existed because of this.