Comment on 'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs

Cosmos7349@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Does Epic have any market share past free games and fortnight?

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  • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Developers. UE5 is chalking up to be the defacto standard for modern titles that don’t have budgets large enough to make their own engine.

    EGS, on the other hand, is still an abysmal failure beyond the lure of free (and increasingly shittier) games and a yearly 25% off discount coupon that people fall for.

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    • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I really wish they’d start by not making the EGS program a fucking UE5 app. Seriously, using the whole ass engine to render html is stupid beyond belief

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      • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wait, is it seriously a full-blown UE5 application?

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      • steakmeoutt@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Why is it stupid exactly? UE5 scales very well and places very little demand on hardware for simple tasks.

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    • Gabu@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nope. Godot, a fully free Unity-like Engine is shaping up to be the defacto standard for good games (AAA garbage is being ignored purposefully)

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      • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I know Godot exists, and it’s preferable to supporting Epic, but it isn’t up to feature parity with UE5. Particularly, when it comes to asset streaming and open world games, Unreal has better support out of the box.

        I would love for Godot to be the standard and first choice for every developer (including AAA), though.

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      • UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        “ignoring the major players in the industry”

        UE5 had turned into the standard whether you like it or not. I personally don’t like the engine, but that doesn’t mean I’ll lie about its position in the market, and neither should you. You aren’t doing Godot any favours with it

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  • Rose@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Steam is largely driven by Valve’s own games and freebies as well. 1.5M currently playing Dota 2 and CS 2, with the next best being F2P games: PUBG with 370K online, Apex Legends, and Naraka.

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  • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Rocket League and Fall Guys are also on there. Not sure how much paid games sell there though.

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