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.
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.
beetus@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months 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.
newcool1230@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Same, after a few years you see them show up on steam and all the reviews are
pory@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Or the EGS phase was just glorified beta access like Hades.