Comment on Guy never bought a game on the Epic Store... Owns 200+

• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You realize paid exclusives gives a guaranteed income to devs so they don’t have to rely on the Steam gamble?

  Would you work for your employer if you had no guarantee you would get paid and you had to wait years for your potential first paycheque?

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  • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Not only that. Epic takes a smaller cut, and when a game goes on sale or is free that comes from Epic’s cut, the Devs get full pay.

    Something that the bootlickers always seem to forget.

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  • Cris16228@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Paid exclusives ruin PC gaming, only devs who don’t believe in their game sing an exclusive contract. They’ll learn the hard way for sure :)

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Bullshit.

      18k games released on Steam this year, how many did you hear about and how many were actually successful?

      There’s tons of good games that just won’t sell enough for the devs to recoup their cost just because no streamer decided to play them. Go read on indie devs communities what the experience is like when releasing a game you put your heart and soul into only to get no coverage and no sales.

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      • Cris16228@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The only way it ruins PC gaming is by forcing you to use a launcher

        You said it yourself, it ruins PC by forcing they crappy launcher

        Games on epic are either released there and forgotten by many or given away for free one day

        Tell me what Epic does better than anything else, I’m waiting.

        • 88/12 is not a valid point because 88 of 1000 is way less that 70 of 1000000
        • Free games are not valid since I can get them for free anyway without needing a launcher 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

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  • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You’re saying studios like EA don’t pay their programmers unless people buy the game?

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m talking about smaller studios but even for big studios, guaranteed income instead of gambling can be more interesting for certain projects.

      The logic is still the same.

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      • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Oh, so only indie games should be exclusives, then. Not games like Control 2.

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