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72% of devs believe Steam has a monopoly on PC games, according to study (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

That was the main argument for the Epic Games store. They told devs that they can keep the first million dollars earned and then they will only take 12%. The problem was they kept paying devs to be “Epic Exclusive” causing a lot of resentment.

[-] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Also, blocked games from being released on GOG too.

It was important to me to give players what they wanted: options. A lot of people requested that DARQ be made available on GOG. I was happy to work with GOG to bring the game to their platform. I wish the Epic Store would allow indie games to be sold there non-exclusively, as they do with larger, still unreleased games (Cyberpunk 2077), so players can enjoy what they want: a choice.

https://medium.com/@unfoldgames/why-i-turned-down-exclusivity-deal-from-the-epic-store-developer-of-darq-7ee834ed0ac7

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