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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee" (finance.yahoo.com)
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[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No instead epic charges 12%, and if you use unreal engine but don't sell on egs they get a 5% royalty fee on all your sales. Sure those number are lower but egs isn't out here "empowering" devs

[-] lofuw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Epic would charge Steam's fees if they had Steam's marketshare.

Everyone thinking they care about creators or customers is a fucking moron.

[-] turmacar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Are they close to feature parity with Steam yet? Like after a quick search of it looks like they added cloud saves but that took years.

[-] nyctre@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Not even close. Plus, it's not just about feature parity. It's also about ease of use. EGS is still shit as of 2 months ago.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago

While EGS increases its minimum Windows # requirements, Steam client is already available on Linux.
Although I would prefer being able to build it myself rather than keeping it in Firejail

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago

Epic would charge Steam’s fees if they had Steam’s marketshare.

while at the same time providing worse service.
Ever noticed the difference between Epic checkout vs Steam checkout? And that is the part one would want to make the best, because that's what gets the money in.

[-] jim3692@discuss.online 1 points 1 week ago

Out of all the services that Valve offers, you decided to compare their checkout page?

  • Valve offers to devs, completely free of charge, full access to their matchmaking network, across any platform
  • Valve has vastly improved Windows games compatibility on Linux, by developing Proton. Epic locks users to Windows, because of their anti-cheat.
  • Valve revolutionized handheld gaming, by bringing desktop games to portable devices
  • Valve requires devs to show in the games' store page whether it contains AI slop. Epic is a supporter of AI slop
[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

if you use unreal engine but don’t sell on egs they get a 5% royalty fee on all your sales.

Sounds like abusing market power.

[-] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

100%. Valve needs to start suing Epic for their game engine monopoly. It’s not about Valve it’s about protecting gamers.

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