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    1. Matt‏ @ZeroAlpha01 15 Mar 2019
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      Fair competition for developers? absolutely. But you can see that the forced store exclusivity does not help your customers? you have always championed open platforms in the past. They will get revenues on multiple streams if given a choice. It feels like you know EGS is lacking?

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    2. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 15 Mar 2019
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      I understand. I’d rather have one single game library and movie library too. Hopefully some day all of these stores, including ours, will be replaced with a 100% open digital commerce ecosystem giving developers an even better deal than 88%. Till then, we need competition!

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    4. Matt‏ @ZeroAlpha01 15 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @GV_Delchev @TimSweeneyEpic and

      Competition in Tims' eyes is for developers only not customers. Which given his position I guess I can see why he thinks that way. But he wont comment on what the store is lacking nor will he say anything about letting it speak for itself.

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    5. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 15 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @ZeroAlpha01 @GV_Delchev and

      The Epic Games store has a small feature set because we chose to launch it as soon as we had the core feature set up and running, rather than waiting. See https://trello.com/b/GXLc34hk/epic-games-store-roadmap … for our future roadmap!

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    6. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 15 Mar 2019
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      As to a store competing on features alone, we believe that wouldn’t be enough to gain traction. Steam has plenty of features, perhaps in some areas too many, and we believe gamers come to a store for particular games rather than for store features.

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    8. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 15 Mar 2019
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      This would make a good economic analysis. I'd attribute Steam's high marketshare to Valve being the first to release a great service, to continually improving it without major error, and to the effects of Metcalfe's law on social communities and friends graphs.

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    9. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 15 Mar 2019
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      Early users joined because digital distribution was a new convenience. Later users joined that's where the games were or that's where their friends were, and these factors are powerful and self-reinforcing.

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      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 15 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @GV_Delchev @CommodoreKong and

      We're doing this to bring better distribution terms to all PC developers and build a sound business for Epic. For gamers, competition ultimately means better economics, with the 18% savings being reinvested in game development or being passed on through lower prices.

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        2. Lewie Procter‏Verified account @LewieP 16 Mar 2019
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          This is false. By getting The Division pulled from third party stores, you have in fact *increased* the price.pic.twitter.com/xagsGE58bu

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        1. Doko‏ @ZPill 17 Mar 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @GV_Delchev and

          Also, I've yet to see these "lower prices", lower than what key sites and Steam offers, worldwide and for all sorts of games, not just one game that's exclusive and only has a deal in the US.

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        1. WaffleBros‏ @spicy_waffle 16 Mar 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @GV_Delchev and

          You do realize you're arguing some "trickle down" economics for consumers, right? So far all we've seen is higher prices and less service. I'd love to see even just a small gesture toward the consumer with regard to the increase in prices and comparative lack of features.

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        2. MPH‏ @MaxPath 15 Mar 2019
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          Replying to @GV_Delchev @TimSweeneyEpic and

          Come on, they need to get their foot in the door. Without exclusives the store has no chance. See Desura.

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        1. Doko‏ @ZPill 17 Mar 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @GV_Delchev and

          You've not done anything besides offering devs a deal and screwing consumers over in terms of "deals". You've fabricated a place where customers are forced into your storefront if they want a third party game, rather than allowing the game on other storefronts.

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