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Epic Games founder & CEO

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    1. lmao‏ @Jmclma2 6 Apr 2019
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      Altough not WORD BY WORD, your intent was that PC gaming was dying, that's what people get from when they read sentences like this one. ''But at the end of the day, consoles have definitely left PC games behind.''https://news.softpedia.com/news/Tim-Sweeney-Says-the-PC-Is-Dead-for-Games-80714.shtml …

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    2. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @Jmclma2 @georgeb3dr

      The headline is editorializing (not my words) but I stand by what I did say then. Those were dark days for PC, after BitTorrent had grown huge and before Steam was mainstream. Crytek has reportedly shipped a game that sold 1 copy per each 100 people playing!

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    3.  🇺🇸 ✝️ XLO  ✝️ 🇺🇸‏ @jordan3802 6 Apr 2019
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      is that why developers used to treat pc gamers with such disrespect? calling us all pirates, giving us really bad console ports etc

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    4.  🇺🇸 ✝️ XLO  ✝️ 🇺🇸‏ @jordan3802 6 Apr 2019
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      i recall cliffy b called us all pirates at the launch of the really crappy gears pc port

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    5. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 6 Apr 2019
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      Please provide a link to an article containing CliffyB’s words.

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    6.  🇺🇸 ✝️ XLO  ✝️ 🇺🇸‏ @jordan3802 6 Apr 2019
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      https://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/epic-no-gears-of-war-2-pc/1/ …

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    7. Zarlak  🇨🇺‏ @ElliotSpeller2 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @jordan3802 @TimSweeneyEpic

      "all high end pc gamers are pirates" is what he basically said, even you can't deny it tim lol

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    8. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @ElliotSpeller2 @jordan3802

      “Here's the problem right now; the person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who is savvy enough to know bit torrent to know all the elements so they can pirate software.”

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    9. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @ElliotSpeller2 @jordan3802

      That’s Cliff’s actual statement above. It was certainly true in 2009, after the rise of BitTorrent, before Steam gained mainstream traction.

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    10. Zarlak  🇨🇺‏ @ElliotSpeller2 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @jordan3802

      i'll be honest i used to use bittorrent back then but it was out of spite...if it was a bad pc port i pirated it if it was a good port i bought it...it was a nice weapon for the consumer to use against developers and publishers that didn't care about us

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      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @ElliotSpeller2 @jordan3802

      I used to pirate Apple ][ games in the 1980’s. I believe Gabe Newell was right that piracy is mainly a symptom of poor distribution. Now gamers have access to better consumer distribution than ever before, but that masks some serious economic inefficiencies for creators.

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        1. Jak‏ @JakXLT 7 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @ElliotSpeller2 @jordan3802

          Epic Games Store is poor distribution. Therefore your "exclusives" will be pirated.

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        1. Michael Tornberg‏ @Planetrift 6 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @ElliotSpeller2 @jordan3802

          That may be true... but it doesn't change the fact that I (and others) now must wait 6 months to get an unbroken library of the series. I know it's 2K behind it.. but I also find it telling that you keep refusing to see that side of things. This could have been handled better.

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        1. Dr. Woomy‏ @Dr_Woomy 6 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @ElliotSpeller2 @jordan3802

          @TimSweeneyEpic so if I dont want to buy from epic and not wait until steam I dont want to buy a console for one game what would you do?

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        1. Comrade Gio.☭‏ @Giovanni1906 9 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @ElliotSpeller2 @jordan3802

          Isn't funny how you used to pirate stuff as a consumer, made your own corp, has bad (if not worse) business practices than Apple... And is seeing the same fate? The cherry on the top is: You KNOW why. Literally seen the rocket coming. (1/2)

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        1. Comrade Gio.☭‏ @Giovanni1906 9 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @ElliotSpeller2 @jordan3802

          Oh, and good luck trying to DMCA pirate users Worldwide. Most of the countries doesn't abide for this shit and some haven't even laws against pirating software. Me, for instance, live on Brazil. Where even the govt uses pirated Windows. LOL (2/2) PS: Copyright is a mistake.

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        2. Zarlak  🇨🇺‏ @ElliotSpeller2 6 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @jordan3802

          I agree although the distribution is now more fragmented than ever...maybe in years to come we will look back like "huh...tim was right it did have a good effect"

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        3. Zarlak  🇨🇺‏ @ElliotSpeller2 6 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @ElliotSpeller2 @TimSweeneyEpic @jordan3802

          I admit i did pirate the original gears out of spite because 1) the port was really bad 2) because it was only on games for windows live which made you pay to play online

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        1. Pronoob Gaming‏ @Pronubgaming 7 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @ElliotSpeller2 @jordan3802

          Glad to see you are bringing us back to those days.

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