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    1. Eisberg‏ @Eisberg_Wolf 24 Jun 2019
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      There were other options for digital distribution as well back then. Did you even read they removed the demo from thier own site as a request from Valve? There was a deal stuck to be exclusive

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    2. AkiraJkr‏ @AkiraJkr1 24 Jun 2019
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      WAS IT PAID? No one knows, it doesn't seem like it. It's one thing to be exclusive to a store due to a developer decision, and another to be paid a deal to become exclusive.

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    3. Eisberg‏ @Eisberg_Wolf 24 Jun 2019
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      Whether paid or not, they still struck an exclusive deal with Valve, that deal could have been a number of things that didn't include any front/advance money at all, just like how there are a number of exclusive games on EGS that did not get front/advance money to be exclusive.

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    4. Eisberg‏ @Eisberg_Wolf 24 Jun 2019
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      The point is, if Valve struck an exclusive deal before, just how many other times did they do that over the years?

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    5. AkiraJkr‏ @AkiraJkr1 24 Jun 2019
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      Technically, Steam has a ton of exclusives because devs decide if they want to sell somewhere else. But for now, until another deal is found: "1" Steam has no need to strike exclusivity deals due to being a good service. Out for quite some time, with old, good games in the store.

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    6. Eisberg‏ @Eisberg_Wolf 24 Jun 2019
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      Yes, now and for some years Valve had no need for exclusive deals, but they did in their early days. And yes, there are other deals that were made, but I can't prove them since I only know about them due to clients I have in my datacenter that have been developers for decades.

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    7. AkiraJkr‏ @AkiraJkr1 24 Jun 2019
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      And honestly, the main reason I hate Epic is mainly due to exclusivity, I could care less about them if they weren't doing paid exclusivity, but YANKING games that were supposed to be released on Steam(and not bound to it, ffs @TimSweeneyEpic ) makes me hate them.

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    8. mastercoms‏ @mastercoms 25 Jun 2019
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      Isn't the result the same if a game just happens to only be on Steam?

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    9. Eisberg‏ @Eisberg_Wolf 25 Jun 2019
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      Yes, the result is the same. The issue has nothing to do with exclusivity, it never has, the actual issue that these people have is just the games they want are not on Steam. These people would be ok with Steam exclusive games, because the games would be on Steam.

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    10. AkiraJkr‏ @AkiraJkr1 25 Jun 2019
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      Replying to @Eisberg_Wolf @mastercoms and

      Yes, people would be. But why not politely ask for the games to be on Epic instead of yanking them? If it was on every store possible, it'd be way better. Just ask the devs instead of yanking the games. @TimSweeneyEpic

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      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 25 Jun 2019
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      This question gets to the core of Epic’s strategy for competing with dominant storefronts. We believe exclusives are the only strategy that will change the 70/30 status quo at a large enough scale to permanently affect the whole game industry.

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        2. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 25 Jun 2019
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          For example, after years of great work by independent stores (excluding big publishers like EA-Activision-Ubi), none seem to have reached 5% of Steam’s scale. Nearly all have more features than Epic; and the ability to discount games is limited by various external pressures.

          15 replies 1 retweet 56 likes
        3. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 25 Jun 2019
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          This leads to the strategy of exclusives which, though unpopular with dedicated Steam gamers, do work, as established by the major publisher storefronts and by the key Epic Games store releases compared to their former Steam revenue projections and their actual console sales.

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        2. ᕼᗩᑎIᖴ ᖇOᔕᕼᗩᑎ‏ @PlugPulled 25 Jun 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @AkiraJkr1 and

          Gabe Newell once said “piracy is a result of bad service”. I think steam killed 90% piracy and epic store is starting to make people pirate again.

          6 replies 2 retweets 107 likes
        3. Brain‏ @Braindrain85 25 Jun 2019
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          Replying to @PlugPulled @TimSweeneyEpic and

          Pirates have been ripping games no matter what. Exclusivity deals of the EGS are just another "excuse" for them.

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        2. Recoil‏ @Recoil00 25 Jun 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @AkiraJkr1 and

          It unpopular with gamers in general, not just "steam" gamers. Steam keys can be sold through other means and the dev gets 100% of the profit. Benefits the gamer? Like the mess with Shenmu? How many titles actually reduced their price for Epic's store?

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        3. Ryan C. Gordon‏Verified account @icculus 25 Jun 2019
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          I think it’s worth noting that other legit stores selling Steam keys without the 30% cut happens purely by Valve’s grace and not by any contractual agreement. If they turn this off tomorrow without warning, I assume several storefronts fold pretty quickly.

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        1. Liberté, égalité, anxiété‏ @MagpieMcGraw 26 Jun 2019
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          Paying to get games to appear on your store is great. Paying to remove games from other stores is not something I can be okay with. In a world of rampant capitalism, a hugely rich company doing something like this makes me very wary.

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        2. Jake Fables: The Everlasting Salt-Miner‏ @FSAPOJake 26 Jun 2019
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @AkiraJkr1 and

          So the gist is you wanted to get gamers mad at Valve, but now that gamers are mad at you for screwing them repeatedly, you have to explain yourself. We're not buying it. Sorry.

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        3. Jay Tholen  💿 👅 💿‏ @jaytholen 27 Jun 2019
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          but that's not at all the gist? it's a pure numbers thing. his point is that the vocal people who actually care or get mad about this are a relatively small set statistically. seems like a lot to you since you're surrounded by it but the numbers speak for themselves.

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        1. Scott McC‏ @arrakis44 27 Jun 2019
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          You continue to push the lie that your goals are purely altruistic. In reality you use Fortnight money to bribe publishers to NOT release their games on Steam. This is not competition, EGS does not compete with Steam.

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