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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Replying to @AkiraJkr1 @TimSweeneyEpic and
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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Replying to @Eisberg_Wolf @TimSweeneyEpic and
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
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Replying to @AkiraJkr1 @TimSweeneyEpic and
Isn't the result the same if a game just happens to only be on Steam?
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Replying to @mastercoms @AkiraJkr1 and
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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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.
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Replying to @AkiraJkr1 @mastercoms and
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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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @AkiraJkr1 and
@TimSweeneyEpic This won't change the game industry for consoles. Are you going to fight against Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft? You can only buy from one store on those consoles. Not only is there no competition, it is impossible for a new store to exist.https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/13/supreme-court-rules-against-apple-in-app-store-antitrust-case.html …1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @juggsw1 and
^^ Gaming is becoming more interconnected and open to play and purchasing between platforms and stores. Everyone benefits from this in the long term.
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