OffChrct: You can't just make this shit up... LIKE LITERALLY, THIS ISNT EVEN A SCREENSHOT I EDIT TO PUSH AN IDEA, HE LITERALLY WROTE THIS AND FAILS TO SEE THE CONTRADICTIONhttps://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1167867184258748416 …
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Replying to @SweeneyThoughts
Hello, parody version of me. I don’t believe there is a contradiction. One case is an operating system vendor blocking competing stores from running. The other is a store working with willing developers and publishers on a mutually beneficial exclusive relationship.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic
Hello, real version of me. Ok, jokes aside, i would like to know on your take over how epic's approach is essentially different to 2016's Microsoft with limiting access to (in this case) games through a certain platform for the end user. If possible short-term and long term. 1/2
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Replying to @SweeneyThoughts
Blocking other stores from running prevents economic competition among stores, forcing all developers and publishers on the platform to accept whatever term the monopoly store offers, and eliminating any benefits to suppliers and consumers that arise through store competition.
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Whereas the range of Epic Games store efforts *are* economic competition, providing developers and publishers a better share (88%), a means to ensure they gain that share on all revenue (exclusivity), free games for users, and new product funding means for developers.
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