"We're on track to finish by the end of the year and we'll also be reaching out to 3rd party publishers within the next 2 months. Ideally we want to partner with someone who can help us with advertising"
@EpicGames @TimSweeneyEpic An great looking UE4 title, check it out!
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Do you even have Valve's ToS saying that devs can't give out keys, Tim? Or even better... Doesn't YOUR ToS forbidden the games being on another store, even for the sake of fulfilling a previous agreement with it's backers?
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The problem isn’t devs giving out Steam keys, it’s that Valve reserves the right to not provide keys to devs based on some very subjective criteria; see https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys …. Not sure how the key ecosystem can invest with those kinds of terms in place.
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Correct me if i'm wrong but you could not sign an exclusive contract,backers have the options of whatever and since they already paid the entirety of revenue goes to the dev anyway and past that the fans who genuinely want to help the dev will buy on Epic,earn you n dev goodwill?
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We’d be happy with a situation where existing backers could receive their copy on Steam, while new sales are exclusively on Epic. Valve policy prohibits this.
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It’s not Valve’s fault if a dev decides to not sell their game on Steam, ergo can’t provide FREE Steam key generation for the dev to distribute outside their storefront. Did I mention that Steam makes no money on free steam keys? Which are free? Key point there Tim.
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Sure, it's Valve's service and they have every right to set the policies. Let's just be realistic about the side effect of tying stores to services: developers must avoid Steam in marketing and crowd funding and avoid Steam's friend system, else be locked into a 30% tax forever.
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Yeah, Valve should give keys for a game not releasing on their store. Very logical, thanks Tim!
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At this point I believe the Epic's agreement forbids the hosting even for the sake of giving the backers' keys
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Tim is losing it! Valve should host my exclusive Chinese Govt Funded games for free!!!!!
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Hello Comrade! Of course it’s Valve’s right to set their policy for Steam keys as they like. But all of the “PC” logos we’re seeing on newly announced games across the industry are a direct response to this kind of tactic.
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