To say that EA and Activision and Microsoft and Sony first party exclusives are okay but Epic third party partner exclusives aren’t is to say that only megacorporations should benefit from economies of scale in distribution, while the little guys forever pay 30% taxes.
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To be clear: does this mean eventually third party sellers like Humble Bundle are going to hook into EGS? They sell the game, then it shows up in the buyer’s Epic launcher?
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They already do afaik
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No it’s not. Many developers sell games on their own website and keys allow them to do this.
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Not to mention their use in those kickstarters you keep targeting for exclusives where using keys makes it very easy to distribute to backers.
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I'll be the first then - The right to resell is a fundamental and important right, it's erosion constitutes a massive corporate power grab that will have ramifications way beyond the games industry.
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* the idea that developers and consumers don't benefit from the epic store is preposterous
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