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    1. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 21
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      To make things clear: Tim can talk about wanting cross-play and interoperability all day. In the end, it's all to make up for the lackluster EGS. Fact is that @GOGcom is the only company genuinely working to bring platforms together, and Epic's exclusivity actively hurts GOG.

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    2. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 21
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      Replying to @Mortiel @GOGGalaxy and

      Fortnite supported cross-platform play on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android months before the Epic Games Store launched...

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    3. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 21
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @GOGGalaxy and

      Which is admirable. However, that has absolutely nothing to do with platforms. EGS has actively sought to divide PC platforms instead of bring them together and divided consumers. It's what one might consider a "consumer adversarial" strategy. Publishers have been happy, though!

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    4. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 21
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      Replying to @Mortiel @GOGGalaxy and

      Cross-platform play has nothing to do with platforms? Epic's online service (friends, etc) are open to all platforms and stores, as demonstrated by Dauntless on PC, Xbox, and PS4. Compare to Steam social features which are locked down to only PC games launched by Steam.

      7 replies 0 retweets 32 likes
    5. Vampire Knight‏ @PleaseCapcom Feb 21
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @Mortiel and

      You misunderstood. He's talking about Steam and Epic as the platforms.

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    6. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 21
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      Replying to @PleaseCapcom @TimSweeneyEpic and

      No, he knows. It's called a diversionary tactic. Change the topic away from EGS and talk about the good things Fortnite has done... ...Like work developers to the bone on 70+ hour work weeks to meet unprecedentedly high popularity for a game. Epic supports devs!pic.twitter.com/Iqbdo4uWjf

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    7. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 21
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      Replying to @Mortiel @PleaseCapcom and

      This was your choice of topic. Your thread started with "If @TimSweeneyEpic wanted platforms working together"...

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    8. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 21
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @PleaseCapcom and

      The rest says: "...he'd use his immense wealth to back @GOGGalaxy instead the @EpicGames Store. Put his money where his mouth is." Yet we are talking about Fortnite instead of Epic using exclusivity in an attempt to put GOG out of business. Doesn't sound very cooperative.

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    9. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 21
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      Replying to @Mortiel @PleaseCapcom and

      What do you want Epic to do with GOG exactly? Please be specific.

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    10. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 21
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @PleaseCapcom and

      It would be illogical to expect you to back a competitor financially. However, not blocking products from your competitors (exclusivity) would be a great way for Epic to compete on it's own merits. In the end, Epic, GOG, devs, and consumers all win. Steam too, if they step up.

      5 replies 1 retweet 19 likes
      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 22
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      Replying to @Mortiel @PleaseCapcom and

      Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We pursue exclusives because it’s the best chance for changing the industry’s 30% fee status quo. If we stopped with exclusives, 99% of the benefit would be expected accrue to Steam and 1% to GOG, because Steam is around 100x bigger than GOG.

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        2. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 22
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @PleaseCapcom and

          Or, you know, you could build a platform that actually competes with GOG and Valve based on it's own value and features, instead of relying on exclusive games as a crutch to prop up a shell. No shopping cart yet? Seriously? It's clear where the resources are going.pic.twitter.com/UIsm7d15Ti

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        3. Pkeod‏ @Pkeod Feb 22
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          Replying to @Mortiel @TimSweeneyEpic and

          This has been discussed endlessly. NOTHING will change if people have library lockin on Steam, no amount of feature parity will make people want to buy on Epic if they already have an established library on Steam, except if exclusive games they want to play are on Epic.

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        2. Lars Ericson‏ @larsericson Feb 22
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @Mortiel and

          And when you have forced to the customers to your store, what are you going to offer them to keep them wanting to use it? GOG is DRM free, the XBOX app has Gamepass. What does EGS offer to make customers want to use it, rather then just have to?

          1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
        3. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 22
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          Replying to @larsericson @Mortiel and

          Right now: free games, major exclusives, Epic funded sales, Fortnite. Over time, more features.

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        2. Nazo‏ @ItMeNazo Feb 28
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @Mortiel and

          with the amount of money you've spent on making exclusivity deals, why not fund/make new exclusive games for yourself instead of seeking third parties?

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        3. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 28
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          Replying to @ItMeNazo @Mortiel and

          We’re helping fund new games from many developers, most not yet announced. The first year’s store announcements were mainly existing games because they were the ones that were coming soon, whereas funding new games takes longer.

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        2. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 22
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @Mortiel and

          So we won’t do that. But if you have any other thoughts on how Epic can better foster a healthy multi-store PC ecosystem, we’d love to hear them.

          6 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
        3. Kontis‏ @kontiss Feb 22
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @Mortiel and

          My idea: fund NEW games / studios instead of buying rights to already (almost) finished projects (leaving Steam for EGS). People have NO issues (!) with exclusives that wouldn't otherwise exist and platform owner's own games (Fortnite on EGS, Half-Life on Steam, Uncharted on PS4)

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        2.  🏳️‍🌈Chris "Maniac" Maintz 🏳️‍🌈‏ @ChrisMaintz Feb 22
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @Mortiel and

          You also have no chance of changing the 30% fee status quo if you don't intend to launch your own major console platform. So... When is that happening? (By the way, I *really* don't want you to do so, going by the lackluster platform & UX skills on display. Sorry!)

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        3. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 22
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          Replying to @ChrisMaintz @Mortiel and

          C’mon, we’re the guys who can’t even figure out shopping carts. If we tried to make hardware it would probably explode or, at the very least, produce a lot of sparks and fizzle sounds.

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