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    1. 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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    2. 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.

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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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"...

      1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
    6. 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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    7. 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.

      3 replies 2 retweets 31 likes
    8. 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
    9. 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.

      13 replies 1 retweet 60 likes
    10. 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
      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. Matthew‏ @OfficialSlickYT Feb 22
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @larsericson and

          There's still no shopping cart... Maybe you should work on the store instead of the exclusives 👀👀👀

          1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
        3.  🗿JoeFromSeattle 🗿‏ @JoeFromSeattle1 Feb 22
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          Replying to @OfficialSlickYT @TimSweeneyEpic and

          This entire thread is the reason why I don’t support Epic.

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        2. UpwardBoss is HYPED FOR CANUCKS PLAYOFF HOCKEY‏ @UpwardBoss Feb 22
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @larsericson and

          1. Fair point, I respect the free games approach, genuinely a good move to get people to your storefront. 2. Buying exclusivity is only souring people on EGS as a whole. It goes against why PC gaming is so successful. 3. Like #1, also good, sales are great.

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        3. UpwardBoss is HYPED FOR CANUCKS PLAYOFF HOCKEY‏ @UpwardBoss Feb 22
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          Replying to @UpwardBoss @TimSweeneyEpic and

          4. That's one game, so... 5. EGS has been out for over a year. It's still missing lots of very basic features. "Over time" has been said for a while now.

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        2. mehughes124‏ @mehughes124 Feb 22
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @larsericson and

          But Tim, why isn't EGS feature-competitive with the 17 year-old Steam platform??? /sarcasm Thanks for the free games, sure, but more so, thanks for providing meaningful competitive pressure in a stagnant marketplace.

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        3. Jake Fables: The Everlasting Salt-Miner‏ @FSAPOJake Feb 22
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          Replying to @mehughes124 @TimSweeneyEpic and

          Yeah, why isn't the 1.5+ year old launcher made by a software company that's way bigger than Valve not even remotely feature competitive to any other launcher on the market? Must be really hard to add achievements or a shopping cart. Or Epic isn't confident in their own product

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        1. Jake Fables: The Everlasting Salt-Miner‏ @FSAPOJake Feb 22
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @larsericson and

          Paying devs/publishers to keep their games off of other much more feature-complete and much more useful, better stores/launchers like Steam and Gog is actually a FEATURE of the Epic Games Launcher, guys!

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        1. Glorious Kev‏ @GloriousKev Feb 22
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @larsericson and

          Out of these responses the only ones that are actually compelling ppl to want to use your store are free games and sales. Both are great for consumers. The other stuff is well if you want access to these games you must use our service. That's not compelling

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

          But you also started out by saying big sales with deep discounts is just devaluing games with a race to the bottom, so which is it? :p I'd personally say "Fortnite" is the saddest damn thing you could list as a bullet-point for a launcher, to be honest.

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        3. ThatJohnS‏ @czjohns Feb 23
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          Replying to @ChrisMaintz @TimSweeneyEpic and

          Pretty sure that's what EA said when launching Origin

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