• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    And are those because Steam is trying to pressure them into being exclusive on Steam? Or did they just not bother releasing anywhere else?

    If a developer just wants to release on Epic and nowhere else they can do that. My issue comes from Epic approaching games that have already announced a Steam release asking for exclusivity, and having no interest in hosting the game if they don’t accept the exclusivity offer.

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      1 year ago

      There are almost 40,000 entries, I obviously cannot answer for all of them.

      Still waiting for you to answer my question.

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        1 year ago

        Well you sound like someone trying to have a good faith discussion and attempting to continue would be a good use of my time.

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              1 year ago

              Exactly. Not having an alternative marketplace–and no other one exists–is anti-customer and yet, you seem to have no problem with a Steam monopoly. Why?

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                1 year ago

                “it exists” is not enough reason to use something.

                If I start an online store that charges twice as much as Steam and has none of the features are you going to purchase from it just because It’S cOmPeTiTioN tO StEaM’s MoNoPoLy?

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                  1 year ago

                  Probably not. Do games on the Epic Store cOSt TwIcE aS MucH? Do you routinely buy goods and services with irrelevant features to your needs?

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                    1 year ago

                    So we agree that it’s unreasonable to purchase from a store that provides worse service just because it exists or to “promote competition”.

                    EPICs anti-customer practices (such as trying to make everything exclusive) are reasons for consumers not to use them.