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Sonic Superstars Is Being Refunded On Steam Over Epic Games Store Login (web.archive.org)
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Epic is paying devs to only distribute on their Store, they are not competing with a better product, they're trying to compete with deeper wallets. Because of this I try to boycot as many games as I can that have even the resemblance of a connection to their store.

Beyond that I don't trust Epic, their store practice has shown them to be plenty untrustworthy and so I see their "free" Epic Online Service and instead of being happy about a good cross-platform online service I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not really paying attention, is it more than games that are using unreal engine?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Their store? I dunno but a lot of games on their got a upfront payment to only be on that store. If the devs choose to limit themselves to one store, fair enough. But I have a very deep problem with them receiving payment for it. Because suddenly the game isn't "who can attract the most customers/devs via the best platform" but instead "who can pay the devs the most". Doesn't take a rocket scientist to see which of the two leads to better store fronts (case in point: even EA, etc. abandon their store exclusivity regularly because customers refuse to use inferior stores/launchers and want to stay on steam)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I'm mostly asking because they originally attracted devs using Unreal by waiving the license fee for the engine if they sold the game on their store.

    I honestly just don't pay that close of attention to release dates for most games anymore, so I just end up buying on steam when I see it anyway.

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