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Re:How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:30PM (#21391640)
It's a crappy store that seeks to compete with the dominant market player not through being better, but through throwing shit-tons of money at timed exclusives. Which itself isn't really that bad, but it doubled down on being hated when it started snatching up community funded games that were otherwise intended for release on several other platforms.
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Re:How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game by gamblor956 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:01PM (#21391981)
Epic is a better store for game creators.

It's about on par with or better than what Steam was when it first launched. Steam was an absolute clusterfuck when it first launched, and Valve only got away with it because they tied Half Life 2 to Steam.

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Re:How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game by account42 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @06:42AM (#21407344)
Steam launched 16 years ago. Saying Epic is at most 16 years behind is not really a good argument.
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Re:How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game by glogla on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:52PM (#21391877)
If you look at it from the point of the view of the game creator, Epic is better - they take smaller cut and they will outright give you money for exclusivity.

This might not seem necessarilty better for the players, but considering how many smaller game studios / creators are on the verge of profitability, this might mean we get to play games we wouldn't otherwise.

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Re:How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game by hnick on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @11:16PM (#21394381)
They should try pushing that angle a lot harder I think. I wasn't aware of it (I've only used their store for some of the weekly free games).

Most of the pushback seems to be because everyone is fine with Steam, yet another store seems unnecessary, and it smells a lot like a rich company buying their way into our hearts (exclusives from all that Fortnite money). I think that's why it doesn't sit too well.

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