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Re:Fig – Crowdfunding for video games by blackearl on Monday February 03, 2020 @11:24AM (#22225618)
On reddit mention of the Epic Game Store brings out rabid haters. I know it's not as fully featured as Steam, has made some questionable moves (refund policies, sales without informing devs), and has quite a large stake owned by Tencent.

But then I hear that devs are getting cash up front and a bigger cut (I think it's like 85% compared to Steam's 70%) of profits. I'm happy that a developer may not need to crunch, or at least possibly not worry that if the game doesn't sell they'll be bankrupted.

I'd really like GOG to get a little better about this considering how great Galaxy 2.0 is and their general "No DRM" policy. It would become my default but Steam is still king for now

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Re:Fig – Crowdfunding for video games by backupcavalry on Monday February 03, 2020 @10:26PM (#22232073)
Given Epic's behaviour and reactions to people bringing up their flaws I wouldn't be surprised if they pull the carpet out beneath the devs' feet as soon as they think they have the market cornered. Right now they're slinging Fortnite money around everywhere to try to resolve all their problems but that's not a good way to earn trust.
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