Re:Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google
by simion314 on Friday September 11, 2020 @08:08AM
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Valve did the same if I am not mistaken you had to install their launcher to play half Life. Now Epic is fighting back with similar tactics and as long as they offer a better deal to the developers, same or better prices for user then I am Ok with it (I did not install the Epic Launcher so far but I claimed a free game just in case)
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Valve was dev and publisher for Half-Life so their game is on their platform. Same with EA, Ubisoft etc. AND guess who?
Epic. Dev and publisher for Fortnite. What do you need to install and run to be able to play Fortnite? Epic Games Launcher.
If I ware Epic I would put Fortnie in Steam but make everything 30% more expensive in Steam (hopefully Steam let's the developer present users information like X is cheaper on Epic and is not like other companies that censors information they don't like).
With Fortninte on Steam the dudes that don't want to be bothered with 2 launchers can use only one(you still need Epic accounts like in all MMOs).
One of the most popular games is Minecraft and it did not need to be on Steam to get popularity, so it is still possible to host downloads for your game on your servers.