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Re:Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google by blibble on Friday September 11, 2020 @08:51AM (#24442193)
for a lot of recent releases you can't, because epic have bought exclusivity

they're complaining about monopolies, while attempting to create them

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Re:Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google by colinmhayes on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:38AM (#24443921)
I don't think "epic bought exclusivity" is quite right. Epic store pays a larger percent of the purchase to developers than any other store. Developers really want you to buy their game on the epic store. That's the real reason epic exclusives exist, developers don't want steam taking their money. Epic gives them an advance as an excuse, but developers would not agree if they didn't want epic store to gain market share.
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Re:Tim Sweeney on Apple and Google by nightski on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:39AM (#24443315)
It's not the same situation. I don't like exclusives either, but you still have the option to install games from other stores or publishers on your PC. The Apple situation is far, far worse.
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