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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by grawprog on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:00PM (#24545735)
>if a Steam monopoly would have been any better for consumers and developers.

Well steam runs on and is actively supported on linux, Epic takes games that used to support linux then removes linux support and makes the games exclusive to their store.

So for me personally, a steam monopoly would be better. The epic game store's existence has actually caused games to be removed from the platform I use. It's taken away choice from me. If it stopped existing, I'd be happy.

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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by MrDresden on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @06:33AM (#24552916)
Now I'm curious, what title previously destined to have linux support and distribution on multiple storefronts did Epic do this to?
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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by grawprog on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @11:12AM (#24555396)
This was the high profile one a few months ago.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21078989/rocket-league-ma...

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