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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by eropple on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:39PM (#24546216)
I don't much care for EGS, but Epic is paying small developers a lot for that exclusivity. In the current indie market, that chunk of change can be the difference between profitability and failure.
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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by johnnyanmac on Monday September 21, 2020 @02:18PM (#24546646)
Or, as the above user put it, the difference between making a creative masterpiece or a clone made to exploit the system.
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