simple@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoFallout 3: GOTY Edition is free to keep for the next 24 hours on the Epic Games Storestore.epicgames.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down150cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksgamedeals@lemmy.worldfreegames@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-linkFallout 3: GOTY Edition is free to keep for the next 24 hours on the Epic Games Storestore.epicgames.comsimple@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square95fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.worksgamedeals@lemmy.worldfreegames@lemmy.ml
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoNo one is upset about having to use EGS for Fortnite. Their own games that they develop themselves they can do what they want with. The issue is when Epic approaches other developers, especially those that have already announced a Steam release, and try to get exclusivity out of them: https://medium.com/@unfoldgames/why-i-turned-down-exclusivity-deal-from-the-epic-store-developer-of-darq-7ee834ed0ac7 Epic: We would love to have you on our service Dev: I’m not interested in exclusivity Epic: then we have no interest in having you on our service Having more options for their customers makes their service better, but Epic isn’t interested in being a better service.
No one is upset about having to use EGS for Fortnite. Their own games that they develop themselves they can do what they want with.
The issue is when Epic approaches other developers, especially those that have already announced a Steam release, and try to get exclusivity out of them: https://medium.com/@unfoldgames/why-i-turned-down-exclusivity-deal-from-the-epic-store-developer-of-darq-7ee834ed0ac7
Epic: We would love to have you on our service
Dev: I’m not interested in exclusivity
Epic: then we have no interest in having you on our service
Having more options for their customers makes their service better, but Epic isn’t interested in being a better service.