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[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I personally get most of my games from GOG and itch.io these days. And I've never bought anything from the Epic store whatsoever.

I will say though that I find it kind of weird how much hate Epic gets for their store. Like, I understand that someone prefers Steam, or doesn't want to buy stuff from Epic etc. - but what we see goes way beyond that. Epic has people actively campaigning against it, as if its mere existence is insulting. I don't really get why.

As for the 30% cut... Developers will try to price their games competitively, and within customer expectations. So with or without Steam's 30% cut, you can expect games to be similarly priced. The large 30% cut from Steam is basically coming out of the developer's revenue rather than from your pocket. (I'm under the impression that GOG also has a similar 30% fee. Epic has a lower fee. And on itch.io the seller gets to choose how money goes to itch.io anywhere from 0% to 100%. So itch.io is the best deal for developers in terms of fees.)

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[–] DarylDutch@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I get it. Steam doesn't seem to do exclusivity deals with 3rd party titles. So you could still sell your game on gog and humble without issue.

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[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (7 children)

ITT: G*mers being Stockholmed.

[–] jcit878@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I can't name a single other digital service anywhere near steam level of trust. things you bought don't disappear. they are on the record saying there is a contingency in case of shutdown. they havnt a used their position. as far as market leaders go, you could do worse

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[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 year ago

Fuck epic games!

[–] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Steam doesn't have a monopoly, other platforms are just shit.

Missing features, badly made features, fucking spyware, some barely working at all (I am looking at you, ubisoft)

Perhaps if the other platforms tried a little bit, they would actually be a competition.

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