• howrar@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Yes, because they still allow you to spend your money elsewhere if a new storefront appears on the market. Epic is actively preventing that.

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        5 days ago

        Yes, that’s what exclusive access to games mean. You can’t buy them from other stores because Epic is actively preventing the developers from doing so.

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          5 days ago

          By…signing legal agreements that the developers enter into willingly? We aren’t talking momandpop shops here, these game producers have legal teams.

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            5 days ago

            So we can’t complain about Valve’s 30% cut, then? Because its a legal agreement that game companies willingly enter into, is it not? What about game companies overworking their developers? It’s all dandy because the devs willingly agreed when they enter into the employment?

            You’re also forgetting about games that Epic pulled from other stores after buying the company making them. That’s even shittier than releasing games exclusively on Epic.