Since you are really nitpicky here: The people you replied to did say „exclusives“ and „games“, so…
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brawleryukon@lemmy.world 10 months agoAnd before you even go there, yes, it was a long time ago, no, they haven’t really done it since then. But the discussion here is about whether or not Epic did it first, which they did not. By about a decade and a half.
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brawleryukon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Careful you don’t throw your back out helping them move those goalposts!
Voyajer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Darwinia still sold copies through their site. Steam didn’t even support macos or linux back then yet the game did and that was how you got those versions. It wasn’t exclusive.
brawleryukon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Tell me you didn’t click the link without telling me you didn’t click the link.
Straight from the linked forum post:
So, yes, they were still selling boxed copies - because it was 2005 - but Valve made them stop selling digital copies from their own site and even made them take down their own demo.
Again, same quote as above:
Not sure how you’re getting “it wasn’t exclusive” from a post that explicitly says that they signed their game up for Steam exclusivity.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As you said, it was 2005. Physical sales were the norm.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Nice way to ignore that it saved the company and Valve didn’t reach out to them to make demands. Introversion was about to go out of business, were on benefits (“on the dole”), and their deal with Valve saved them.
But that’s exactly the same as paying for Borderlands 3, a huge fucking game whose company wasn’t about to go out of business is exactly the same.
Via Wikipedia about Introversion Software:
I found elsewhere that said they only sold 6000 copies before contacting Valve, but I can’t verify that it’s true.
Yeah, exactly the same as massive games with huge followings like Borderlands 3. /s
brawleryukon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, and Valve was trying to establish their upstart digital store against the big established sales leader by buying exclusive distribution rights to a game they didn’t make…
🤔