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rikudou@lemmings.world 1 year ago
So, Steam exclusivity is fine, but other stores exclusivity isn’t?
I think a million times people discussed this and ubi and epic store clients are far inferior compared to steam. People have all the rights to not want their game collection spread across half a dozen platforms.
I personally don’t buy anything Ubisoft mainly because their launcher is pure garbage and I hate it with passion.
Steam made me stop pirating games, Epic and Ubi made me overcome my FOMO and be a patient gamer.
Did he say it should be STEAM exclusive?
Gog exclusivity would be cool, epic not so much.
Wrong. I never said I wanted it to be exclusive on Steam, I just want it to be available on there as well.
Why is Steam pretty much the only one it’s not available on? The fact that it’s on so many other platforms just makes this exclusion even more illogical.
Definitely greed, Ubisoft did the same thing in 2019 because they didn’t want to pay Steams 30% cut.
I think it’s a money thing. Releasing a game on steam costs developers money.
It’s definitely a money thing, but I don’t think it’s in the way that you are suggesting. I think it’s a matter of them making more money (somehow) by excluding Steam. That’s pretty much the only platform it’s not available on.
Ubisoft are a poor struggling indie company after all.
Keep that snark for yourself. No need to be an asshole.
If you’re going to be so aggressive, at least try to be correct. Ubi not being indie doesn’t mean they’re willing to pay the 30% fee Steam asks gamedevs on sales, which amounts to a lot of money at the end or the day at that scale. We’re talking hundreds of thousands of copies sold.
That, and POP is not an Epic exclusive. It’s on Ubisoft’s own launcher.
Brokkr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m not taking a side in the debate of Steam vs others but has Steam ever negotiated an exclusivity deal of a 3rd party game?