If there's anything reprehensible about devs taking money for exclusives, it's if they collected money under false pretenses or pre-sold something they're now not going to deliver.
They are not only breaking the law, but Epic is when they pay them to break their contracts. Valve could probably stomp them into the ground for that if it was worth doing, so that idiot Tim Sweeney has given Valve a great way to piledrive them legally if they ever do anything but lose massive amounts of money.
I honestly think Valve is waiting for a preponderance of evidence or bad dealings. The problem is Valve REALLY doesn't want to sue developers. That's really blasting your own face off with a shotgun. I easily think they can rape the devs of Shenmue III and Metro Exodus into the sand. That's so much bad will there and contract fuckery. But you really don't want to sue Devs. Or publishers.
I also think Valve already has a great case, but the problem is the Tencent money. I'm sure its lawyers are like 'Yeah, you could win, but Tencent will try and bleed you. Epic is already bleeding money. You're not bleeding anything. So why not just let your enemy bleed?' I really think that's Valve's point of view. Epic is hemorrhaging money. Its games are ludicrously easy to pirate. It has 0 features. It has, to my knowledge, no region pricing and has locked out currencies and payment providers. So Epic is bleeding, Tencent is just pouring the money into that wound while costing Valve next to nothing.
A lawsuit is basically designed to hurt them monetarily. They're already bleeding out of every orifice like the store has fucking Ebola. Why would Valve start to bleed money as well? I'm sure if the Epic store shores itself up and stops its bleeding, Valve will be happy to open those wounds back up with litigation. Valve is also winning the PR war as well. Lawsuits tend to not be viewed favorably by people. So Epic is already bleeding to death, losing the PR battle to everyone except Indies nobody gives a fuck about, already won't have the Halo Collection and has pissed off Microsoft to the extent that they've actually given up any thoughts of exclusivity. When your enemy is making a mistake, you don't interrupt them.
When Super Meat Boy Forever eventually launches, the PC version will only be available on the Epic Games Store. That's a growing trend in the PC market, as Epic has made a concentrated effort to ink big-time names to exclusivity agreem...
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I really wish Epic would actually put some of this money into fixing up the store.
They sure are taking their time putting this out though. This was supposed to be out in April.
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Well, when your contract is basically 'Release exclusivity on us, here's all your money now' No fucking shit they're going to take their time. You've already guaranteed them money. Its why I don't believe any cocksucking Dev who tells me EGS is better and they'll make extra shit. Nigger, you got paid. No human ever is going to do extra work for free. They're going to look at their game and when its what they've promised, they're going to release it. You really think I buy 'Pheonix Point's year of free DLC being anything but cosmetic bullshit or recolors? Fuck no.
Its a business. You got paid an exorbitant amount of money for literally breathing. So you're going to take some of that exorbitant amount of money and invest it into something that won't get you the remotely same amount of money? Fuck off with that load of horse-shit. That money is going into your fucking pocket. Just admit you like a payday. Everybody knows this is the truth. Don't pretend its good for anyone but you cocksucker. Because it is.
That's what makes people hate you, because its the most obvious lie in the fucking world. "I have all this free money. Therefore its better for the consumer!" "How does that work?" "VALVE FANBOY" "OH, I understand now. You're just a massive greedy faggot."
Like, we know why Take2 and Koch Media are doing it. You're doing it for the same reason, don't act more pure fuckface. Just admit to what any rational human being would: "I am taking this massive pile of free cash because its good for me." At least fucking Rebellion said it. Christ.
that's the bet, when epic become the next steam they basically get free money just like valve does now, same way uber/netflix/etc will when they're the top dog in the future. it's not about being "better" or what people actually want, it's being the only choice.
I mean, they're betting that they can poach enough. Valve dominated the PC because it understood Piracy as a service problem, not a cost problem. EGS doesn't 'get' this. You can't be on top if you don't understand piracy in the PC market.
So let me get this straight, for EGS: You want me to use an inferior platform, excuse me, a non-existent platform with no DRM and the devs already got paid? Why the fuck WOULDN'T you pirate it? There's no guilt of someone getting deprived of a salary. Shit, there's even more incentive. You can't be a bare-bones platform and be the top dog. That simply cannot exist in today's market. Nobody is going to buy your shit. You just revert the PC market into the way it used to be, a fragmented fucked up mess that is totally inconvenient so you just fucking pirate anything.
And let me tell you, EGS will fragment the market so badly, IF it beats Steam, that piracy will be inevitable. Because physical media isn't a thing. At least when the digital market was so fragmented and piracy reigned, you could at least organize your game discs in a binder or something. Now, good luck doing that. Nobody is going to bother. The problem with EGS is assuming it knows how to play the game, when it clearly doesn't. The television industry is going to face piracy down the fucking barrel again with the release of multiple streaming services. Because nobody is going to cut their cord and order dozens of streaming services that is more than their fucking cable bill. Again, a fundamental misunderstanding of the marketplace.
Right now, EGS cannot brute force its way into dominance, it just can't. What its doing right know is causing it to bleed. Massively. It shatters the market, it just cuts itself to pieces with glass as the market goes right around it. Tim Sweeny doesn't know the first fucking thing about this market. Ironically, like every EGS exclusive, he got cut a fucking check. Instead of admitting he likes money, he thinks it means that Tencent thinks he's smart. Tencent doesn't know fuck-all about the Western Gaming Market. Its trusting a fucktarded autist who is bleeding out on the pavement to navigate the waters. I mean, this stupid faggot was sucking Steam's dick and fretting over Microsoft, what, two, three fucking years ago? Then he COMPLETELY reverses and says Microsoft is a godsend to gaming? And now Valve is evil? Yeah ok, I'll trust some four-eyed motherfucker who basically lucked into the gaming industry with Fortnite while completely misreading the entire fucking market he's in, eternally. If his child gambling simulator gets lootboxes banned, he's FUCKED. He doesn't have a shot in hell of making a good game. Its like trusting D&D after they assfucked Game of Thrones into the ground. Yeah, these guys knew what they were doing. Half a decade ago. Now its obvious they don't know fucking jack shit.
Its like if some clueless faggot with a bunch of money found a homeless guy who used to be a great Wallstreet trader 20 years ago. Now he's homeless on Wallstreet and tells you he's an insider because he hears all the secrets the traders are discussing around him. Then you give this idiot a bunch of money to found a firm and trust him to guide you in a market he hasn't been in for 2 decades and has been passively paying attention to while he smokes massive amounts of crack. Eventually you're going to find out the only thing he knows is that he likes money.
And lots of fucking crack.
