ued222 wrote:> Yoshi wrote:
>> benstylus wrote:
> |>> Yoshi wrote:
>> |>> Epic Games isn't getting a penny from me ever again after bringing console
> exclusivity
>> |>> bullcrap to PC, so I don't care if it's digital, physical, or ethereal.
> |>>
> |>> It's hard to blame epic for that, really.
> |>>
> |>> Before they showed up, steam pretty much had exclusivity on thousands of games
>> by
> |>> default because they were THE store.
> |>>
> |>> Now that there is competition, there will be some exclusives bought and paid
> for
> |>> by the storefront to attract gamers. If epic hadn't done it, it would only have
> |>> been a matter of time before steam did.
> |>>
> |>>
> |>>
>> It's not hard at all. Their store brings nothing to the customer. Valve and
> CD
>> Projekt have done a lot of things they didn't have to do on Steam and GOG, respectively.
>> Epic's store is a joke that would already have been taken down if not for its
> Chinese
>> subsidizing.]
>
> I thought Fortnite was bringing in Billions a year and was also funding this effort.
> Unreal engine as well.
Those are certainly helping, but Tencent is a 40% owner, so their contributions are quite significant. The CCP has deep pockets.