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When will PC gaming heal and move on from Epic exclusives god damn it, didnt enough of us boycott this practice? Fuck Epic.
I feel people are overlooking this.
I understand disliking Epic, but directly funding a game that needs it is much different than grabbing an already finished game and giving them money to turn it into a exclusive like they done before.
Two different practices.
I think it sucks but I don't have an issue with it. If Epic is the publisher and they choose to publish only on their own store then that's their decision. It's what every publisher, including Valve, does. To me this usually means it's a game I won't play and that's not a problem because I have so many games to play, I won't miss a handful of games.
However I will buy World of Goo 2 if for no other reason than the fact that I pirated the first game when I was poor.
Why do people around here so insistent on locking down Steam's monopoly status? More stores is a good thing, and if Epic wants to fund a game in return for an exclusive period the devs have every right to take the deal.
I don't see people shitting on Valve for not letting Epic and Ubisoft sell Half-life and Portal.