• Ulrich@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    Epic only does it because they know they’re the underdog. If that were to one day become untrue they would never do anything like this again.

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      4 months ago

      I mean, yeah.

      You sorta figured out competition in marketplaces.

      Hey, I’m a social democrat. I’m all for intervening in markets, but for commodity entertainment products competition works pretty well, as you just explained.

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          4 months ago

          You are mistaking publishing for distribution.

          Publishing is not distribution.

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              4 months ago

              No, you absolutely are. Publishers will typically pay for retail manufacturing costs (so printing, boxing and shipping), but that’s not the same as digital distribution. Digital distribution doesn’t map to shipping game boxes, it maps to retail.

              Which is why games on Steam have deals with publishers, NOT with Valve.

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                  4 months ago

                  Not even a little bit. Man, you sure like to keep digging when given a shovel, huh?

                  Look, I’m not here to write a textbook on game publishing, but I do recommend you take that shovel and go dig up some accurate information in the off-chance you’re not just posting whatever autocorrect feeds you as the first word choice.

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      4 months ago

      And steam doesn’t do it at all.

      One approach is objectively better for the little guys than the other.

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        4 months ago

        Sure, I’m just saying Epic is not any better than Valve in that regard. They’re just in a different position.

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        4 months ago

        One approach is objectively better for the little guys than the other.

        I’m a littler guy than any game company, Epic treats me like shit. So I’m not going to use Epic.

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      4 months ago

      They will continue doing it if they need to compete. Capitalism working as intended. Who would’ve thought

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        4 months ago

        Sure, I’m just saying Epic is not any better than Valve in that regard. They’re just in a different position. It wouldn’t make financial sense for Steam to do something like that.