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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee" (finance.yahoo.com)
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[–] MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

I love hating epic just as much as anybody else, but those exclusivity deals are not necessary just bribing the devs.

The first Hades game would have been much smaller in scope and features, without epic funding them and helping them implementing something like EOS, the game would be definedly worse than it is.

Remedy has also stated they could not make Alan Wake 2 without Epics funding. People often say the Epic exclusivity ruined its salea, but realistically without it there would not be a game.

But even so, i think them suing Steam is a asshole move.