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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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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 38 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

No instead epic charges 12%, and if you use unreal engine but don't sell on egs they get a 5% royalty fee on all your sales. Sure those number are lower but egs isn't out here "empowering" devs

[–] lofuw@sh.itjust.works 43 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Epic would charge Steam's fees if they had Steam's marketshare.

Everyone thinking they care about creators or customers is a fucking moron.

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Are they close to feature parity with Steam yet? Like after a quick search of it looks like they added cloud saves but that took years.

[–] nyctre@piefed.social 5 points 5 hours ago

Not even close. Plus, it's not just about feature parity. It's also about ease of use. EGS is still shit as of 2 months ago.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

if you use unreal engine but don’t sell on egs they get a 5% royalty fee on all your sales.

Sounds like abusing market power.

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

100%. Valve needs to start suing Epic for their game engine monopoly. It’s not about Valve it’s about protecting gamers.