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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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[–] Tuscy@lemmy.world 64 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

He’s just salty because the only games people “purchase” are the weekly free ones.

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 1 points 31 minutes ago

Not even. I've bought games on Steam that I forgot I had in Epic because Epic is just that trash. Fuck Epic for trying to start their store by bribing developers for exclusivity on their platform. Bitch ass tactics to begin with and then crying and whining when their mob mentality strong arming didn't work. Best believe if their shit had worked and they became popular those greedy assholes would be asking a higher percentage once everyone was locked in.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I don't even bother with those anymore. I never play the free ones I have, because I'd have to use Epic's software.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 10 points 6 hours ago

Playnite is the better choice if you're on Windows, but either way, don't let Tim's dumb store stop you from ruining his day by generating a bunch of metrics that show you're only playing freebies!

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Keep collecting them. Each one you get costs Epic money and helps counter some of that Fortnite cash that lets Epic keep paying for exclusive contracts. Keep bleeding them and eventually they won't be able to keep buying exclusive releases.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 hours ago

Epic pays a flat rate to offer games for free, they don't pay per download.

Downloading them just helps Epic inflate their "active users" number when talking to investors.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I even stopped with those.

[–] Tuscy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Yea. Like one or two good ones and sandwiched with a bunch of trash games no one wants.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Thanks for the reminder.

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