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Steam allows you to sell your game and provide players with steam keys from your own website without taking any cut. So that 30% cut that steam takes gets dilut

by shapov 7y ago

Steam allows you to sell your game and provide players with steam keys from your own website without taking any cut. So that 30% cut that steam takes gets diluted quite a bit. Epic does not allow for that level of distribution. It also doesn’t seem like they will. Your argument about walled gardens also falls apart as soon as you realize that Epic is pushing for exclusivity.

jasonlotito 7y ago
Your argument about exclusivity is broken when you realize they are literally allowing people to buy games via Humble Bundle. https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/20/epic-is-bringing-its-games-to-the-humble-bundle https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/20/epic-is-bringing-its... So while it's not 100% the same, it's progression far faster than Steam did when Valve pissed the gaming community off by forcing HL2 players to install Steam.
- kup0 7y ago
  (Can't read the article from my current location) But will the games be downloadable directly from Humble Bundle, or am I just buying a key to redeem on the Epic Game Store (which is the way most HB game purchases work)? If it's the latter, then it is still exclusive.