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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asked by Verge why there is no support for the Steam Deck for Fortnite (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Piracy? The game is free?!

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

People will still steal it to avoid using the Epic store

Source: Me

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's what HGL is for

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

What is HGL?

Is that like Fitgirl? Empress/Codex?

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

Heroic Games Launcher. Let's you download/manage/launch games from Epic, GoG, Amazon, etc. without having first-party launchers installed.

[–] Galli@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

They don't want pirates removing the slot machine monetization from their game for children.