Yeah I feel there is a weird history between steam and remedy media. Like I remember when you could one day buy Alan Wake like really cheap since it was being taken off steam. Then the Epic deal making Alan Wake 2 exclusive basically meant they excluded a lot of customers immediately on steam.

[–] NoMoreCocaine@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I know a guy who's been working there for well over a decade, I wonder if he's got any insights on this weird behavior they've been doing. He's got no power over financial decisions, so it's not likely he's got any details.

[–] notaviking@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I understand that Epic funded their project to be an Epic exclusive, but was that a financially sound decision excluding the major market place. Could they not have worked in like a two year or three year exclusive period

[–] SwordInStone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

and who exactly have they excluded? aside from the steam deck users every steam user can easily use epic game store

[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

People who don't want to use the epic store. That was me. I just don't want another launcher, another account. I'll get around to it at some point I'm sure but I didn't buy AW2 and probably would have if it wasn't an exclusive.

[–] NoMoreCocaine@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago

Me? Granted I get all their games for free (thanks dude!), but I definitely won't use Epic store. Would have gotten it for free if I used it, though.