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I am amazed that Epic is not mentioned even once. Epic does all that: bribes developers, bribes players by giving away games for free each Thursday, even AAA's now and then. The Super Power that Epic has is their Unreal Engine Ecosystem. And all the money. And that is it!

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The article predates the Epic Games Store; the followup https://www.fortressofdoors.com/so-you-want-to-compete-with-... discusses it.

The article was from Jan 2018, from a quick google it seems like the Epic Games store was released in Dec 2018. You're absolutely right though, Epic did all of these things and more and is still a distant second.

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