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> the Epic games leadership are not corporate piranhas like Unity's.

the Epic games leadership are bribing developers for exclusivity, including kickstarters where i was promised steam or gog

the Epic games leaderhip makes money from free to play grinding/gambling simulators

the Epic games leadership also comes from Tencent that made all their gaming money before trying to get into the western market from asian gacha

The only reason their terms are more reasonable now is because they're the underdog and throwing a lot of money made from free to play crap at fixing that.

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Bribing implies an illegal act. Giving money in exchange for goods and services is completely normal: I don't bribe a restaurant for food. Exclusivity is just a way of competing for games, a sign of a good competitive market.

Kickstarter is kickstarter. Half of them probably don't fulfill all their promises. That's the risk you're taking, and why it's not a preorder.

Epic don't have gambling. They've even removed gambling from Rocket League after purchasing them too.

> Bribing implies an illegal act. Giving money in exchange for goods and services is completely normal: I don't bribe a restaurant for food. Exclusivity is just a way of competing for games, a sign of a good competitive market.

It doesn't have to be illegal, merely immoral.

> Kickstarter is kickstarter. Half of them probably don't fulfill all their promises. That's the risk you're taking, and why it's not a preorder.

I don't expect them to finish a project when i back them. I expect them to deliver my fucking GoG key when they finish the project and ask me what do I want it on and i say GoG! I don't expect them to say "Epic paid us a ton of money and you can get it on their gacha financed store".

True story. So long, Julian Gollop.

> Epic don't have gambling. They've even removed gambling from Rocket League after purchasing them too.

They're free to play. That means the game is designed to keep you playing forever and keep you buying IAPs. It is not designed to entertain you.

Releasing on a store is not immoral. Is not releasing on GoG what you believe to be immoral? Even GoG has paid for exclusives, they charge store fees like everyone else. They're a business too at the end of the day.

That sounds like an unfinished feature to me then.

Why are you playing games forever that aren't entertaining?

> Why are you playing games forever that aren't entertaining?

Did I say I play endless games? I said free to play games have to be endless to get you to pay.

Do you have a moral issue with games that are free and also “endless”?

If you don’t understand why free games have to be endless, happy IAP purchasing :)

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