themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"finance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square107linkfedilinkarrow-up1291arrow-down116cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"finance.yahoo.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square107linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·7 days agoNo instead epic charges 12%, and if you use unreal engine but don’t sell on egs they get a 5% royalty fee on all your sales. Sure those number are lower but egs isn’t out here “empowering” devs
minus-squarelofuw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·6 days agoEpic would charge Steam’s fees if they had Steam’s marketshare. Everyone thinking they care about creators or customers is a fucking moron.
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoAre they close to feature parity with Steam yet? Like after a quick search of it looks like they added cloud saves but that took years.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·7 days ago if you use unreal engine but don’t sell on egs they get a 5% royalty fee on all your sales. Sounds like abusing market power.
minus-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days ago100%. Valve needs to start suing Epic for their game engine monopoly. It’s not about Valve it’s about protecting gamers.
No instead epic charges 12%, and if you use unreal engine but don’t sell on egs they get a 5% royalty fee on all your sales. Sure those number are lower but egs isn’t out here “empowering” devs
Epic would charge Steam’s fees if they had Steam’s marketshare.
Everyone thinking they care about creators or customers is a fucking moron.
Are they close to feature parity with Steam yet? Like after a quick search of it looks like they added cloud saves but that took years.
Sounds like abusing market power.
100%. Valve needs to start suing Epic for their game engine monopoly. It’s not about Valve it’s about protecting gamers.
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