Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy… and then it’s only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can’t it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It’s so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic… which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

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    An exclusive on Epic Games may as well just not even exist, as far as I’m concerned. Didn’t play Anno 1800 until it was finally released on Steam. Nice discount too.

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      20 days ago

      So they still got your money eventually. That’s a double win, in their eyes.

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        They lose day 1 hype, tho. Sure, the game eventually comes to steam, but that’s after it’s already been overplayed on twitch and YouTube’d to death.

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          In what way does that matter outside of driving sales? Which people like op happily still gave them?

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              If that was actually a concern, why would companies do it at all?

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                Why do companies do exclusive launches? Presumably they think the money they get from Epic is more than the money they’ll lose in sales. Whether or not they’re right is another question.

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                  Presumably they think the money they get from Epic is more than the money they’ll lose in sales

                  Congrats on getting the point.

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          In what way is it not? They get Epic’s money for exclusivity and know they’ll still get sales after it ends from people that “boycott” them for doing that.

          Buying the game later doesn’t hurt them, it just reinforces the same behavior later.