• BigFig@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    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

    • lofuw@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      Epic would charge Steam’s fees if they had Steam’s marketshare.

      Everyone thinking they care about creators or customers is a fucking moron.

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        6 hours ago

        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.

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          Not even close. Plus, it’s not just about feature parity. It’s also about ease of use. EGS is still shit as of 2 months ago.

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      9 hours 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.

      • borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 hours ago

        100%. Valve needs to start suing Epic for their game engine monopoly. It’s not about Valve it’s about protecting gamers.