themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours 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-square100fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down115
arrow-up1175arrow-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 · 12 hours agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down3·9 hours agoThey developed the Unreal engine. Not sure how “like Proton” you meant, but it’s used by lots of games and is quite a complex and well-regarded 3D engine.
minus-squareDireTech@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·32 minutes agoEpic makes tons of money off licensing Unreal to developers and have since before their store was a thing. Proton makes direct zero profit, though it does make Steam the best store for anyone on Linux.
They developed the Unreal engine. Not sure how “like Proton” you meant, but it’s used by lots of games and is quite a complex and well-regarded 3D engine.
Epic makes tons of money off licensing Unreal to developers and have since before their store was a thing.
Proton makes direct zero profit, though it does make Steam the best store for anyone on Linux.