• @beetus@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      You do realize those are usually exclusive for only a year, right? So EGS pays them out for a year of exclusivity and then the devs are free to launch on steam and others.

      The thing is, often if they don’t get that first infusion of cash from a deal with EGS (or another investor) they don’t get to complete or even launch the game at all. So it never would make it to the other markets.

      • @Halosheep@lemm.ee
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        58 months ago

        Usually by the time they’ve made it off EGS, I’ve forgotten they exist. There’s been many sequels to games I loved that I forgot existed because of this.

        • @newcool1230@lemm.ee
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          28 months ago

          Same, after a few years you see them show up on steam and all the reviews are

          • “All my lobbies are empty”
          • “It takes 30+ mins to get into a game with 2 other players”
          • “I’m only getting matched against bots”