Epic Games Store utannonserades nyligen och blev snabbt populärt bland indie-utvecklare. Nu meddelar bland annat Coffee Stained och Rebel Galaxy att de kommer släppas sina spel exklusivt till Epics Steam-utmanare och Double Damage säger att kommande titlar för deras del blir tidsexklusiva ett år innan de kommer till andra tjänster såsom Steam. Sistnämnda skriver:
"We hope this is the start of establishing a new standard. Before Valve and the 70/30 split it was pretty darn rough to be an indie, both in terms of royalty share and in terms of the ability to sell things without a publisher. We can all thank Valve for using their leverage to make that happen, and usher in the era we have now. We think it's safe to say that a large percentage of the games made today wouldn't exist without it.
Epic is using their leverage to push that even farther, to 88/12. That's another whole strata of developers who can survive. The only way this gets any traction is with some exclusive content and we're willing to be one of the canaries in the mineshaft."
Tror du att Epic Games Store kommer bli en seriös Steam-utmanare och vad tycker du om greppet att ge mer pengar tillbaka till utvecklarna och utgivarna?
