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Steam has just nipped Epic in the bud by saying you can't sell on Steam whilst you have an exclusivity contract with Epic. Discord is/was a games launcher too
by friendlybus 7y ago
Steam has just nipped Epic in the bud by saying you can't sell on Steam whilst you have an exclusivity contract with Epic.
Discord is/was a games launcher too and they just shuttered their subscription service as nearly no-one was playing the games that came with it.
- anoncake 7y ago> Steam has just nipped Epic in the bud by saying you can't sell on Steam whilst you have an exclusivity contract with Epic. Huh? I thought saying you can't sell on Steam is kind of what an exclusivity contract with Epic does.
- wongarsu 7y agoHe probably meant to refer to Steam no longer allowing store pages on Steam for games that are Epic exclusives.
- tdy_err 7y ago> As most PC gamers know by now, the Epic Games Store has been signing exclusives to its digital distribution platform. Unfortunately, some of these games already had Steam Store pages, creating the expectation for some that it would be launching on that service in the near future. Now, some reportedly recent Steam TOS changes may very well halt this practice entirely. - If you put up a Steam Store page, you can’t release the game earlier on another platform. - Any patches/updates must be released for Steam at the same time as they are on other platforms. - Games can be released on other platforms, but you can’t put up a Steam store page until 30 days before the Steam release or the game’s original release, depending on which of the two is earlier.