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> open platforms > introduce 3rd party exclusivity on PC I don't think that's him sticking to a "certain principles", he's just doing whatever it takes to mak
by jacklbk 4y ago
> open platforms
> introduce 3rd party exclusivity on PC
I don't think that's him sticking to a "certain principles", he's just doing whatever it takes to make people think Epic is the "good guy", as long as he's doing the opposite of the competitors.
For example, take a look into his take about blockchain games. At first he was against NFT games [1], then after Valve banned NFT games, Gabe Newell talked about it [2], Tim suddenly was OK with it [3]?
He fought with Apple because he thought he could win it, so his Fortnite could avoid 30% transaction fee. They clearly had a lot of discussion, strategies before suing Apple and thought it was a good idea, they could have won big. It's not a bad business decision if he can win, but they didn't so it looked bad.
[1]: https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1442519522875949061 https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/144251952287594906...
[2]: https://www.ign.com/articles/gabe-newell-nft-steam https://www.ign.com/articles/gabe-newell-nft-steam
[3]: https://twitter.com/timsweeneyepic/status/1449146317129895938 https://twitter.com/timsweeneyepic/status/144914631712989593...
- MattRix 4y agoI could be wrong but it seems likely his first tweet was about Epic integrating NFTs into their own games, and the second was about allowing them on the EGS? I don’t really see the NFT stuff as relating to open platforms anyway. Certain kinds of software (the most obvious being viruses and scams) need to be banned from platforms anyway.