themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-square195linkfedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down120cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1339arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square195linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·20 hours ago “They charge developers too much!” So you should be able to undercut them, right? Right?
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 hours agoExactly. Epic doesn’t even appear to really provide a particularly good service so you’d think a more bare-bones company could get away with charging less, and yet.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·7 hours agoNot when the Steam Terms of Service prevents them from charging less on other stores.
minus-squareMashedTech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·20 hours agoApparently the epic games store isn’t feeling so good, Mr. Stark .
So you should be able to undercut them, right? Right?
Exactly. Epic doesn’t even appear to really provide a particularly good service so you’d think a more bare-bones company could get away with charging less, and yet.
Not when the Steam Terms of Service prevents them from charging less on other stores.
Apparently the epic games store isn’t feeling so good, Mr. Stark .