Posted March 28, 2020
karnak1: ... I've long suspected (long before there ever was an epic store) that valve "bribed" some publishers in order to guarantee that their games would only be steam-exclusive and wouldn't be sold on GOG or other stores.
Of course I've no proof to support my suspicions. But along the years I always found it strange how some very small devs (without any sort of market visibility) would only sale on steam, when selling on more stores would obviously grant them more publicity and sales. ...
teceem: Hanlon's Razor! Of course I've no proof to support my suspicions. But along the years I always found it strange how some very small devs (without any sort of market visibility) would only sale on steam, when selling on more stores would obviously grant them more publicity and sales. ...
(Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
But several years of work on a major enterprise have left me a severe "trauma" concerning the evil and petty things big businesses are able to do for even a ridiculous margin of profit.
The fact that I personally regard evil or malicious actions as a manifestation of mental illness or stupidity, also doesn't help :(