Should video games be reviewed based on their own merits or external factors?

>wouldn't it have sold even less on egs but they got the chink money
>evens out either way i think

500k-$1 million (depending on how much the game cost to make)

vs

Pocket change from Steam drones (who still won't buy your game) and Steam's upfront fee of $100

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I know Valve and GOG are both owned by the chinese, but there's no reason to be racist, user.

>amount of people playing = amount of people who bought
wrong

>474675971
Now that's some really retarded shit I've ever heard from a dog eating humanoid creature.
It's so bad I won't even give you a (You).

the dev is just retarded, go steam go broke
cope

If anything this just reinforces the fact that Tim was right about having to buy exclusives to attack Valve's industry-wide stockholm syndrome.

RE2 is single player and we know it sold amazingly

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Yeah, the stockholm syndrome of wanting to be allowed to release your game on more than one store.

good on the dev, desu. people here will more than likely only see this as a failure because he had the audacity to turn down that sweet chink cash, but props on his integrity. also, i hope he knows that this doesnt translate into a big payday, nor will it match what epic has to offer, because if he does then that would just be stupid

Who are you quoting?

>monopoly is bad so i'll support the store who is actively trying to create one
nice logic you have there, fag

Nah, I was talking about the people who only buy on Steam, not the people who shop at other storefronts.

Solvency probably matters more and Epic offers that; it was confirmed by the devs that even if 100% of the people refunded, they'd still be in the black because of Epic.

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>>monopoly is bad so i'll support the store who is actively trying to create one

Except Steam will still be around and popular. Epic will just be, you know, actually competitive, unlike GOG.

Yeah, that's called competition.

Makes me want to put a dev team together just to make a game no one will play, but will get me a paycheck from Mr. Sweeney.

>children playing politics

>Pats the dev on the ass but doesn't buy the game

OH NO NO NO NO

This is honestly why I think Epic will win in the end, as Steam drones have no principles, and like the MW2 and L4D2 boycotts, they will buy Borderlands 3 on Epic Store

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>chinese children playing politics and not under the tires of the bus

Yep, anyone with a brain knows that r*dditors are nothing but virtue signalers and Tim knows the only way to sway the masses is to remove their toys. The children don't like it, but it's the truth.

>hehe it's a good idea he cucked himself for "moral reasons"

Might as well say "well my wife would have left me if she didn't fuck other men! So I did the moral thing and let her!"

EGS isnt considered competition. Steam is literally not moving a finger since its such a non threat to them. Better than them have tried and failed.

ITT: EGS shills prop up an incredibly niche game thats 2 hours long selling low as proof that EGS will win

This is some serious reaching

And that's a good thing, we WANT a Steam monopoly

>Dude it's not a monopoly. It's such a not a monopoly that Valve isn't even doing naything to compete!

Origin
Humble Bundle
Uplay
GoG
Battle.net
The dozens of sites you can buy generated keys from

It was never a monopoly