Can't jump onto epic train anymore. Gotta commit, which these hacks hate to do.
Why does this section have indie devs so mad?
Lincoln Evans
Dominic Gonzalez
>What do you mean I have to actually release my game on your platform if I want to use your services?!
This is a good thing. If you want to release exclusively on Epic Store then use it's services to communicate with the community and advertise your game.
Hudson Green
>Waaaah I cant create a steam product page when Im not even selling on steam
Good. Get fucked, parasites.
Isaiah Jones
>safety net
>tencent bribe
Gavin Nguyen
If you advertise your game through Steam prior to it coming out, you have to release it within 30 days of its formal release date on Steam. So basically no more last minute deals with Epic, and if you do they're limited to 29 days. Or you have to go balls deep on Epic and live with their joke of an everything.
David Ross
good
now no developer can advertise a game on steam and not release the game on steam, either release the game on steam and other platforms or don't put it on steam at all
Gabriel Hernandez
When did this happen? Did any indiedev comment on it?
Jacob Reyes
This means three things.
-You can't bait and switch anymore. If you have a steam page and you release that shit on another platform, console probably excluded, then you're required to release it on Steam not later than 30 days.
-If you already have the game out prior to having a steam page then you're required to once again release date game within 30 days of the creation of the store page.
-Developers thinking of being an epic exclusive can't take advantage of the hype and community a steam store page builds up over time. No steam store page until that exclusivity deal is over.
There are concerns over early access titles and games on itch io but let's be honest here. Valve doesn't give a fuck about that. They just want to enforce this rule whenever Epic is involved.
Landon Miller
>be exclusive to them or us!!!!
Valve is honestly burning a lot of bridges with this new policy and it’s hilarious. I respected Valve for not stooping as low as EGS but now Steam is pulling the exclusivity deal now too. Disgusting.
Jaxon Brooks
Someone said that this is old and has been there since either 2017 or December 2018. So who fucking knows honestly.