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RetroGoblet79@eviltoast.org to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 18 hours ago

Epic Game Store’s free giveaways just cause a huge spike in Steam sales, reveals New Blood CEO

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Epic Game Store’s free giveaways just cause a huge spike in Steam sales, reveals New Blood CEO

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RetroGoblet79@eviltoast.org to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 18 hours ago
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Epic Games Store giveaways result in huge Steam sale spikes as PC players would rather pay to use Steam than use Epic for free.
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    12 hours ago

    Pointless to try competing? I guess we’d know if there was ever a real competitor on the field.

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      There’s GOG, there’s Itch.io. What’s wrong with them?

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        GOG recently got on my radar since I heard they’d be focusing more on Linux support

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          Even if GOG gets Linux support it won’t make the devs come there.

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            I don’t mind not having large games, even if it ends up being an indie fest I’d be very content with that

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              Indies don’t release there either. I wrote about an observation in this comment thread - small devs are no longer releasing their games outside of Steam because they need all sales to go into one pot - if they split it between stores they rank lower in the only store that matters.

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