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this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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The "killer feature" is that they pay more to the developers, so if you are getting the exact same game on (e.g.) Steam versus Epic Games, then whomever actually made the game gets more money from the Epic sale. Isn't that a good thing?
(Note that I may be conflating the publisher with the developer, but either way, it's still the case that less money is taken by intermediaries, which is a good thing.)
However because of their 40% ownership, you're ALSO giving more money to Tencent.
Wait tencent has ownership of epic games?
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