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'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Rose to c/epicgames

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[–] hexadence 5 points 7 months ago

Now that I think about it...

Platform exclusive deals are a weird gamble of publisher saying: "I bet your game is so good, it will pull players to our platform and make up for this investment in the future", and developer saying: "I bet that you are overestimating the value of my game, and I am not loosing on potential sales on other platforms." ...

In reality developers will be attracted to reliable platform offering quality service. A good cut also helps.