Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy… and then it’s only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can’t it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It’s so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic… which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

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In what way does that matter outside of driving sales? Which people like op happily still gave them?

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It’s not “new”. There is no FOMO. Early adopters for games are a large chunk of sales.

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If that was actually a concern, why would companies do it at all?

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Why do companies do exclusive launches? Presumably they think the money they get from Epic is more than the movement money they’ll lose in sales. Whether or not they’re right is another question.

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