The Epic Games Store launcher is to run natively on Linux. There is no date, and Linux is not yet included in the preview of the new client.
  • truthfultemporarily@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    If you care about Indie games, you should definitely support them to put some pressure on valve in regards to:

    • lowering their 30% cut for lower revenue (so something like first 100k free). Right now they lower it only for high grossing games
    • allowing to have lower prices on other platforms. That’s genuinely monopoly behavior and I do hope they lose their lawsuits in this regard.
    • Switorik@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      They should have different tiers for the 30% cut, but they offer developers much more than any other platform. It’s all bundled in their universal 30% cut.

      Regarding your second point, they can have lower prices on other platforms. They just can’t sell steam keys for less on other platforms.

      For example, I can sell a game for $30 on steam, a steam key for $30 on another platform, or the same game for $10 but with no steam key on another platform.

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      GOG was worth supporting for that reason ( until their recent little Nazi incident…) but Epic is far worse for the games industry than anything steam has ever done. Holding games hostage exclusive to try and force people to use their shitty platform is much worse than steam saying the steam price has to match the lowest price off-steam…

    • atopi@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Why support epic games when itch.io exists? The platform asks you how much of your profit you want to give it (it does have a heart that turns gray if you choose 0% though). It doesnt have many of the most popular indie games, but it seems like the best option if available