Epic now offers devs a 0% commission rate

At least they've finally recognised their value.

And before any of the epic fans attack me, I am joking

I think this will bring them more exclusives of illuded devs. Then after the timed-exclusive deal passes, they'll come to steam to sell because that's where the money is.

I don't care if you guys have something against Epic for whatever reason. This is a good thing. Indie devs on Steam are basically punished for being small and pay way more than the big publishers. This is the other way around. Valve should follow.

NO. ubisoft is the best example... they tried and they failed.
the only way for epic to get more exclusive devs is funding directly their games like alan wake 2.

This was already a thing from a while back. This news seem to be about the mobile store they're launching.

Their current first run list of games don't seem that great, even found a blockchain game there. Looking back it's funny how when they first launched the store a big push was about how they would curate the store so you wouldn't get bad games, since Steam allowed just any game to launch there.

This won't change anything for small developers. Difference between 12% and 0 for the amount of copies they sell on Epic is miniscule. They should attract new users by adding more features which will entice people to shop there and slowly build their libraries.

I just don't like the way Epic has developed their store. They used money to essentially "bribe" developers with exclusivity deals or lower cuts, but spend seemingly nothing on actually advancing the store/service and making it better for customers. And as much as I want to support developers, at the end of the day it's the experience for the customer that matters most. And Epic simply doesn't deliver much of anything in that regard.

Absolutely crazy to me that they have stuck with this strategy from the start, seeing as it clearly isn't working.

It's good for developers but for players it won't make a difference, I get that Epic has a strategy and I guess it's working for them cos they keep at it but it'd be nice if they ever focus on improving the user experience because it's still kinda awful to this day. Also for as long as any game on their store is a candidate for being free at some point I'll never feel confident enough to make a purchase there.

I still prefer cheap games over the "community" things people praise on Steam like it's the second coming of christ. The chat is good, but achievements, profile customization, shitty stickers and emoticons can be damned and fuck off right now.

(I think it's ridiculous, that nobody mentions actual features on Steam that are commendable, like remote play together. Much better for gaming than playing dress-up with your profile and impress people with your waifu)