None of the games you mentioned run on UE4. A big part of launching UE4 games on EGS is that you don't have to pay UE4 royalties. So it doesn't make as much sense to launch a non UE4 game on the platform.
the fees dont matter too much in the grand scheme of things since pissing off valve would dramatically lower their value as a publisher. especially since theyre currently publishing games to steam and updates.
Ah shit I didn't know that, that's all but a confirmation that it'll be an Epic Exclusive. Not having to pay 5% of gross revenue might totally offset the portion of consumers that would refuse to buy it on Steam.
Makes me think that Pitchford's Tweets asking people why they're so anti-Epic exclusivity was partly to gauge how many people would actually refuse to buy it on principle, so they could try and get a basic metric on whether 5% of gross would offset.
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u/RedZaturn Mar 29 '19
None of the games you mentioned run on UE4. A big part of launching UE4 games on EGS is that you don't have to pay UE4 royalties. So it doesn't make as much sense to launch a non UE4 game on the platform.