Master_Pain
Supreme [H]ardness
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Thanks to developers behind DARQ we know that Tim's "we're all about developers" is total nonsense, and all he really cares about is deleting games from Steam. It turns out that Tim watches the Top50 most- wishlisted on Steam 24/7 (why he hired the Steamspy guy) after they've enjoyed months or years of free publicity and advertising from Steam, and then tries to steal them at the last minute before release.
If the dev/publisher wants to sell on EGS *and* Steam so customers have a choice, Tim says "nope you can't sell your game on EGS unless you delete it from Steam". I recommend you give this a read because what's really going on behind the scenes is slowly coming to light now: PCGamer article, Medium article.
That said, the Rebel Galaxy Outlaw dev does seem like a good guy, made a bad business decision and handcuffed himself to a hugely controversial store, and that bribe check from Tim came with hidden downsides so now he's just going to have to ride it out.
Darq dev: "I wish the Epic Store would allow indie games to be sold there non-exclusively, as they do with larger, still unreleased games (Cyberpunk 2077), so players can enjoy what they want: a choice."
I have no clue what kind of game Darq is, but it's only 20 bucks. Gonna pick it up tonight just since this guy gets it.