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Epic Games chief Tim Sweeney claims 'Valve has held gaming back for years' (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 week ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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Sure there Tim.

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[–] warm@kbin.earth 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's funny because there's lots of games that use shitty Epic Online Services... great vendor lock-in there.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world [S] 18 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I mean if we are going to talk about vendor lock-in, Epic exclusivity is literal vendor lock-in.

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[–] warm@kbin.earth 15 points 1 week ago*

Exactly!

Executes on incredibly anti-consumer practices

"Why won't people use my platform?!"

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