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by RealStickman_ 925 days ago
I compared launch price across Steam and Epic for a few games a while ago both cost the same.

Why would I choose Epic and loose

- Linux support - social features - the workshop - (mostly) having a single launcher

They also pulled a few games off Steam just before launch after they'd already been advertised there.

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I’m actually playing games from the epic game store on my steam deck. Linux support is from proton, it’s not tied to steam.

> They also pulled a few games off Steam just before launch after they'd already been advertised there.

They offered a better deal to developers for a limited-time exclusivity. It’s not like epic is pulling things out from steam, publishers and developers decided to go with the exclusivity offer.