Wait, you actually mean that Sony doesn’t give you money for free so you can make even more? That’s shocking!

All true, but too many people tend to forget that the very first game in the world of console generation to have online cross play was Fortnite for Sony’s Playstation and Microsoft’s Xbox.

Also, Sony and Microsoft held back PUBG crossplay in the very momentum in which battle royale was exploding (ignited by PUBG itself)

I don’t disagree with Tim regarding Google or Apple; but I am not throwing those three names randomly. Xbox, Switch and Playstation are console that allowed crossplay for Fortnite (PUBG had to wait behind Fornite for Sony and Microsoft allow crossplay later: Sweeney surely don’t forget friends that helped beat the competition) before anybody else. While Apple argued that their business model is similar to console, he choose to defend Sony,Microsoft and Nintendo: try ask him to lower the 30% for those three… and you’ll see what he’ll say to you.

As for Stram… well, I am a big supporter for Itch and (partially, due to their murky position towards Linux: “all DRM free but your Windows license” it seems); I think Steam need competition (such as PC hardware like SteamDeck where the OEM can customize freely without having to obey Microsoft); in fact, Epic Game Store is rowing in the opposite direction! Many indie are wondering why they should support Itch and GoG “for free” while Epic pay them for exclusivity!

Well, I think that, for developers, Itch and GoG are their “contract leverage” to push Valve around; and the role Epic is taking is:

1. indie developers are less motivated to support Itch.io
2. exacerbated tone Tim is against Linux… it’s pushing Linux developers towards Steam

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are fine tho.

Epic profittability is on Fortnite; there will be lot of skin based on Alan Wake franchise and, also, Fortnite ads everytime you launch AW2 form their launcher etc.

…as for Alan Wake franchise itself, well it goes in the epic games store marketing black hole

jiggle physics daughters, to be precise.