Quoting: dannielloAlso let be honest - Valve is too small company to subsidize Linux PC console that will be sold cheaper than production cost. Sony/Microsoft/Google/Apple are big enough to subsidize unprofitable initiatives for years - without economic threat for company, because they have plenty of income from other sources.

They can sell high end consoles. It's a different market than current incumbent consoles that can't run anything at higher than 30 fps.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80would you have as many concerns about what epic was doing if Epics store was on linux as a native app and Metro had been confirmed as coming to linux

You should have concerns in such case. Same as you should have them now if some Linux game is Steam exclusive (Feral games for starters?).

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Quoting: rat2000Why is everyone bashing only Epic?

Epic is coercing people into exclusive contracts with them by offering them monetary incentives. They are the source of the problem. The Metro guys just fell to that temptation and took their money.

Those who take bribes are part of the problem as well.

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Quoting: GuestThis is also all the more reason why everyone should support official Linux support by developers that's DRM-free so not tied to any one particular store.

This would work really well, since we have such an overabundance of DRM-free big box titles on Linux...

Roughly, percentage of DRM-free titles on Linux doesn't seem different from percentage of DRM-free titles on Windows. It's gradually growing.

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Quoting: GuestEpic can buy as many "Exclusives" or timed exclusives as they want. I wont use the Epic Launcher. If i want Metro i just gonna buy it for my Xbox One.

How is using Xbox (a platform which is sick with exclusives as well) any better?

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Quoting: tonR

We do not want to categorically exclude the possibility of timed exclusives for any of our games in the future, but speaking in the here and now, we definitely want to have the players choose the platform of their liking and make our portfolio available to as many outlets as possible.

Not very reassuring, but good that THQ Nordic say they want to reach more players instead of locking games to walled gardens.

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Quoting: legluondunetThis method works very well for Sony on Playstation.

And Sony are infamous crooks. I guess Epics strive to gain the same reputation?

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The update is out on GOG!

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoDelete Deepsilver from that list, @Shmerl, for what They did today with Metro Exodus.

Yeah, I suppose Deep Silver is probably the worst example from those. They release DRM-free, but not very often.

[https://www.gog.com/games?search=Deep Silver](https://www.gog.com/games?search=Deep Silver)

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Quoting: BrisseWhat AAA studio or publisher that isn't CD Project does DRM free at launch though? Some publishers, like many of SqEnix releases have Denuvo on launch, then eventually they patch it out a few months after it's been cracked.

I don't like the term "AAA", it's not useful for any conversation. Let's assume we are talking about big budget game production. Besides CDPR (who are not exactly the publisher, they only fund their own games), DRM-free friendly publishers include Devolver Digital, THQ Nordic, Daedalic (they have become a publisher now), Deep Silver and may be some others I don't remember off hand.

Most of their games came out DRM-free at launch or soon after (Kingdom Come: Deliverance was delayed but not for very long).

Interestingly, being DRM-free friendly usually also coincides with them being supportive of Linux releases.

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