'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs

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Blxter@lemmy.zip · 8 months ago

'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs

Fubarberry · 8 months ago

I’m glad to see less exclusivity deals for the Epic store, but I could never really blame devs for taking the money. From what I understand, many were offered enough to make the game profitable even if they didn’t manage to actually sell any copies on the Epic store.

Those kind of deals are a really nice safety net for indie devs, hopefully they’ll get by ok without them.