hunter02 said: What in the world are you talking about? The exec chair is part of a gaming company. Naturally, such companies prefer the storefront to take a lesser cut. And you think that's something wrong?



If the game is only on Epic, buy it there. If it's on Steam, buy it there. After you purchase it, there is literally no difference. Click to expand...

Whilst I agree, in principle, as to what you are saying, there is actually a lot of difference, as pointed out in other posts above. If it was a choice between GOG and Steam, I would likely go with Steam because of the workshop, achievements and trading cards, little things that make no difference to gameplay (excepting, of course, workshop), but add flavour or goals to a game. But if a game is exclusive to GOG I have no issue buying it there, or via Blizzard/Origin/Windows etc.The issues with Epic are, for example, a lack of security and a terrible, terrible storefront without even the basic cart function. The issue with the manner they are doing their exclusives is it is dissolving trust between fans and developers. Very few actually have an issue with something driving competition between Steam and another company, but to pass that competition off as good for consumers is, at best, laughable and, at worst, an indication that these companies actually do not care about their fans at all. Which I know is not the case with Paradox, hence my shock at the statements by their exec.Prime example is a discussion being had on how character 'skills' could work with gameplay features in Imperator. Johan then did a dev diary on this and went into our post to post a link. It is a minor thing, but it engages with the fans and proves that they do listen, even if they don't take the road fans are discussing, they have explained why not or why they believe their path to be better. There is a relationship between Paradox and their fan base, but that requires trust and comments such as those made by Fredrik Wester erodes that trust, as experience has shown that companies that throw their lot in and bow to the money Epic are throwing around have not, and continue to not, listen to their fans.