That takes a huge burden of uncertainty off of us because now we know that no matter what, the game won't fail and we won't be forced to move back in with our parents (but we do love and appreciate you, parents!). So we had a big decision to make, and we didn't take it lightly.īecause Epic doesn't yet have the same market share as their competitors, they offered us a minimum guarantee on sales that would match what we'd be wanting to earn if we were just selling Ooblets across all the stores. I know that's asking a lot but I believe in you and your ability to download a free thing and create a user account (if you haven't already done so to play Fortnite which I KNOW YOU HAVE). You'll have to install EGS if you wanna buy Ooblets on PC.We got some cash money upfront from the deal so we can make the game we always wanted to with fewer compromises.The Epic exclusivity is just limited to PC. We won't be selling the game on other PC stores for a pretty long while (that's the exclusivity bit). Ooblets will be launching on PC through EGS.Epic paying for PC exclusives has become the latest thing Gamers™ have gotten angry about, which I'll talk more about a bit further down.EGS is a PC game distribution platform like Steam, Origin, Itch.io, and GOG Galaxy.

Epic is a company that makes the Unreal game engine, a bunch of popular games including Fortnite, and the Epic Game Store (EGS).Who is Epic and what are you talking about? We asked Epic if we could talk frankly about the situation and they were like whatever, so here's a bit of insight into what this all means and why we did it: It's incredible news for us and I'm hoping you all can be excited about it, too. Okay so goofing aside, yes, we've signed with Epic for PC launch exclusivity.

What'd be next? Game consoles paying for games to be exclusive on their consoles? Netflix paying for exclusive shows? Newspapers paying for exclusive articles? It'd be some sort of late capitalist dystopia. Just imagine if other companies got it in their head to offer funding in exchange for exclusives. This is exactly what Marx warned us about! Here's what these Epic folks are doing: First they teach every kid in the world these obnoxious dances and now they're offering funding to game developers in exchange for PC exclusivity on their game store.

Everyone kept talking about this 'Epic' thing, so we thought we'd see what it's all about.

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