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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