'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
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/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/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
Now that I think about it...
Platform exclusive deals are a weird gamble of publisher saying: "I bet your game is so good, it will pull players to our platform and make up for this investment in the future", and developer saying: "I bet that you are overestimating the value of my game, and I am not loosing on potential sales on other platforms." ...
In reality developers will be attracted to reliable platform offering quality service. A good cut also helps.