https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-22-sweeney-epic-games-store-is-making-the-industry-better-but-gamers-dont-see-that
Epic Games Store is making the industry better but 「gamers don't see that」
Epic商店讓業界更美好了,但是玩家卻看不到這點
"A critical challenge from the beginning has been looking at projects on
Steam and asking how we can achieve those levels of success on our store," he
says. "Metro Exodus far exceeded even Steam projections in sales, and this
really proves that it's about the games, not about the stores."
地鐵的表現遠超預期,屌打Steam,證明了大家是在玩遊戲而不是玩平台。
But for some in the PC gaming community, it is very much about the stores.
Metro Exodus' exclusivity deal provoked the ire of devoted Steam fans, who
have complained and even resorted to the usual tactic of review bombing the
previous Metro games on Valve's store.
It's not the only example, either. Snapshot Games was also criticised for
making its upcoming strategy game Phoenix Point temporarily exclusive to the
Epic Games Store.
地鐵和鳳凰點獨佔讓玩家很生氣。
When asked for his take on these reactions, Sweeney reiterated the aim of the
Epic Games Store is, "breaking the 70/30 stranglehold that's pervaded the
industry for more than a decade," and that its methods in doing so were never
going to please everyone.
他們的目標是要破壞延續超過十年的73分成業界規則,
只是實行的方法無法討好所有人。
"Changing the way that games are sold is a big disruption to everybody," he
says. "I understand that