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商店让业界更美好了,但是玩家却看不到这点
"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."
地铁的表现远超预期,屌打Steam,证明了大家是在玩游戏而不是玩平台。
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.
地铁和凤凰点独占让玩家很生气。
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.
他们的目标是要破坏延续超过十年的73分成业界规则,
只是实行的方法无法讨好所有人。
"Changing the way that games are sold is a big disruption to everybody," he
says. "I understand that