Re: Mage Knight. If you own Table Top Simulator on steam the mage knight workshop download is incredibly good and will give you a good feel for the game before you shell out the money for the real thing.
What price increase? The games would cost the same if they had exclusivity or if they didn't the PUBLISHERS set the price, not the platform. And Netflix has NUMEROUS exclusivity deals to deny other steaming platforms content AND regularly up their prices and people STILL love the thing. Your...
ANY type of exclusivity is anti-competitive and anti-consumer. It's why companies DO IT. But people in this VERY THREAD have bought consoles for the exclusive games on them. People have bought Big Macs beause they didn't want hamburger_345134 from just a random burger place. Bought Air...
And if it does lead to more piracy (and I have no reason to believe it won't) to the point that publishers / developers feel it financially, you'll see them abandon the practice. Until then, enjoy your new marketplace.
There are no usable items that are different. Only the quest-based items that are attached to the "quest". You get a different scene to interact in based whether or not you are picked. It's mainly just for completionists that want to 100% the game.
My point isn't at all irrelevant. If Epic is successful doing things in a cheaper fashion while also being able to afford platform specific exclusives, then the market will have spoken. The fact they can't stop screwing things up when it comes to communication with the publishers / developers...
You want a specific game? Go to the store selling it. You want Halo? Buy an XBox. You want Days Gone? Buy a PS4. You want Super Mario World? Buy a Wii. You want something eclusive to the Epic Store, THEN GO TO THE FUCKING STORE.
Steam sells video games. Epic sells video games. Just because Epic gets a couple exclusives that Steam doens't get doesn't mean Steam all of a sudden stops selling video games. If you want a Big Mac GO TO MCDONALDS.
The fact you think Epic "doesn't put effort' into it's product is laughable.
Steam has just as much (probably MORE) ability to get exclusives on their platform if they want to do what it takes to get them. Just because you don't like the version of competition going on, doesn't mean there isn't any.