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 Epic Games's CEO, Tim Sweeney, in 2017, was bashing Microsoft for its using exclusivity on its Windows 10 app store as stated in this [https://soundcloud.com/polygon-newsworthy/4-tim-sweeney-on-microsofts-evil-plan Polygon interview]. Now he defends Epic Games' suspicious TOS saying "Epic does not share user data with Tencent or any other company." And their "special way" of getting exclusives (a concept that's mostly isolated only to consoles).<ref>Epic Games Founder Tim Sweeny Fiercely Denies EGS Sending Data to Chinese Gov - [https://www.dualshockers.com/epic-games-store-chinese-data-tencent/]</ref><ref>EG Founder Tim Sweeny Fiercely Denies Sending Data to Chinese Gov (Dualshockers/archive) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20190202230011/https://www.dualshockers.com/epic-games-store-chinese-data-tencent/]</ref><ref>EG Founder Fiercely Denies EGS Sending Data to Chinese Gov (KiA/archive) - [https://archive.fo/QYj1V]</ref> When asked on Twitter, Tim Sweeney stated that he "criticizing Microsoft's "curtailing users" freedom to install full-featured PC software, and subverting the rights of developers and publishers to maintain a direct relationship with their customers, not exclusives."<ref>So Are Exclusives Ok Now?(Tweet) -[https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1090528919336280066]</ref><ref> "I Am Criticizing Microsoft (Tweet/archive)- [http://archive.fo/dTOWG]</ref>
-In January 29, 2019, it's then revealed that Deep Silver/4A were using Steam to advertise the latest Metro game, Metro Exodus, and when release date nears. Switch the game to Epic's new launcher client. Turns out that THQ Nordic tweeted "The decision to publish Metro Exodus as a timed Epic Store exclusive was made entirely on Koch Media's side." And
+In January 29, 2019, it's then revealed that Deep Silver/4A were using Steam to advertise the latest Metro game, Metro Exodus, and when release date nears. Switch the game to Epic's new launcher client. Turns out that THQ Nordic tweeted "The decision to publish Metro Exodus as a timed Epic Store exclusive was made entirely on Koch Media's side." And it turned out that Koch Media and Epic Games made a partnership, Tim Sweeney stated that "Metro Exodus is amazing and is deservedly on of the most anticipated PC titles of 2019, we are partnering with Deep Silver to launch Metro Exodus, underpinned by Epic's marketing support and commitment to offering an 88% revenue split..."<ref>Epic Games and Deep Silver Announce Partnership (Koch Media/archive) - [http://archive.fo/Pby0R]</ref><ref>Epic Games and Deep Silver Announce Partnership (Koch Media) - [https://www.kochmedia.com/en/2019/01/28/epic-games-and-deep-silver-announce-partnership-to-release-metro-exodus-for-pc-on-the-epic-games-store/]</ref>
 In February 1, 2019, in a gamesindustry article, Tim Sweeney was shown replying to complaints that Epic Games Store is attempting to "silence consumers" by not allowing them to review, give feedback to the developers/game company, and lack of ratings.<ref>Opt-In Review System in the Works (gamesindustry/archive) -[http://archive.is/4IKMT]</ref> He explained that Epic Games is working on a review system that's based on the Unreal Engine marketplace, which translate that "It will be opt-in by developers. We think this is best because review bombing and other gaming-the-system is a real problem."<ref>Opt-In Review System in the Works for Epic Games Store (KiA) - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/am6ttl/gaming_optin_review_system_in_the_works_for_epic/]</ref><ref>Opt-In Review System in the Works for Epic Games Store (KiA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/Kz3DX]</ref>

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 It's recently in 2019 that Epic Games Store began "poaching" games from Steam and making them timed exclusives, like Metro Escape, The Walking Dead's Final Episodes,<ref>Telltale's The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming to The Epic Games Store (IGN/archive) - [https://archive.is/fbStE]</ref><ref>The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming Exclusively to Epic Games Store (KiA) -[https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/a81b1w/telltales_the_walking_deads_final_episodes_coming/]</ref><ref>The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming Exclusively to the EGS (KiA/archive)- [http://archive.fo/1W2Pc]</ref>  <ref>Telltale's The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming to Epic Games Store (IGN) - [https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/20/telltales-the-walking-dead-the-final-seasons-last-episodes-coming-to-the-epic-games-store?abthid=5c1ac30f59d4788579000b19]</ref> and Operenica: The Stolen Sun <ref>Operenica: The Stolen Sun Is Yet Another Game That Abandons Steam in Favour of Epic's Store - [https://www.dsogaming.com/news/operencia-the-stolen-sun-is-yet-another-game-that-abandons-steam-in-favour-of-epics-store/]</ref>.<ref> Operencia: The Stolen Sun Is Yet Another Game That Abandons Steam In Favour of Epic's Store (Darkside of Gaming/archive)-[https://archive.fo/XQY2a]</ref>
 Epic Games's CEO, Tim Sweeney, in 2017, was bashing Microsoft for its using exclusivity on its Windows 10 app store as stated in this [https://soundcloud.com/polygon-newsworthy/4-tim-sweeney-on-microsofts-evil-plan Polygon interview]. Now he defends Epic Games' suspicious TOS saying "Epic does not share user data with Tencent or any other company." And their "special way" of getting exclusives (a concept that's mostly isolated only to consoles).<ref>Epic Games Founder Tim Sweeny Fiercely Denies EGS Sending Data to Chinese Gov - [https://www.dualshockers.com/epic-games-store-chinese-data-tencent/]</ref><ref>EG Founder Tim Sweeny Fiercely Denies Sending Data to Chinese Gov (Dualshockers/archive) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20190202230011/https://www.dualshockers.com/epic-games-store-chinese-data-tencent/]</ref><ref>EG Founder Fiercely Denies EGS Sending Data to Chinese Gov (KiA/archive) - [https://archive.fo/QYj1V]</ref> When asked on Twitter, Tim Sweeney stated that he "criticizing Microsoft's "curtailing users" freedom to install full-featured PC software, and subverting the rights of developers and publishers to maintain a direct relationship with their customers, not exclusives."<ref>So Are Exclusives Ok Now?(Tweet) -[https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1090528919336280066]</ref><ref> "I Am Criticizing Microsoft (Tweet/archive)- [http://archive.fo/dTOWG]</ref>
 In February 1, 2019, in a gamesindustry article, Tim Sweeney was shown replying to complaints that Epic Games Store is attempting to "silence consumers" by not allowing them to review, give feedback to the developers/game company, and lack of ratings.<ref>Opt-In Review System in the Works (gamesindustry/archive) -[http://archive.is/4IKMT]</ref> He explained that Epic Games is working on a review system that's based on the Unreal Engine marketplace, which translate that "It will be opt-in by developers. We think this is best because review bombing and other gaming-the-system is a real problem."<ref>Opt-In Review System in the Works for Epic Games Store (KiA) - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/am6ttl/gaming_optin_review_system_in_the_works_for_epic/]</ref><ref>Opt-In Review System in the Works for Epic Games Store (KiA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/Kz3DX]</ref>

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 In December 5, 2018, Kotaku's Nathan Grayson interviewed Sergey Galyonkin, the guy who made Steam Spy. Galyonkin stated that he began Steam Spy as a hobby as a way to understand how Valve's client ticks and its inner workings, this he stated was just a "side project". He revealed that he was Epic Games' Director of Publishing Strategy as it turned out.<ref>The Guy Behind Steam Spy Has Been Working On Epic's Store For Years (Kotaku/archive) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20190129141124/https://kotaku.com/the-guy-behind-steam-spy-has-been-working-on-epics-stor-1830890162]</ref> According to Sergey Galyonkin, he's always been interested in both data and game distribution, this made him starting two of his careers of Steam Spy and joining Epic. He gave some of his two cents, stating that "not a single developer I talked to wanted forums" and "the toxicity it brings" (which is why Galyonkin preferred to interact on his own terms in social media platforums). "That's why we won't have forums on Epic Games store and will start with a ticketing system, so gamers can message devs about their problems instead of review-bombing them."
-Epic Games Store's was praised from [[Polygon]], [[Kotaku]], and other mainstream game journalist news sites, for taking on "toxic pro-consumerism".<ref>Grayson Calls Pro-Consumer "Toxic" - [https://archive.fo/ryeLU]</ref><ref>Grayson Calls Pro-Consumer "Toxic" (KIA) - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/akxezg/twitter_bullshit_nathan_grayson_calls_proconsumer/]</ref> and lamenting that [[Steam]] does things poorly because of their "failure to police the system, some, gamers, have weaponised the tools Steam gives them" and "Review bombing is becoming a more and more common technique to inflict damage on certain games.<ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (Gamesindustry/archive) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20181214031918/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-12-13-why-even-avid-steam-gamers-should-celebrate-epics-new-store]</ref><ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (KIA)-[https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/a60xk7/gamesindustrybiz_why_even_avid_steam_gamers/]</ref><ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (KiA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/yULMv]</ref> Even to the point of even shilling for Epic Games' new launcher, a Polygon article stated "The line about improving the economics of game stores "for everybody", the Epic Games has found a way to get more players to more closely consider the economics of storefronts, and it did with both exclusives and a lower price."<ref>Epic Games Wants to Convince You Exclusives Are Great for PC (Polygon/archive) - [http://archive.is/6YqEr]</ref><ref>Polygon Shills for Epic's Store Under Guise It's Good for Consumers (KiA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/RuFfa]</ref> And even wishing for Valve's launcher client to go way of the dodo.<ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve (Tom's Hardware/archive) - [http://archive.fo/bhBiv]</ref><ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/altiii/metro_exodus_removed_off_steam_decision_unfair/]</ref><ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve (KIA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/foVDG]</ref>
+Epic Games Store's was praised from [[Polygon]], [[Kotaku]], and other mainstream game journalist news sites, for taking on "toxic pro-consumerism".<ref>Grayson Calls Pro-Consumer "Toxic" - [https://archive.fo/ryeLU]</ref><ref>Grayson Calls Pro-Consumer "Toxic" (KIA) - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/akxezg/twitter_bullshit_nathan_grayson_calls_proconsumer/]</ref> and lamenting that [[Steam]] does things poorly because of their "failure to police the system, some, gamers, have weaponised the tools Steam gives them" and "Review bombing is becoming a more and more common technique to inflict damage on certain games.<ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (Gamesindustry/archive) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20181214031918/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-12-13-why-even-avid-steam-gamers-should-celebrate-epics-new-store]</ref><ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (KIA)-[https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/a60xk7/gamesindustrybiz_why_even_avid_steam_gamers/]</ref><ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (KiA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/yULMv]</ref> Even to the point of even shilling for Epic Games' new launcher, a Polygon article stated "The line about improving the economics of game stores "for everybody", the Epic Games has found a way to get more players to more closely consider the economics of storefronts, and it did with both exclusives and a lower price."<ref>Epic Games Wants to Convince You Exclusives Are Great for PC (Polygon/archive) - [http://archive.is/6YqEr]</ref><ref>Polygon Shills for Epic's Store Under Guise It's Good for Consumers (KiA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/RuFfa]</ref><ref>Polygon Shills for Epic's Store Under Guise It's Good for Consumers (KiA)- [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/al3b1i/gaming_polygon_shills_for_epics_store_under_guise/]</ref> And even wishing for Valve's launcher client to go way of the dodo.<ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve (Tom's Hardware/archive) - [http://archive.fo/bhBiv]</ref><ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/altiii/metro_exodus_removed_off_steam_decision_unfair/]</ref><ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve (KIA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/foVDG]</ref>
 Ignoring issues, some of which are present in the Fornite launcher, where thousands of Fortnite gamers' accounts got hacked as well as taken over and that the new EG store doesn't comply with the GDPR laws.<ref>The Epic Games Store Does Not Seem to Comply With the GDPR Laws (Games/archive) - [http://archive.fo/KPMqT]</ref><ref>Fortnite Had a Security Vulnerability That Lets Hackers Take Over Accounts (CNET/archive) -[https://archive.fo/lNUaf]</ref>

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 In December 5, 2018, Kotaku's Nathan Grayson interviewed Sergey Galyonkin, the guy who made Steam Spy. Galyonkin stated that he began Steam Spy as a hobby as a way to understand how Valve's client ticks and its inner workings, this he stated was just a "side project". He revealed that he was Epic Games' Director of Publishing Strategy as it turned out.<ref>The Guy Behind Steam Spy Has Been Working On Epic's Store For Years (Kotaku/archive) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20190129141124/https://kotaku.com/the-guy-behind-steam-spy-has-been-working-on-epics-stor-1830890162]</ref> According to Sergey Galyonkin, he's always been interested in both data and game distribution, this made him starting two of his careers of Steam Spy and joining Epic. He gave some of his two cents, stating that "not a single developer I talked to wanted forums" and "the toxicity it brings" (which is why Galyonkin preferred to interact on his own terms in social media platforums). "That's why we won't have forums on Epic Games store and will start with a ticketing system, so gamers can message devs about their problems instead of review-bombing them."
-Epic Games Store's was praised from [[Polygon]], [[Kotaku]], and other mainstream game journalist news sites, for taking on "toxic pro-consumerism".<ref>Grayson Calls Pro-Consumer "Toxic" - [https://archive.fo/ryeLU]</ref><ref>Grayson Calls Pro-Consumer "Toxic" (KIA) - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/akxezg/twitter_bullshit_nathan_grayson_calls_proconsumer/]</ref> and lamenting that [[Steam]] does things poorly because of their "failure to police the system, some, gamers, have weaponised the tools Steam gives them" and "Review bombing is becoming a more and more common technique to inflict damage on certain games.<ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (Gamesindustry/archive) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20181214031918/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-12-13-why-even-avid-steam-gamers-should-celebrate-epics-new-store]</ref><ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (KIA)-[https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/a60xk7/gamesindustrybiz_why_even_avid_steam_gamers/]</ref><ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (KiA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/yULMv]</ref> Even to the point of even shilling for Epic Games' new launcher, a Polygon article stated "The line about improving the economics of game stores "for everybody", the Epic Games has found a way to get more players to more closely consider the economics of storefronts, and it did with both exclusives and a lower price."<ref>Epic Games Wants to Convince You Exclusives Are Great for PC (Polygon/archive) - [http://archive.is/6YqEr]</ref><ref>Polygon Shills for Epic's Store Under Guise It's Good for Consumers (KiA) - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/al3b1i/gaming_polygon_shills_for_epics_store_under_guise/]</ref> And even wishing for Valve's launcher client to go way of the dodo.<ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve (Tom's Hardware/archive) - [http://archive.fo/bhBiv]</ref><ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/altiii/metro_exodus_removed_off_steam_decision_unfair/]</ref><ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve (KIA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/foVDG]</ref>
+Epic Games Store's was praised from [[Polygon]], [[Kotaku]], and other mainstream game journalist news sites, for taking on "toxic pro-consumerism".<ref>Grayson Calls Pro-Consumer "Toxic" - [https://archive.fo/ryeLU]</ref><ref>Grayson Calls Pro-Consumer "Toxic" (KIA) - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/akxezg/twitter_bullshit_nathan_grayson_calls_proconsumer/]</ref> and lamenting that [[Steam]] does things poorly because of their "failure to police the system, some, gamers, have weaponised the tools Steam gives them" and "Review bombing is becoming a more and more common technique to inflict damage on certain games.<ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (Gamesindustry/archive) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20181214031918/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-12-13-why-even-avid-steam-gamers-should-celebrate-epics-new-store]</ref><ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (KIA)-[https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/a60xk7/gamesindustrybiz_why_even_avid_steam_gamers/]</ref><ref>Why Even Avid Steam Gamers Should Celebrate Epic's New Store (KiA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/yULMv]</ref> Even to the point of even shilling for Epic Games' new launcher, a Polygon article stated "The line about improving the economics of game stores "for everybody", the Epic Games has found a way to get more players to more closely consider the economics of storefronts, and it did with both exclusives and a lower price."<ref>Epic Games Wants to Convince You Exclusives Are Great for PC (Polygon/archive) - [http://archive.is/6YqEr]</ref><ref>Polygon Shills for Epic's Store Under Guise It's Good for Consumers (KiA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/RuFfa]</ref> And even wishing for Valve's launcher client to go way of the dodo.<ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve (Tom's Hardware/archive) - [http://archive.fo/bhBiv]</ref><ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/altiii/metro_exodus_removed_off_steam_decision_unfair/]</ref><ref>Metro Exodus Removed Off Steam, Decision Unfair, Says Valve (KIA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/foVDG]</ref>
 Ignoring issues, some of which are present in the Fornite launcher, where thousands of Fortnite gamers' accounts got hacked as well as taken over and that the new EG store doesn't comply with the GDPR laws.<ref>The Epic Games Store Does Not Seem to Comply With the GDPR Laws (Games/archive) - [http://archive.fo/KPMqT]</ref><ref>Fortnite Had a Security Vulnerability That Lets Hackers Take Over Accounts (CNET/archive) -[https://archive.fo/lNUaf]</ref>

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	Gamers, including those that buy from Steam, aren't thrilled about the lack of features as well, even listing just how small it is, even suspecting that Epic Games Store does Chinese Commie spying, since Tencent owns 40% of Epic Games share.<ref>Steam vs Epic Feature List - [https://imgur.com/wL7LZAp]</ref>		Gamers, including those that buy from Steam, aren't thrilled about the lack of features as well, even listing just how small it is, even suspecting that Epic Games Store does Chinese Commie spying, since Tencent owns 40% of Epic Games share.<ref>Steam vs Epic Feature List - [https://imgur.com/wL7LZAp]</ref>

−	As some Steam users found out that Epic Games Store's pricing is fair...If one lives in North America, but in some countries, like New Zealand, the prices keep increasing.<ref>Price Keeps Going Up! (Steam/archive) -[http://archive.fo/GQNz5]</ref> Proving that EGS's regional pricing is very different from Steam's, thus making the latter more affordable. Otpyrc, a redditor, made a [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10quwatz4VhQZKshZFDAMW78eLi7C99DPbJcl_J2z-ZQ/edit#gid=0 spreadsheet highlighting the differences] <ref>Metro Exodus Reginoal Pricing Steam and Epic Games Comparison (PC Gaming/archive) - [https://archive.fo/snj8i]</ref> In a January 2019 tweet, Sergey Galyonkin assured a gamer that the regional pricing is one of the problems that Epic Games Store must fix and that he's also talking to multiple payment providers, admitting that some of those guys like to charge plenty.<ref>We're Talking to Multiple Payment Providers (Twitter/archive - [https://archive.fo/nxGrj]</ref><ref>Yes, We're Talking to Multiple Payment Providers (KiA) - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/af85so/sergey_galyonkin_from_epic_yes_were_talking_to/]</ref> Even Tim Sweeney, Epic Games's CEO, stated in a tweet that "Epic adds a payment processing fee to the high-overhead international payment methods marked with asterisks in the hyperlinked chart above because it's the only practicable way to operate a 12% fee store in those developing countries..."<ref>We are not talking about Apple (Tweet/archive) - [https://archive.vn/zojca]</ref><ref>Tim Sweeny Admitting 12% Ain't Enough (KiA) -[https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/alyt36/tim_sweeney_admitting_the_12_developer_charge_on/]</ref>. This would only work in the United States, since the payment processor fees in other countries handling foreign currency transactions are really excessive. This forced Epic Games Store to charge everyone the bottom amount and giving the extra fees to customers in other places where it is applicable.	+	As some Steam users found out that Epic Games Store's pricing is fair...If one lives in North America, but in some countries, like New Zealand, the prices keep increasing.<ref>Price Keeps Going Up! (Steam/archive) -[http://archive.fo/GQNz5]</ref> Proving that EGS's regional pricing is very different from Steam's, thus making the latter more affordable. Otpyrc, a redditor, made a [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10quwatz4VhQZKshZFDAMW78eLi7C99DPbJcl_J2z-ZQ/edit#gid=0 spreadsheet highlighting the differences] <ref>Metro Exodus Reginoal Pricing Steam and Epic Games Comparison (PC Gaming/archive) - [https://archive.fo/snj8i]</ref> In a January 2019 tweet, Sergey Galyonkin assured a gamer that the regional pricing is one of the problems that Epic Games Store must fix and that he's also talking to multiple payment providers, admitting that some of those guys like to charge plenty.<ref>We're Talking to Multiple Payment Providers (Twitter/archive - [https://archive.fo/nxGrj]</ref><ref>Yes, We're Talking to Multiple Payment Providers (KiA) - [https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/af85so/sergey_galyonkin_from_epic_yes_were_talking_to/]</ref> Even Tim Sweeney, Epic Games's CEO, stated in a tweet that "Epic adds a payment processing fee to the high-overhead international payment methods marked with asterisks in the hyperlinked chart above because it's the only practicable way to operate a 12% fee store in those developing countries..."<ref>We are not talking about Apple (Tweet/archive) - [https://archive.vn/zojca]</ref><ref>Tim Sweeny Admitting 12% Ain't Enough (KiA) -[https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/alyt36/tim_sweeney_admitting_the_12_developer_charge_on/]</ref><ref>Tim Sweeney Admitting the 12% Developer Charge on Epic's Store is Not Enough (KiA/archive) - [http://archive.fo/YEOwo]</ref>. This would only work in the United States, since the payment processor fees in other countries handling foreign currency transactions are really excessive. This forced Epic Games Store to charge everyone the bottom amount and giving the extra fees to customers in other places where it is applicable.

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 '''The Great Yonking'''
-It's recently in 2019 that Epic Games Store began "poaching" games from Steam and making them timed exclusives, like Metro Escape, The Walking Dead's Final Episodes,<ref>Telltale's The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming to The Epic Games Store (IGN/archive) - [https://archive.is/fbStE]</ref><ref>The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming Exclusively to Epic Games Store (KiA) -https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/a81b1w/telltales_the_walking_deads_final_episodes_coming/]</ref><ref>Telltale's The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming to Epic Games Store (IGN) - [https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/20/telltales-the-walking-dead-the-final-seasons-last-episodes-coming-to-the-epic-games-store?abthid=5c1ac30f59d4788579000b19]</ref> and Operenica: The Stolen Sun <ref>Operenica: The Stolen Sun Is Yet Another Game That Abandons Steam in Favour of Epic's Store - [https://www.dsogaming.com/news/operencia-the-stolen-sun-is-yet-another-game-that-abandons-steam-in-favour-of-epics-store/]</ref>.<ref> Operencia: The Stolen Sun Is Yet Another Game That Abandons Steam In Favour of Epic's Store (Darkside of Gaming/archive)-[https://archive.fo/XQY2a]</ref>
+It's recently in 2019 that Epic Games Store began "poaching" games from Steam and making them timed exclusives, like Metro Escape, The Walking Dead's Final Episodes,<ref>Telltale's The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming to The Epic Games Store (IGN/archive) - [https://archive.is/fbStE]</ref><ref>The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming Exclusively to Epic Games Store (KiA) -[https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/a81b1w/telltales_the_walking_deads_final_episodes_coming/]</ref><ref>The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming Exclusively to the EGS (KiA/archive)- [http://archive.fo/1W2Pc]</ref>  <ref>Telltale's The Walking Dead's Final Episodes Coming to Epic Games Store (IGN) - [https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/12/20/telltales-the-walking-dead-the-final-seasons-last-episodes-coming-to-the-epic-games-store?abthid=5c1ac30f59d4788579000b19]</ref> and Operenica: The Stolen Sun <ref>Operenica: The Stolen Sun Is Yet Another Game That Abandons Steam in Favour of Epic's Store - [https://www.dsogaming.com/news/operencia-the-stolen-sun-is-yet-another-game-that-abandons-steam-in-favour-of-epics-store/]</ref>.<ref> Operencia: The Stolen Sun Is Yet Another Game That Abandons Steam In Favour of Epic's Store (Darkside of Gaming/archive)-[https://archive.fo/XQY2a]</ref>
 Epic Games's CEO, Tim Sweeney, in 2017, was bashing Microsoft for its using exclusivity on its Windows 10 app store as stated in this [https://soundcloud.com/polygon-newsworthy/4-tim-sweeney-on-microsofts-evil-plan Polygon interview]. Now he defends Epic Games' suspicious TOS saying "Epic does not share user data with Tencent or any other company." And their "special way" of getting exclusives (a concept that's mostly isolated only to consoles).<ref>Epic Games Founder Tim Sweeny Fiercely Denies EGS Sending Data to Chinese Gov - [https://www.dualshockers.com/epic-games-store-chinese-data-tencent/]</ref><ref>EG Founder Tim Sweeny Fiercely Denies Sending Data to Chinese Gov (Dualshockers/archive) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20190202230011/https://www.dualshockers.com/epic-games-store-chinese-data-tencent/]</ref><ref>EG Founder Fiercely Denies EGS Sending Data to Chinese Gov (KiA/archive) - [https://archive.fo/QYj1V]</ref> When asked on Twitter, Tim Sweeney stated that he "criticizing Microsoft's "curtailing users" freedom to install full-featured PC software, and subverting the rights of developers and publishers to maintain a direct relationship with their customers, not exclusives."<ref>So Are Exclusives Ok Now?(Tweet) -[https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1090528919336280066]</ref><ref> "I Am Criticizing Microsoft (Tweet/archive)- [http://archive.fo/dTOWG]</ref>