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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s a store not a platform

If walmart doesn’t have a game, you would check gamestop

Don’t try to hijack the platform exclusive argument

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When you're required to use their "store" to play the games too, then it's a platform. And an isolated one, at that. Imagine you could only buy a game AND PLAY IT at Walmart.

Platform exclusivity is part of Epic Games' problem. Not the sole issue, but a big one.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -4 points 3 days ago

The platform is the OS

And you aren’t forced to use their launcher, that’s a Valve thing