• bennel@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Okay?

    2 wrongs don’t make a right. That said, Microsoft does this much less frequently than Epic and mostly just with first party games.

    Here’s a list of Microsoft Store exclusives. I don’t see a whole lot of triple A games on there.

    Starfield was on Steam at launch, as was Halo Infinite. Microsoft has been moving away from exclusivity. But how dare they keep Solitaire all to themselves, right?

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          6 months ago

          That’s not a money reason or a store related reason. That’s really on the developer. Mac is a different architecture. Often times Mac versions require extra development.

          Linux is gaining more ground not because of a store or the developers themselves, but because Proton makes the windows versions of games run on Linux.

          My argument was about exclusivity deals, not technical compatibility.

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            6 months ago

            Yeah, the store doesn’t matter

            If it’s on a platform (os) then it’s on the platform

            If you want to complain about exclusivity it would be mac vs windows vs linux vs freebsd vs xbox vs Nintendo vs PlayStation