Epic Games Exclusivity

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Hello Stardock,

I understand why you may have decided to go with an exclusivity deal with Epic Games. I just made an account to state that I am one of those people with 800 hours in the original Sins of a Solar Empire, and want to pay you money for Sins of a Solar Empire II. But I won't do this until you make it available on all platforms.

Making the game exclusive is definitely hurting your brand in my opinion.

Cherry.

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Reply #1 from Sins2 Forums Top

The game is no where near complete/done yet. If they put it out on Steam, it will reach a way larger audience. But that's a bad thing! People may juts put reviews out that the game is bugged, unfinished, cash grab etc. They stated somewhere before (maybe on the Discord) that this Epic exclusivity both helps them pay the bills a lot easier, so help in keeping enough people to work on the game to make it better (obvious), but mostly that it helps them to have a smaller audience to playtest and provide feedback. They benefit a lot from the current structure.

Also, they have not stated anything regarding publishing it on Steam, but if you read between the lines and look up previous deals, it is extremely likely that either at launch, or 1 year after launch, they can publish it on Steam.