For nylig blev Valves forretningsmodel med Steam, hvor de tager 30% af hvert eneste spilsalg, for "urealistisk", og nu hvor Epic Games Store markedsfører sig selv overfor udviklere og udgivere ved at tage langt, langt mindre, så er de nu ikke alene om at kritisere Valve.
Ejeren af Koch Media, Klemens Kundratitz, der ejer udgiveren Deep Silver, har også kritiseret Valve i et interview med GamesIndustry, hvor han kalder forretningsmodellen for gammeldags.
Af den grund vil han ikke udelukke at de ikke igen vil tage imod en eksklusivitetsaftale fra Epic, skulle muligheden byde sig.
"Overall, I'm still of the opinion like I was at the beginning that, as an industry and as a publisher, we should welcome Epic and their business model. We have a strong relationship with Epic and we continue to have a strong relationship with Steam as well. It's just a shame that we couldn't announce [Metro Exodus exclusivity] earlier. That was not perfect."
"As a company, we have to do the things we believe in. We make mistakes as well but this wasn't a mistake. We need to embrace a digital partner that offers a much more compelling rev share model than anybody else, and I think they act as a role model for us and for other digital partners as well — a 70/30 split is quite frankly anachronistic. We have many games on Steam, including many new releases like Iron Harvest. But I'm not ruling out to do an exclusive with Epic again."
