Epic has done this many times. That’s why it’s so inspiring to support them.
- Epic vs Apple lawsuit
- Perfecting the F2P model
- Game distribution without junk fees
- Free game dev tools
- Tung Tung Tung
- Cross platform gaming
Epic Games has become the industry’s lightning rod, drawing concentrated criticism so that independent developers may continue building/innovating in relative peace.
“We vibe coded”. Based. They’re leaning in all the way and becoming the lightning rod for all the AI hatred of the gaming industry. That’s actually a noble sacrifice people don’t realize. That means that when other companies do even a little less obvious AI stuff all the angry people will still focus on Epic. Good guy Epic.