Tim Sweeney: 'Epic is Thrilled With Everything Microsoft is Doing' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 November 2019 / 2,552 Views
It was a couple of years ago when Microsoft and Epic Games were not getting along, however, times have changed. Epic Games CEO in an interview with GamesBeat praised the new direction Microsoft has been going in.
"Epic is thrilled with everything Microsoft is doing and we feel that we couldn’t be happier with the directions they’ve taken on all their platforms. There’s HoloLens, now an open platform. There’s Windows, a completely open platform. And Microsoft is launching new Microsoft services of all sorts through the Windows Store. And then there’s also Microsoft Game Pass. And those are existing side by side with everybody else’s services. And it’s a really healthy ecosystem, which everybody participates in.
"And then there is Xbox. Consoles are a unique thing. They are television-attached gaming devices, as opposed to like general computing platforms. You’re not doing spreadsheets there. And so it was a different experience and also generally consoles over their history are subsidized hardware and so the hardware recoup some money from software sales. Epic is completely satisfied that their economic models are fair.
"If a bunch of developers get together and decided to make a console, we would probably do something similar. Funding hardware through software is completely sensible plan. Epic loves Microsoft. Epic hearts Microsoft."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Tim Sweeney is so full of s***.
How?
Did he seriously just say windows is a completely open platform? When will this man go away?
Thank you Socke. You saved me some time.
Microsoft is doing great things, it's obvious there buying something great. As for Epic, well they did make OG Gears games so thats the only credit ill give them.
Sounds good.
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