Why are so many of the arguments in favor of these deals made in such bad faith? Jesus christ.
And this is the heart of it, right here. I didn't mention a deal and could care less. The people who DO hate EGS and whatever deals they make desperately want something negative to latch on to so they can string a thread to "bad PR" or anything that doesn't shed it in the best light. It fuels their need to shit up random threads with "fuck Epic!" and the like...
Someone willingly:
-supports a Patreon
-mentions they supported it because they want to genuinely see the game succeed
-mentions that supporting it helped them maintain a relationship with their wife
-notices that on the Patreon, nothing is mentioned about receiving the game for free on release date as a Patreon
-asks on the discord if he will be receiving the game for free
-is told no
-mentions that the news of the EGS exclusivity changes nothing in regards to his question
-asks the exact same question again later, but this time mentions that if he keeps supporting it, he won't be able to afford the game on release date if he has to use the EGS store (which, for whatever reason, doesn't prompt him to pull his support and save up his money)
-is told that the game will be coming to Steam later
And now, the developer is a bad guy because his response to someone showing a screenshot 8 hours later of the question amidst rants from 4chan users and disrespectful "supporters" threatening to pirate their game isn't "nice enough"? This thread is a joke...
I don't like or want developers to be attacked BUT this whole thing started with a massive blog post that was nothing but condescending and having a go at people (and customers) before anyone even had a reaction to the news. I mean he painted a target on himself for no reason... Do you really think this would have blown up if they just said they took the deal for financial stability?
Hopefully you aren't so naive as to think it wouldn't have...