My column this week<\/a> is about how the Epic Games Store is gobbling up exclusives. This is earning EGS a lot of anger, but most of the anger is over stuff that Steam has been doing for years. I’m fine with hating on EGS, but can we please not hold them to a higher standard than Steam?<\/p>\n One thing I didn’t touch on in the column is the relationship between Epic Games and the money-harvesting creeps at Tencent<\/a>. Tencent bought a 40% stake in Epic back in 2013<\/a>, and having that much of the company owned by an outside force is certainly a potential problem.<\/p>\n When I first heard about the merger \/ partnership \/ whatever, I wasn’t really worried. I assumed that it wasn’t a big deal, since they “only” owned 40% of Epic. That’s not a controlling share. But company culture is more important than share ownership, and Epic is enthusiastically embracing the habits and mindset of Tencent. I know you come to this site for text and not video, but if you’ve got twenty minutes to spare then the following video by Dan Olson is definitely worth a watch:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n