Tim Sweeney slams Valve's AI disclosure policy, dev argues AI will make most future games
banteg · x · 2026-10-26
- Epic CEO Tim Sweeney criticized Valve's forced AI disclosure policy, arguing that beyond its 30% cut, Valve is undermining developers' revenue and livelihoods through AI hate campaigns.
- The reposter agrees and lays out the logic: getting from idea to playable demo used to take thousands of hours, killing good ideas at the cost barrier. AI deletes that gap — "one person with taste can now do what used to only be accomplished by a studio."
- Their prediction: when game-making cost goes to zero, you get 100x more games — most bad, a few brilliant — and the old gatekeepers lose control of what counts as a real game. Every tool that made building cheaper was called cheating first, and the critics were defending the cost of entry.
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