r/Steam • u/Haunter777x • 13h ago

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How out of touch can you be as a company, this is embarrassing

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u/Fernis_ 13h ago

No way, a program that basically does nothing, runs faster than a fucking behemoth of features?

Steam is a games store, and library, with reviews from users and creators, built in mod support, built in streaming. Built-in entire god damn social network with dedicated discussion forums for each game, community hub, communication platform for developers, social features with everything from chatting, group chatting, video streaming, voice chat, ad choc game invites/joining, guides... I probably forgot like 100 features.

Meanwhile Epic Games Store, which launched 8 years ago still does not support a fucking cart, so you can check out more than one product at a time. Navigating the store, checking out various DLCs for one game is so fucking annoying that I remember getting a free game on Epic, playing it and liking enough that I considered to buy a DLC... but it was so ass to use, I just went to Steam and purchase it again just to get the DLC there, it had a discount too.

The level of detachment from reality it's just pissing me off. Like, Pepsi can poke fun at Coke, they're basically the same thing, despite Coke being the "bigger brand". If Pepsi was selling fucking dirty pot hole water in a can an trying to compare themselves to Coke, that's kind of how EGS taking shots at Steam sounds like.

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u/QuadVox 12h ago

EGS has a cart. I know the bar is low but it does.

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u/AquaBits 12h ago

These people dont care if it does or doesnt have a cart. They'll hate the other game launcher for whatever reason they can remember, facts or logical reasoning be damned.

Nintendo also hasnt had a cart for the switch 1 or 2, and that shit is never brought up for obvious reasons.

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u/Environmental-Try736 11h ago

The obvious reason being that there's no alternative to Nintendo's store on the switch?

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u/AquaBits 11h ago

But isnt it still shitty that a billion dollar company doesnt have a shopping cart? Or does it not really matter in the grand scheme of things?

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u/zzazzzz 11h ago

ofc its shitty, but nintendo being a shitty company who is utterly incompetent at anything to do with online features is just what ppl expect and many simply never bought into a modern nintendo console so wouldnt even know.

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u/AquaBits 10h ago

So... the shopping cart isnt an issue because the purchasers dont care?

Now, can you extrapolate that information to apply to say, other storefronts?

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u/Environmental-Try736 10h ago

I was responding to your post saying it's never brought up for obvious reasons.

People shit on epic by comparison to other stores. On Nintendo you don't have the choice to use their shitty shop so why would you bring it up or compare it to other shops? You just use the shitty Nintendo shop and go on with your day.

Epic gets shat on because it tries to sell itself while much better alternatives exist.

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u/AquaBits 10h ago

Its not brought up because its a console lol

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u/Environmental-Try736 10h ago

Yeah, and it being a console, you don't get a choice which store to use

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u/AquaBits 10h ago

So... its ok to not have a shopping cart if you are the only store in town (or have exclusive items to your store)

See, facts and logical reasoning be damned!

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u/Environmental-Try736 10h ago

Look man, I am trying here. You don't get my point.

I never said it was OK, I even said their store is shit. I said it was never BROUGHT UP, because Nintendo, unlike epic, isn't trying to sell an online shop in a space where there are other, better, alternatives.

I don't know how I can make my point clearer. I think Nintendo, and consoles in general, are shit. Does that help?

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u/AquaBits 10h ago

facts or logical reasoning be damned

Yes you made my point! Thank you for the example!

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u/Probablyamimic 7h ago

You really don't have any reading comprehension, do you?

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u/StinkyMinky22 5h ago

Hey Tim if you made a better product people wouldnt hate it as much.

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u/AquaBits 4h ago

Hey gabe, start finishing Vypers model before you start arguing with people on reddit.