r/Steam • u/Haunter777x • 16h ago

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

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u/AbyssWankerArtorias 15h ago

And let's be honest, if they didn't have fortnite, epic wouldn't have its own store, unlike steam who even if you don't include counter strike, there's a boat load of reasons to use steam

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u/Puzzled_Connection 15h ago

I mean in all fairness, Steam started as basically nuisance ware that only exists because it was tied to Half Life 2, it’s just they now have a multi decade head start on building out their platform and developing network effects

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u/Kougeru-Sama 14h ago

have a multi decade head start on building out their platform and developing network effects

No. They had one decade. Steam launched in 2003. Epic's store launched in 2018. That's only 15 years, not 20.

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u/Putrid-Resolution502 14h ago

1.5 Do be more than 1 though

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u/Then_Musician_8673 9h ago

I'm not sure about you, but I wouldn't call someone that had 1.5 million dollars a multimillionaire.

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u/Putrid-Resolution502 9h ago

I would indeed