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/gigatension 15h ago

I don’t think they’re actually trying to get people away from Steam I think they’re trying to get people who have never been on Steam to think that epic is better. There’s no way they think they can actually get customers to switch with their garbage platform.

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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/superxpro12 13h ago

exists

they're also privately owned and not public.

Can you IMAGINE the shit that would be going down if they sold to a vulture private equity firm?

Epic very clearly has the pieces in place to monopolize gaming, they have a launcher, and they have a game engine. They made a play to try to capture market share so they can then monopolize the whole ecosystem...

Steam has all of the above as well, but they choose not to... GabeN is about as benevolent as a benevolent dictator can get in this realm.

You want to make a game? well you ahve to use our unreal engine, which oh btw has a fee. and you also have to publish on epic games launcher, which btw has another fee.