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/Arterra 14h ago

Yea. Nobody wanted steam as a mandatory platform. So valve made it better and people grew to accept it. Somehow, epic is blind to that lesson.

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u/b0w3n 12h ago

I remember hating that gunmetal green color on launch too.

I just wanted my CS 1.5 back.

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u/Trump_Russia 11h ago

I got banned from the steam forums for complaining and trying to start a revolt to get the old launcher back.. lol

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u/Fizzwidgy 6h ago

first time I ever saw that pea soup colored launcher I thought it would give me a virus lmao, I wish they would do an official retro themed launcher to match the vibe, there was a community made one but the maker has stopped upkeeping it