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    4 months ago

    I mean, to be clear, they don’t do this out of the kindness of their hearts. They used to have exclusives before they dominated the vast majority of the market. It just wouldn’t make sense for them to do now.

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      4 months ago

      Well, here’s the thing: If they provide a good service, good prices, and they treat their customers well, I am totally OK with them making money.

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        4 months ago

        Yes but also you have to understand Epic is not in the same situation as Valve.

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              4 months ago

              That’s a ridiculous take: Steam is good because they made it good. Epic is shit because they made it shit.

              It’s not a luxury, it’s a choice.

              Epic could have chosen to be more like Steam or even GOG, but instead they chose to be Epic.

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                4 months ago

                That’s a ridiculous take. Steam doesn’t have to do the dumb shit Epic does to be competitive because they already dominate the industry.

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                  Steam is doing well because they made a good platform, not the other way around. Gabe Newell even came out and said that piracy is not a pricing issue, it’s a service issue, which reflects Steam’s approach. They were not even close to being the first online game store.

                  GOG came well after steam had established itself and, unlike Epic, they are not shitty (they don’t even have DRM at all!) so your argument just doesn’t hold up. Their launcher isn’t as good as Steam but it’s still better than Epic and you don’t even need to use it because, again, no DRM!

                  Also, let’s not pretend like Epic, a 32 BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY, is some tiny fledgling group: They have, and have always had, more than enough money to make a great launcher but instead they spend their budget on bribing studios with exclusivity deals, trying to bribe potential customers with free games, and of course marketing.

                  Meanwhile, in addition to making a good, affordable handheld gaming PC, Valve has made massive contributions to Linux gaming, virtual reality, and gaming at large.

                  In short: Fuck Epic lmao, the entity who is responsible for Epic being shitty is Epic itself.

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                    Steam is doing well because they made a good platform, not the other way around.

                    Wrong. Steam is doing well because they invented a marketplace where other developers could sell their games with DRM and buyers could download them immediately from the comfort of their homes 20 years ago. They don’t need exclusive titles because they never had any competition.

                    Certainly having a good platform doesn’t hurt.

                    Gabe Newell even came out and said that piracy is not a pricing issue, it’s a service issue, which reflects Steam’s approach.

                    I don’t understand what that has to do with anything?

                    GOG came well after steam had established itself and, unlike Epic, they are not shitty

                    GoG is a side project of CDPR (much like EA or Ubisoft launcher) and I’m certain they don’t make much money, because very few developers want to sell their games DRM-free.