I don't know about this specific scenario, but in any scenario where you have an incumbent player that is as deeply entrenched as Steam is, momentum enough is a huge hurdle that may keep an unambiguously 'better' platform in the rear view mirror.
The fact that Epic is spending more than $700M in the last 2 years to improve their store just to compete with Steam undermines their argument that Steam charged too much. To me Epic is that customer that complains that they are being charged too much, and they can do it cheaper. In the end, they spent more than the quoted price.
The $700m is what gamers spent on Epic. Much of that is Fortnite related spending.
The amount Epic spent on their store is substantially less than that. Even the $444m they've spent promoting it has had to pay for a lot of exclusive games and a lot of 'free' games to try and attract customers. That's not investment in the store, it's investment in the store's customer base.
I decided not to get bought, and have been enjoying new releases on Steam and via other stores without even realising they were out a yea
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I don't know about this specific scenario, but in any scenario where you have an incumbent player that is as deeply entrenched as Steam is, momentum enough is a huge hurdle that may keep an unambiguously 'better' platform in the rear view mirror.
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The $700m is what gamers spent on Epic. Much of that is Fortnite related spending.
The amount Epic spent on their store is substantially less than that. Even the $444m they've spent promoting it has had to pay for a lot of exclusive games and a lot of 'free' games to try and attract customers. That's not investment in the store, it's investment in the store's customer base.
I decided not to get bought, and have been enjoying new releases on Steam and via other stores without even realising they were out a yea