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.
I do not like they attitude, but what I dislike the most about them is that instead of trying to support Linux, they make efforts to obstruct Linux gaming. I'll stick to Steam and others such as GoG and the Humble Store until this changes.
On the one hand, Steam needs competitors to keep it in line. No "customer first" policy survives the process of becoming a monopoly.
On the other hand, Epic kind of sucks. So I am happy that Epic spent a fortune to help keep Steam in line, but I am not going to support them buy buying from their store because so far, Steam is still the better option (especially since I play my games on a Linux machine).
As an aside, I have read many posts on Steam forums from Windows gamers hating on Linux gamers. Their reasoning seemed to be that every time a developer chose to invest development effort into supporting Linux, they could have instead spent that effort adding more features to the game for Windows, so the Linux community just cheated them out of features.
I find that attitude to be a bit entitled, though they would counter that expecting games to run on Linux is entitled as well. In my case, I don't run Linux FOR gaming, I run Linux for Linux, and then would also like games on it if they are available. Which they are. Thanks to Steam. And no thanks to Epic.
On the one hand, Steam needs competitors to keep it in line. No "customer first" policy survives the process of becoming a monopoly.
Steam has competitors. You like many people believe that Epic, a store with a tiny fraction of the games of Steam's other competition such as Gog is somehow being a serious competitor while at the same time only gaining its position by literally forcing a more horrible product down the throats of a consumer.
Steam has zero 3rd party exclusivity contracts. Several other stores exist. Some publishers (e.g. Ubisoft) even run their own stores in parallel. Other stores (e.g. Gog) offer games at discount independe
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A Good platform (Score:4, Insightful)
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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.
Re: A Good platform (Score:5, Insightful)
I do not like they attitude, but what I dislike the most about them is that instead of trying to support Linux, they make efforts to obstruct Linux gaming. I'll stick to Steam and others such as GoG and the Humble Store until this changes.
Re: A Good platform (Score:5, Insightful)
On the one hand, Steam needs competitors to keep it in line. No "customer first" policy survives the process of becoming a monopoly.
On the other hand, Epic kind of sucks. So I am happy that Epic spent a fortune to help keep Steam in line, but I am not going to support them buy buying from their store because so far, Steam is still the better option (especially since I play my games on a Linux machine).
As an aside, I have read many posts on Steam forums from Windows gamers hating on Linux gamers. Their reasoning seemed to be that every time a developer chose to invest development effort into supporting Linux, they could have instead spent that effort adding more features to the game for Windows, so the Linux community just cheated them out of features.
I find that attitude to be a bit entitled, though they would counter that expecting games to run on Linux is entitled as well. In my case, I don't run Linux FOR gaming, I run Linux for Linux, and then would also like games on it if they are available. Which they are. Thanks to Steam. And no thanks to Epic.
So Steam still wins. For now.
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On the one hand, Steam needs competitors to keep it in line. No "customer first" policy survives the process of becoming a monopoly.
Steam has competitors. You like many people believe that Epic, a store with a tiny fraction of the games of Steam's other competition such as Gog is somehow being a serious competitor while at the same time only gaining its position by literally forcing a more horrible product down the throats of a consumer.
Steam has zero 3rd party exclusivity contracts. Several other stores exist. Some publishers (e.g. Ubisoft) even run their own stores in parallel. Other stores (e.g. Gog) offer games at discount independe