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.
Agree, Epic have stated they have no intention to support Linux.I'm not a fan of Valve but at least they try to support Linux and new tech like VR.
Also Tencent own a large chunk of Epic now. I don't want to support any Chinese companies whilst China continue to torture, disappear, sterilise and intern Uyghers.
If that were then end of it that would be fine. But Epic has also bought popular game franchises and developers to force them towards their own store (literally buying customers). If you start Rocket League on Steam now you need to run the Epic launcher. Rocket League worked perfectly on Linux before Epic came along. Worked. Past Tense.
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)
Agree, Epic have stated they have no intention to support Linux.I'm not a fan of Valve but at least they try to support Linux and new tech like VR.
Also Tencent own a large chunk of Epic now. I don't want to support any Chinese companies whilst China continue to torture, disappear, sterilise and intern Uyghers.
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If that were then end of it that would be fine. But Epic has also bought popular game franchises and developers to force them towards their own store (literally buying customers). If you start Rocket League on Steam now you need to run the Epic launcher. Rocket League worked perfectly on Linux before Epic came along. Worked. Past Tense.
Re: A Good platform (Score:2)
Valve really only supports a single 3-year-old version of one distro of Linux. Anything besides Ubuntu 18.04 is pretty much on your own.
Add in all the half-finished crap and Steam hae become a cesspool for Linux users.