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Epic Game Store’s free giveaways just cause a huge spike in Steam sales, reveals New Blood CEO
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Yeah it totally has nothing to do with proton, steam input, steamvr, mods, remote play / together, family library sharing, flexible refund policies, or the multitude of other things that other stores don't do.
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I epic hasn't done anything but the bare minimum plus trying to buy their way into the market. Additionally, I don't trust them a single bit. If they actually managed to get market share they should enshittify before you could blink. I have even less nice things to say about all the other publisher run marketplaces. GoG is cool because of their DRM policy and preservation. Steam provides labels for anticonsumer practices so consumers can be informed and does the cool stuff for Linux compatibility. What exactly are you wanting regulators to do that you think will make people want to use EGS?EGS is used as an example. They don’t charge devs until they earn $1M so you’d think games would release there at least but we now have many many Steam exclusives. It’s gotten to the point where indie games release demos on Itch.io but don’t release full games elsewhere because they need algorithmic momentum on Steam. Check out EU DMA and how it impacts gatekeepers like Valve (even if Valve somehow dived that label, probably because their finances are private).
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> Valve enforces same pricing on all stores a game is available on so EGS can’t compete on price Obvious falsehood. Did you just choose to omit relevant nuance? The post is literally about games which are free on EGS and non-free on Steam.
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About the linux support, not only its bad, they seem to actively hate it. Some games after getting bought by epic(like rocket league) lose their Linux support
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Steam is a self perpetuating monopoly because people love having all of their toys in a single place. Just one more confirmation that it’s pointless to try to compete until regulators take a look at this situation.Why do you think epic gives games away for free? They thought this was the main factor so they decided to build a library for you to not want to leave, but it turns out that it isn't the only reason people like steam. I have a huge library on epic now (99% free giveaways), but I still would prefer to buy a game on steam especially if they utilize the steam workshop.
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This post did not contain any content.This is just the PS3 vs Xbox 360 game wars but worse. Stop being loyal to corporations you imbeciles, of course a dev will say whatever makes him more money. Including appeasing the fellating steam fanboys. The game could have gone completely unnoticed if it wasn't on epic, barely any sales, and even a minor bump in visibility would have created more steam sales regardless if users knew if it was available on epic for free. Unless I see numbers I don't care what this dev says and you shouldn't either. But you're all rabid to hate on epic when both stores are just bum ass corporations and will circle jerk each other off on why your team is better.
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Steam is a self perpetuating monopoly because people love having all of their toys in a single place. Just one more confirmation that it’s pointless to try to compete until regulators take a look at this situation.
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Saw this today from the guy that did the WINE development to get the Adobe creative suite installers working https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1qidql1/it_appears_that_i_have_rage_baited_tim_with_my/
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There's also the question of what happens when Gabe dies or retires. Unless he's a secret communist and has plans in place to make it into an employee coop it'll be sold by his estate to private equity.He's definitely not a communist, but there are other ways to choose a successor for a company.
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They take 30% cut of nearly all PC game sales. Sony uses that kind of money to sell PS5 at half the cost, employing 3 Linux devs is the least Valve can do.They've been doing *way more* than employing 3 Linux devs.
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EGS is used as an example. They don’t charge devs until they earn $1M so you’d think games would release there at least but we now have many many Steam exclusives. It’s gotten to the point where indie games release demos on Itch.io but don’t release full games elsewhere because they need algorithmic momentum on Steam. Check out EU DMA and how it impacts gatekeepers like Valve (even if Valve somehow dived that label, probably because their finances are private).Would you buy a game on EGS instead of Steam? And why?
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EGS is used as an example. They don’t charge devs until they earn $1M so you’d think games would release there at least but we now have many many Steam exclusives. It’s gotten to the point where indie games release demos on Itch.io but don’t release full games elsewhere because they need algorithmic momentum on Steam. Check out EU DMA and how it impacts gatekeepers like Valve (even if Valve somehow dived that label, probably because their finances are private).
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It's true for me at least. If I like a freebie from Epic, I'm more likely to buy it on Steam also just so that I can use it easily with the Steam Deck without additional configuration.
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ahhh damn. It was a post from the person that submitted the wine merge request for Adobe installer support. In it was a screenshot of a steamdeckhq post about his WINE patch he did and Tim Sweeney having a mocking reply to the post about Linux and Adobe users. The dev was celebrating that Tim for whatever reason got a bit triggered about people celebrating his work to get the Adobe installer working in WINE
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Steam is a self perpetuating monopoly because people love having all of their toys in a single place. Just one more confirmation that it’s pointless to try to compete until regulators take a look at this situation.If epic put money into bringing linux gaming decades ahead of where it was instead of hating on it I would have jumped ship even if they didn't make linux supported hardware that lives on my recliner.
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I've installed games from both Epic and GOG on my steam deck via Lutris, and after it's installed, it just takes a few clicks to have it visible in non-desktop mode. A little tedious sure, but not terrible.
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Steam is a self perpetuating monopoly because people love having all of their toys in a single place. Just one more confirmation that it’s pointless to try to compete until regulators take a look at this situation.Pointless to try competing? I guess we'd know if there was ever a real competitor on the field.
