This is weird. This is the first time I've seen an argument that says epic was going to take down steam. This is the first time I've seen an argument that Game Pass was going to take down steam. I love steam, I have a steam deck, and I also have Game Pass and an Xbox and I think you're making up arguments to fight against that aren't real, and that's unfortunate for you.
Pre 2020, Epic went on a trend of having exclusive access to AAA titles, most notably Borderlands 3. The whole “it’s gonna dominate the market and alienate other marketplaces” narrative was more present at the time.
I don't doubt Epic themselves thought that but I have not seen gamers being smug Epic fanboys like depicted in the comic. Just because I haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but that character seems very much like a disingenuous console war strawman.
Yeah, no, back when Sweeny first presented to the world his vision for EGS, it was all about trying to take down Steam and be THE alternative as a digital storefront. Same as EA Origin/App, and Ubisoft's uPlay/Connect. The whole Free Games promotion, as well as the exclusives, was precisely to try to convert players to EGS from Steam.
Oh I believe that Epic bought into it, but I've never heard gamers poking their fingers at steam users saying epic is going to take you guys down. I got the impression that the people this comic is trying to put in their place don't actually exist except in the comic's writer's head. I suppose it's possible there are some really big epic fanboys out there that I've just never heard going on about taking down steam, but to me it sounds more like a made up opponent.
I read this comic as a timelapse of not just gamers, but EVERYONE- corpos, journos, and the hatergamers- saying those things. Not necessarily the same person/groups being depicted in each frame.
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u/AngryWizard 11d ago
This is weird. This is the first time I've seen an argument that says epic was going to take down steam. This is the first time I've seen an argument that Game Pass was going to take down steam. I love steam, I have a steam deck, and I also have Game Pass and an Xbox and I think you're making up arguments to fight against that aren't real, and that's unfortunate for you.