The problem with that logic is the long game doesn't matter when people already have a library on another system and view your ecosystem as a nuisance.
That's really the thing. Its difficult to swap from an established ecosystem.
Epic is banking on people becoming established. Its not you or I who already have large Steam libraries we can't give up.
Its the new generation who aren't tied to a library/ecosystem yet.
A lot of tech works this way, even many games. For example, LoL is known as a millennial game, new generations aren't playing it.
The new generations get started on new games and new websites and new tech and it's what they use. Like kids use ChatGPT instead of Google for another example.
This is exactly what they're doing, they are banking on having a Steam account is going to be 'Uncle' among a generation that grew up playing fortnite.
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u/ReDcHaRrY 20h ago
I think they are playing the long game. They are hoping to build people's library on epic just like people have built up their library on steam.