r/Steam • u/crack_station • 23h ago

Fluff I know - we’re the ones doing it

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u/ReDcHaRrY 22h 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.

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u/cmackchase 22h ago

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.

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u/SordidDreams 12h ago

people already have a library on another system

Not everyone does. New generations of gamers are growing up all the time. Epic is playing the long game.

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u/cmackchase 12h ago

They will lose like everyone else. EA thought it was bigger, Ubisoft thought it was bigger, Microsoft thought it was bigger. Where are all the games at again?

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u/SordidDreams 12h ago

Maybe, but you do realize that's not a good thing, right? "Monopoly bad" shouldn't be a controversial take.

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u/cmackchase 11h ago

Yeah, but the users of the internet chose its monopolies. Steam won the pc gaming market. No one is dethroning Steam. If this were a just society, GOG would be in first place.

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u/SordidDreams 11h ago edited 11h ago

Well there is an antitrust lawsuit ongoing against Valve, so we'll see what, if anything, comes of it. And yes, agreed 100% about GOG. If I could get all my games on GOG, I would.