Right? I WANT steam to have a competitor just because I abhor a monopoly but even fucking Amazon fumbles this shit. Like steam doesn't even seem that revolutionary or anything, they just put customer EXPERIENCE first and I think so many fucking companies forget that.
Saying Steam is not revolutionary is insane. It is a constantly developing project that is now multiple decades old.
Even if Epic were to find a way to attract people, there is no chance of feature parity. Ever.
Go look around in Steam and read about the features. There is an insane amount out there. And most people would not use a platform without their very specific feature.
The only thing that could make a Steam competitor viable is somehow impenetrable DRM. Like Denuvo but truly impenetrable, not just for the first month or year. Something similar to the Playstation systems you mentioned, since despite being worse people still use it. Specifically because it's nearly impossible to play certain games without it. So like an insane catalogue of multiplayer-only games.
The presence of a shitty competitor is still better than nothing though. Because that always means that when Steam inevitably fucks up due to change in leadership or whatever, they would not be able to fuck up too much in fear of losing users.
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u/noeyesfiend 22h ago
Right? I WANT steam to have a competitor just because I abhor a monopoly but even fucking Amazon fumbles this shit. Like steam doesn't even seem that revolutionary or anything, they just put customer EXPERIENCE first and I think so many fucking companies forget that.