Is itch.io not a thing in the UK? Is GoG? No Micrsoft? No Robl-ox?
I have many purchases on all of those platforms (except robl-ox), but Steam just continues to deliver the best experience and quality. Steam empowers me as a gamer and a customer.
Plus! Valve, not only includes Linux as an option, but actively develops for Linux and other Open Source technologies such as Proton and FEX, contributing back to the community; which arguably drives down the cost of gaming for everyone in the Sol system.
The meme about Valve/Steam “does nothing, keeps winning” is mostly true (I don’t think the average gamer knows about Valve’s contributions to FOSS).
Because of Fortnite EGS has a very big installed base. People added their friends on Epic because of Fortnite. And yet gamers buy other games on Steam instead. That may have something to do with the fact that the main page of EGS mainly promotes Epic’s own games, whereas Steam promotes third party games first.
$903,000,000? This is just so greedy and dumb.
Is itch.io not a thing in the UK? Is GoG? No Micrsoft? No Robl-ox? I have many purchases on all of those platforms (except robl-ox), but Steam just continues to deliver the best experience and quality. Steam empowers me as a gamer and a customer.
Plus! Valve, not only includes Linux as an option, but actively develops for Linux and other Open Source technologies such as Proton and FEX, contributing back to the community; which arguably drives down the cost of gaming for everyone in the Sol system.
A game on Steam essentially sells itself.
The meme about Valve/Steam “does nothing, keeps winning” is mostly true (I don’t think the average gamer knows about Valve’s contributions to FOSS).
Because of Fortnite EGS has a very big installed base. People added their friends on Epic because of Fortnite. And yet gamers buy other games on Steam instead. That may have something to do with the fact that the main page of EGS mainly promotes Epic’s own games, whereas Steam promotes third party games first.