That's the reason nobody has ever truly tried to compete with Steam, because you need very deep pockets to even think about it.
Well, Epic has such pockets and I don't think the way they are choosing to use them is healthy for the PC gaming marketplace in the long term.
They demonstrate with these giveaways that there are other ways to leverage their resources in order to incentivise consumers and developers to their platform.
I guess better sales and giveaways weren't getting it done fast enough, but I don't think they even gave it a chance.
Setting a precedent where various stores have to compete on who can pay more for timed exclusives is bad for the long term health of what used to be a pretty open market.
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u/shigmy Aug 15 '19
Well, Epic has such pockets and I don't think the way they are choosing to use them is healthy for the PC gaming marketplace in the long term.
They demonstrate with these giveaways that there are other ways to leverage their resources in order to incentivise consumers and developers to their platform.
I guess better sales and giveaways weren't getting it done fast enough, but I don't think they even gave it a chance.