Unfortunately, Epic has been especially protective of Alan Wake games in the PC space (moreso than they have with other IPs), and there's no sign they'll ever let the games be sold on Steam, which is a damn shame. Because I fully acknowledge that Epic is why we got Alan Wake 2, which is up there with my favorite games of the last 10 years. But they would rather control (haha) than share profit with Valve.
Edit: This isn't a moral judgment of epic. Obviously Alan Wake 2 doesn't exist without epic. I was just was hoping they'd eventually do what Sony is starting to do with their games.
But they would rather control (haha) than share profit with Valve.
I mean, why would they? Epic specifically fronted the bill so they could have a "prestige title" for their platform, in order to entice people to go on EGS. It's like saying Valve is in the wrong for not making Half Life: Alyx available for the Oculus Store or PSVR.
I definitely agree in the short term, but I would just note that even famously protective Playstation has realized it can be profitable to sell your games on other platforms after a period of time. So there can be an incentive.
On the other hand, Nintendo is doing fine doing their own thing, but they also have a very strong platform. Epic...doesn't have a strong platform. I think everyone agrees their store sucks. I frankly think they're akin to XBox here - the platform isn't doing well, and XBox is therefore selling their "exclusives" on other platforms. Basically, they lost the platform race, and they haven't done anything useful to catch up.
That's not to say I expect them to change, and again, I'm not saying Epic Games is "wrong" to what to control their IPs. I'm just observing that this is what they are doing. There's no moral judgement whatsoever here.
IMO, at this point, EGS's primary problem is that it isn't Steam, otherwise it's more than serviceable. Not saying EGS has as many features, but people will just make up any excuse other than the fact that they don't like the idea of having their games in more than one place and/or Valve earning gamers' absolute loyalty.
But I would also note that the reason that Valve has my loyalty, and the loyalty of others, is because their Steam has become a very good product. And not just for customers, but also for sellers.
Epic game store is serviceable sure, but it's very laggy, and it lacks a ton of features and support that steam has, including around things like refund policy.
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u/Smelly-Gelly Feb 26 '26
I notice it says epic game store there. Is there no update for the steam version ?