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Epic fails to compete with Steam because “EGS is a shop, Steam is a community”, says Witchfire lead, as Epic has “nothing to do but to buy” (frvr.com)
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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 116 points 3 days ago

The meme of "Valve maintains dominance by doing nothing but waits for competition to trip over itself" is funny but they do put part of the billions they make towards beneficial products for their customers.

  • Remote Play (stream your own game from another PC)
  • Remote Play Together (can stream a game to friends without a copy of the game and play together)
  • Linux, Proton
  • Well designed hardware innovations

Not out of the goodness of their heart but to drive sales and foster a customer base willing to return.

GOG and itch do try in their own way so I have bought from them, IMO they are the only competitors making serious efforts to build a mutually benefical gaming ecosystem.

Epic, Microsoft, Ubisoft, EA and the rest are like a trapdoor with a wooden board over it. Tim Sweeney is standing there hoping you won't think he's trying to find the right time to swipe the board away and get you to fall in.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 days ago

Family sharing got a huge upgrade recently too where now only the game you're actually playing is locked instead of your whole library.

[-] LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe 9 points 3 days ago

It's a sidegrade. The ability to share with overseas family was nixed, which sucks for immigrants

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