@ll_exile_ll: Not saying Valve would do that now with Steam, but they'll end up having to do it if more stores keep popping up. They should get ahead of it and do it now of course, but they won't. Then again, I can't imagine Epic's store surviving any more than Origin or Uplay, yea they exist but.. no one is using them if they don't have to. This is another reason I've enjoyed playing most of my games on PS4.
The bubble has to burst for all these digital services at some point. They've talked about this multiple times on Tested's podcast, the "What is your #? How many services is too many for you to be subscribed?" discussion and they've pretty much already hit saturation. I have Prime and don't even watch anything on it. I don't understand who are the people out there who are subscribed to five different show services. Petrolicious (a Youtube channel) just started up some premium member service that's $60 a year I think. The shows they are offering with it look awesome.. And I still said hell no. Just on principle.
I participated in the closed alpha testing for that Satisfactory game a couple months ago and just heard it's only coming to Epic's store? No thanks. I want the game but I'm not building a whole other library on a entirely different service when Steam works PERFECTLY for me after using it for 15+ years. I have no issues with the store front or finding stuff I want to play. No billing issues and I've "returned/refunded" games with no hassle. Am I in love with Steam? No, but it already exists, I already have a hundred games there, it's stable and reliable, and there is no reason for me to move to another digital platform.
Honestly, the sad answer is that I am far more likely to pirate a game if it's something I want to play and I can't get it on the biggest game sales platform in existence. Dumb move on the devs part IMO. Others will disagree. They could sell it off their site and I'll PayPal them the money. Valve should adjust their fees to avoid these frail competitors cropping up. They'll still make money hand over fist anyway.
Way off topic but also it's a dead thread anyway.
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