Epic Games announces Epic Games Store

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Chazore said:

Darwinianevolution said:
All of this makes me wonder: if PC gaming becomes overly fragmented between digital distibution platforms, would we see someone rekindling physical releases on PC? No DRM, no download times, just buy the DVD and install it. Maybe it's too late for even that, but hey, one can hope.

Also, another thing. People seem to forget that Tencent own a lot of Epic's shares, and so far Tencent do not have a client storefront in the West, so by default, Epic's new client could become Tencent's proxy in the West. I know how Tencent see Steam ads their enemy, and will do anything to Steal Steam's thunder (for their own gain, not the consumer's) 

Dammit, that's true. Compared to Tencent, Steam is an innocent lamb, so I really dread the idea of Epic turning into Tencent's key to the western PC market.

If Tencent's going all in for this, though, they could put bot League of Legends and Fortnite in their service. That's huge, bigger than anything Steam has by far.