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| CGI-Quality said: 'Losing games' is what happens when money exchanges hands. That is not a fault of Valve. Besides, I'm glad they have not engaged in that kind of thing (at least, not yet). Ultimately, there's not much else they can do that won't turn this into something you mainly see with console manufacturers. Plus, it has yet to be a proven benefit to the consumer. That you are somehow hurting due to Valve's complacency, in the wake of an attack from Fortnite money, is very much a personal problem. That '12% cut' is pretty moot anyway, because once Epic covers what ever potential loss the developer may incur from skipping Steam, that issue is largely removed. Why do you think they're all happily taking the bread? It's the money doing the talking.............. the money coming straight from Epic's Fortnite clad hands, not a smaller cut than what Steam takes. Consumer outrage is particularly measly in a case like this. So, consider this, if you are truly hurting from Valve not doing what the other guy is doing, that is because you'd rather be using Steam, negating much of your sentiments surrounding a defense of Epic. |
My issue is the principle of the matter. Valve are simply not trying. I can understand that Valve doesn't have control on what deals are made behind there back however they can simply reduce the temptations by matching the same cut that Epic has as a small example. By doing that will make devs think twice about accepting a deal or not. Games aren't just arriving on EGS for nothing, they are arriving on EGS because its simply a better deal. If Steam matches the 12% cut, than devs will discuss weather or not its worth accepting a 6month deal with no extra profits and on a much smaller user base. Why hasn't Steam considered this? Because they simply don't care because of greed. They are living by the logic of "They will be back" and that does not benefit there current consumers. Valve have money, they just don't want to spend whereas there competition is.
Epic also has Tencent behind them so lets not just think Fortnite is the only real budget maker they have. If Tencent start seeing the growth in the digital market than don't be surprise if they start investing big into it.
I like to see hungry competition, its one thing I admire MS for this gen, and that's there resilience. They are simply not laying down allowing there competition to take control, they are investing which we have seen with there studio buy outs etc. Valve doesn't have to buy studios, however there are other ways to compete. For now Steam has the community and the EGS is in its infancy, however give it some years and watch it grow and become bigger and better.
My analogy is this, don't just let your competition walk through the gate, make them climb the fence. Steam has definitely left the gate open and its starting to hurt those who want to play some games that they now have to wait 6 to 12months for.
I do agree with the video in that its a petty thing to care about since launchers on PC are free, its why I question those who never wanted to use the Win10 store since its free with every modern PC that's not Apple. But the thing is, if MS decide in a few years to only release there games on there XB2 and Win10 store, watch the uproar of upset PC elitists, only difference here is MS make and own there IPS which they are entitled to where as Epic just steal from Steam. Big difference between Epic and Steam is that Steam already has the customers so buying rights to a game isn't going to hurt anyone however Epic being the new kid on the block is forcing change and that plays an affect on those who are settled on a eco-system.
