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Azzanation on 27 May 2023
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Pemalite said:

The thing you don't seem to comprehend is that...

Additional competition to Steam does -not- mean that Steam -must- get better. - That isn't how competition always works.

There are many instances in history where companies were complacent and didn't innovate, but their competitors did... And then stole marketshare because they offered a better alternative.

Case in point: Intel failed to compete and innovate, they controlled the market, they were a monopoly. - AMD came along with Zen and completely undermined Intel in every sector it plays in... Consumers got better CPU's out of it, even if it's from a completely different company.

And that is the key here.

Epic Store -is- providing Steam with competition and if Steam doesn't react, Epic will continue to steal users and we get to enjoy our -free- games.

We consumers benefit from the competition. - Competition is NOT always bi-directional like you seem to think it is.

So yes you lied.

Epic entering the market has brought forth competition.

We got free games out of it.

You are only basing this on an assumption of -IF- Steam decides to screw up. The issue that you are not seeing is that EGS has brought nothing but bad competition to the PC space. They entered the market with an inferior service, stole games directly off Steam, making users use an unfinished storefront and dividing the PC libraries and audiences. Some friends now play on EGS some don't, this affects MP and more pressure on Devs to implement Cross Play between the two services. I owned all Borderlands on Steam than when BL3 launched it was timed... meaning I had to wait a year to buy it on Steam. No thanks.

Also PC has always had competition, but we don't need any more competition. Did you not see what happened when majority of publishers went on to create their own PC Store fronts? Companies like Bethesda and Rockstar trying to force you to buy their games off their store front instead of using the reliant, safe and community filled Steam network. No thanks.

Another example was look what happened to Streaming, At first Nvidia was doing great with their Nvidia Now service, only to see majority of publishers like EA boycott the service to create their own service which affected Nvidia Now, a superior Streaming Service. No thanks.

This is what we call too much competition mixed with bad competition. If you think this is great, then you are probably loving the TV Streaming Services. When it use to be just Netflix, to now 10+ other Streaming networks you now have to pay separately for each one, just to follow your favorite TV shows. No thanks.