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Larian Studios defends Valve: Steam's success is deserved (www.gamereactor.eu)
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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Epic can't break into the market because of their own shitty launcher, not because of anything Steam has done to lock down the competition.

Now imagine how hard it'd be for a smaller player.

Not very hard, if they were willing to create a decent launcher and engage in sustainable business practices (and regional pricing).

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I sincerely doubt that even if another launcher did everything Steam does, it would rival it without huge amounts of money being thrown around. People already use Steam.

And that's assuming they get to this point, ignoring that Steam had decades to get there. It used to be ass.

[–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Not every company can pull it off, but I'm certain if Epic had invested in their launchers it could have worked.
A few years in and their launcher has stagnated completely

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

I sincerely doubt that even if another launcher did everything Steam does, it would rival it. People already use Steam.

At that point, you can start grabbing business from steam via promotions and such. You don't need to rival or outgrow Steam to break into the market, you just need a bit of the market.

And that's assuming they get to this point, ignoring that Steam had decades to get there. It used to be ass.

It's not even that other launchers have less features than Steam. It's just that other than GoG, which has a very limited catalog and no regional pricing, there is not a single store that is not actively anti-consumer to a hilarious extent.