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'I Don't See How They Can Recover': Analyst Says Epic Games Store Can't Stop Steam's Dominance (respawnfirst.com)
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[–] 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Firing Sweeny would be a start.

Mostly, I think it has a PR and direction problem. It works alright, its not crap software, the more money to devs angle is fantastic, but no ones going to use it when its figurehead reminds everyone he's a big jerk via Tweet every week, or sends its development in precisely the wrong direction.

If I was in charge of EGS, I'd buy GoG, merge under the GoG brand, merge the storefronts, keep the GoG UI for branding but port EGS features over to the buggy Galaxy client.

Keep the GoG DRM free installer option. Keep the reasonable store fee. Dump the toxic EGS brand.

THAT would be a competitor to Steam, and theyd actually have the ethical high ground.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    They would never ever drop DRM.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    And make an effort towards l8nux compatibility. Steams market dominance is strengthened via its proton layer and OS agnostic launcher. GoG Galaxy is windows only, and even titles with a linux build can't be run unless you use a windows compatibility layer for Galaxy.

    Yes, I know it's possible, but that requires more hacking than what the average person is willing to go through when they can just install steam instead.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    the more money to devs angle is fantastic

    Unpopular opinion but as a consumer I only care about what I pay. Company takes a 30% or 5% cut... but I still pay 70 new either way. If Epic wanted to really compete with Steam they'd have feature parity and be cheaper, and while they're closing in on the former, they'll never be able to do the latter.

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