Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy… and then it’s only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can’t it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It’s so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic… which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.
The level of quasi-religious fervor is… kind of scary. Especially given that it’s over this one billionare techbro. I mean, good for them, they have a great product and a better understanding of how to make money with only light enshittification, but still…
Well, they refused to offer refunds for a long time after people like EA and GOG had already implemented it, and only relented when forced by regulators. And they screwed up their Green Light process for a long time despite every developer telling them it sucked. There’s the ongoing use of loot boxes and monetized UGC, of course. Your tolerance for that one may vary.
I think Valve makes very good software and good hardware, and they have a way better handle on where they can squeeze users versus side with them than pretty much anybody else in the industry.
But, you know, they’re a corpo ran by a reclusive techbro, they’re still frequently sketchy.
Which is also very much true of GOG and CD Projekt, for the record.
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No, you see it’s different because Steam is love and Gabe is perfection, you know?
The level of quasi-religious fervor is… kind of scary. Especially given that it’s over this one billionare techbro. I mean, good for them, they have a great product and a better understanding of how to make money with only light enshittification, but still…
If and when they do something shitty, I’ll be right there with you calling them out for it, but I don’t see anything here that fits that description
Well, they refused to offer refunds for a long time after people like EA and GOG had already implemented it, and only relented when forced by regulators. And they screwed up their Green Light process for a long time despite every developer telling them it sucked. There’s the ongoing use of loot boxes and monetized UGC, of course. Your tolerance for that one may vary.
I think Valve makes very good software and good hardware, and they have a way better handle on where they can squeeze users versus side with them than pretty much anybody else in the industry.
But, you know, they’re a corpo ran by a reclusive techbro, they’re still frequently sketchy.
Which is also very much true of GOG and CD Projekt, for the record.