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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee" (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Out of all the services that Valve offers, you decided to compare their checkout page?

  • Valve offers to devs, completely free of charge, full access to their matchmaking network, across any platform
  • Valve has vastly improved Windows games compatibility on Linux, by developing Proton. Epic locks users to Windows, because of their anti-cheat.
  • Valve revolutionized handheld gaming, by bringing desktop games to portable devices
  • Valve requires devs to show in the games' store page whether it contains AI slop. Epic is a supporter of AI slop
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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    Yes, because the checkout page gets revenue ⇒ the bottom line.

    The points you say are the things Valve is doing extra to provide value to the customer.
    The point I am saying, is the first thing that anyone working for money needs to care about.

    steampowered checkout page:

    • loads in a reasonable time
    • has the same colour theme as the rest of the website

    Epic checkout page:

    • even the in-app checkout page is slower than the Steam web checkout page
      • is slow not only before loading but also after clicking the 'place order' button
    • White colour on dark theme website/app
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