Yeah all that open source and open hardware options I have are really holding things back.

Fuck off you tool.

The only thing, between the two (Valve and Epic), that has held gaming back, were those stupid Epic exclusives. Fuck them.

I'd rather never play a game again than use the Epic client even once, so I'm not sure you are correct there, Timmy.

Valve created a great online store front, they have also made sure other storefronts can't rise through monopolistic practices.

Tim is full of shit.

Projecting are we?

Ohh, so it's NOT all the paid exclusives that held gaming back? Fuck off Tim.

I claim Tim Sweeny is a little bitch. See how easy that is.

The client is basically irrelevant in this day and age. Anyone could build one better than Steam and it wouldn't even be hard.

Lol. So do it Timmy.

Well, Steam was the reason I had no qualms swapping Windows for Linux. After that I discovered Indie games in the Applications Manager and grew a renewed interest in finding little gems of games, new and old. I can even play games with friends who still use Windows without problems. So for me, Steam enriched gaming. Oh yeah, last week I deleted my Epic Games account with I don't know how many games I acquired for free over the years, because quality beats quantity. There may have been some good games in there, but I don't want to drag a scrapyard with me just because somewhere in there may be a nice snack. Also I would have to install an AI-slop app to start it. That's a nah for me. Goodbye Tim.

Sweeny is the Trump of gaming

With every passing day it looks more and more like he's just an undercover Valve agent doing absolutely everything in his power to push as many people as possible away from Steam's competitors...

Every accusation is a confession with guys like him.

Valve has a good reputation amongst gamers and Epic has a bad reputation amongst gamers. Why is that, Tim?

The client is basically irrelevant in this day and age. Anyone could build one better than Steam and it wouldn't even be hard. I only bring it up because it's what everyone talks about when defending Steam. Like it's still 2024 and these things are hard. Steam's only remaining value is its network.

No sir. Trust. Steam has earned trust from their customers. THAT is what the 30% cut pays for. Trust that we wont get scammed. Trust that it "just works". Trust that the service provider keeps our interests in mind when making decisions, not just the shareholders. Trust that Valve is in it for the long haul and our library purchases won't just poof on us. That doesn't mean there isn't risk, but there is trust. I can't say the same for Epic.

The funniest thing about the recent Epic nonsense is that Steam will most likely choose to not validate this by making any statements, and still gain from this without lifting a finger.

Sour grapes at the people rejecting the ai?

Stop giving this sad twat any attention.

Yeah, by not releasing HL3. Bastards!

This has been an absolutely wonderful crashout so far, and I can't wait to see where it goes from here.

Oh yes, let's all listen to the man that said if a game is to be successful it must launch on their competitors platform, Steam.

You know after PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds moved from being an Arma mod to a standalone game using the Unreal engine... Their developers at Unreal worked closely with PUBG to modify the engine during the Battle Royale craze a few years ago. Epic took those engine changes that PUBG was basically funding and this led to creating Fortnite. Now that Epic had a copycat battle royale game, they needed a game store, and created the Epic Games Store to compete with Steam. The goal was to have a distribution channel for other games built on the Unreal engine. The new Epic Games Store cut for developers was 12% instead of 30% from Steam. But there was a hidden cost in that the engine itself required a license fee, somewhere between 5 and 10% of the revenue. So really, he is just mad that after all these years, Steam is still in the lead and the Epic Games Store would charge close to 30% (if it could)...

Jesus, is Sweeney undergoing some form of AI psychosis? Or is he just generally unhinged?

I don't think so Tim.

You gotta raise the rents Tim. You gotta stop letting Valve live rent free in your head. At this point you're just giving them free press and good free press at that.

Also, Fuck you, Tim.

"Valve has held gaming back for years by locking developers' PC games into Steamworks' social walled garden where players can't talk to other players on iOS, Android, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, or even other PC stores."

my guy lemmy, matrix, reddit, discord, forums and even your local library game night exists. You simply cannot be such a simpleton.

lol

Don't Epic sell a walled garden in Unreal engine?

This guy is such a loser. I will never spend a dime in the epic store

Oh alright, I'll install steam again and buy a few games.

See what happens Weeney? That's what you get for being such a whiney little lying bitch.

It's true. They've held it back from the enshittification that Timmy so desperately wants.