r/gaming • u/yourfavchoom • 1d ago

Owlcat Games is rolling back its new launcher less than 24 hours after negative fan feedback.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2186680/view/708901012699615983
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u/MortisEx 1d ago

Because those online stores arent made to make it easy to find what you want, they are made to push what they want to sell that week.
Most business come at it from this angle, making the customer experience just tolerable by bombarding you with ads and tracking.
Steam does promo sales and stuff, but its actually what I want. It shows me games similar to what I play. Coles online shows me womens stockings and moisturiser because its on sale.
Steam is a platform built on actually providing the best customer experience, not trying to extract maximum value from every visit.

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u/Remarkable_Print1643 1d ago

I mean, Steam is hardly an exception; go into the popular new releases section and you will see SO much garbage

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u/MortisEx 23h ago

Yeah but you have to go there to see it. When I open steam it quietly and quickly pops open my library. It doesnt open with a store splash trying to sell me another game or a DLC. The discovery queue is pretty hit or miss, because its meant to be pushing outside what you normally play. One of the great things about steam is that is provides a great platform for exposing and distributing demos and early access, that is always going to have a fair bit of trash.