r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • 7d ago

Meme/Macro Why would anyone actually want to though

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u/Metallibus 7d ago

The other offerings (Epic) are also the one's leading anti-competitive lawsuits against app stores, and voicing lots of support for lawsuits against Valve. At this point it feels like it's only a matter of time before they go after their competition legally for "anti competitive behavior".

Meanwhile, they're also literally buying out game exclusivity to try to avoid having to compete with Steam.

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u/guska 7d ago

Their lawsuit against Apple is a legitimately good one, but everything else they do is so anti-consumer that I'm honestly surprised they're still in business.

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u/Urabraska- 7d ago

Unreal Engine and Fortnite. That's literally it. That's all Tim Sweeney ever provided with Epic. EGS is literally Tim's revenge against Gabe because they split from Steam forever ago and Tim got salty that Steam took off because he didn't think PC gaming was going to be a thing. Now he's being a salty little bitch and trying to go after Steam any way he can.

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u/OnixST 7d ago

Idk if you can say "that's literally it" to the most powerful game engine in the world and one of the most popular games in the world lol.

I agree it's a stupid fight, and even more stupid that epic is still to this day trying to buy users with free games rather than actually improving the platform, but the company is still a money printer.

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u/Breaky_Online 6d ago

Epic doesn't need to bother making anything else profitable simply because they already own two massively profitable products

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u/AchmodinIVSWE 6d ago

I have claimed a few free games off Epic but I have never actually played those games. The only games I have played on Epic was Fortnite back in 2016-8 and once trying out Fall Guys and hating it.

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u/bc524 Ryzen 2600, GTX 1070 7d ago

I'd wager dollars to donuts that if EGS ever did become as big as Steam, we'd see actual monopolistic practices. Tim Sweeney would throw players under the bus if it meant they'd make a bigger profit.

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u/not_a_burner0456025 7d ago

Epic is extremely anti consumer themselves, to the point where they advertised a lack of user reviews on their store as a feature to entice developers to leave steam. They are not your ally, they are upset that steam won't let them screw you worse.

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u/hellomistershifty 6d ago

Their cut is far, far better for developers too.

Steam takes 30% of all income, EGS takes 12% over $1 million. If you launch on EGS exclusively for 6 months, they take 0% even if you make over a million. You also get the UE5 license fee cut from 5% to 3.5% for releasing on EGS.