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Microsoft and other game makers will try pushing more exclusives to reduce Valve's "market share". Microsoft recently bought ZeniMax, which makes lots of popul
by Jnr 6y ago
Microsoft and other game makers will try pushing more exclusives to reduce Valve's "market share".
Microsoft recently bought ZeniMax, which makes lots of popular titles that I played on Steam. Unreal is working on their own game store. PS and Xbox has had exclusives for years.
If it keeps going this direction, Valve will have to pull a rabbit out of their hat. Either by making some great games again or surprising us with something completely new.
Competition is great for consumers, but I am somewhat rooting for the guys that improve free, open source software in the process.
- WhyNotHugo 6y ago> Unreal is working on their own game store. This is so sad. Just fragmenting the market more merely increases the influence of MS. > PS and Xbox has had exclusives for years. These don't really compete with PCs. People stick to one, another, or both. Seldom do gamers suddenly switch from PC to console and completely drop their PC.
- pzone 6y agoThe Epic store is the first significant competitor to Steam. They take a lower cut of game sales than Steam does. I wouldn’t lose sleep over market fragmentation.
- account42 6y agoConsumers gain nothing from "competition" if they are forced to use both providers due to exclusives. If Epic would actually compete on features then that would be a good thing, but right now they are just dumping money into developers to gain marketshare while not actually improving anything for end users.
- amiga 6y agoHL3