> I might be out of date now but aren't there EA Origin, Ubisoft store, Battle.net, and the Microsoft Store, at least? EA has started putting games back on Ste

> I might be out of date now but aren't there EA Origin, Ubisoft store, Battle.net, and the Microsoft Store, at least? EA has started putting games back on Steam [0] and so has Ubisoft [1]. I've heard rumors of battle.net going the same way, but nothing seems to be confirmed as of now. Since nearly all of those stores have been inferior to Steam feature-wise with the exception of exclusives, I think it's mostly save to say that publishers have mostly given up on trying to force their users onto their own controlled store. Epic is a different topic, since they seem to actually try to compete with it in terms of features and catalog and opened up the store for third party games, which most publishers did not. As for Microsoft, this might be my bubble, but it seems to me that store isn't really considered a major player, similarly to GOG, itch.io and the likes. [0] https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ea-puts-first-wave-of-games-back-on-steam https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ea-puts-first-wave-of-games-ba... [1] https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ubisoft-games-are-coming-back-to-steam https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ubisoft-games-are-coming-ba...