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The only reason EpicGameStore was able to rise as a competitor to Steam was because of the Billions Fortnite was earning.
by Whoppertime 11mo ago
The only reason EpicGameStore was able to rise as a competitor to Steam was because of the Billions Fortnite was earning.
- mathgeek 11mo agoPretty much. If it weren’t for free games and exclusives there would be no Epic Store to speak of.
- worldfoodgood 11mo agoI don't understand. You think Steam exists without Half Life and Counterstrike?
- DaSHacka 11mo agoNowadays? Yes
- worldfoodgood 11mo agoOf course now it does, but it was bootstrapped off the back of commercial success. The parent poster was suggesting Epic could only finance a game store off the commercial success of Fortnite. Which seemed to be the exact same path Valve took, so I was curious to explore why the parent felt they were different.
- Ekaros 11mo agoDifference is that Valve made a platform to support their own products. And run it fiscally responsibly from start. Where as well Epic is dumping. Trying to gain market share by giving out free stuff and possibly undercharging. Now thinking whole license model for their engine might also be harmful for any bigger competing engines...
- mathgeek 11mo agoI don’t believe what you are asking, nor do I claim to. Claiming one thing does not automatically exclude all other causes.
- Whoppertime 11mo agoIt's like being a first party for a Video Game Console. Gabe Newell having a billion in Yachts, Bill Gates might have a billion dollars tied up in Real Estate. It has less to say about the personal greed of Gabe Newell and more to say about the relative size of the market.
- keyringlight 11mo agoI think while PC is a good example of epic struggling to compete with someone who took full advantage of being first mover, the apple appstore/google play mobile stores are also where they've put in significant financial/legal effort trying to create a more lucrative openings in that market as well.