Haven't Given Steam Money In Over A Year

[BLOOD ASYLUM]

Feels good man. The reason: Community moderation, dishonest and defaming bans, junk games, more importantly failure to protect the consumer from EA scams.

Steam's totally anti-consumer. Until they turn it around Epic and others get my dollar.

[AROCK!!!]

Opprinnelig skrevet av C²C^Guyver |NZB|:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Zero:

-Doesn't give money to a company because of the community hubs
-Gives money to Chinese spyware that sells your data

Ok.

A company who also has to pay devs so they can give out "free" games because their platform has next to no traffic compared to Steam.

yeah...having a large customer base / lots of traffic is what happens when customers don't have a choice for more than a decade.

Even so, Epic seems to be doing very well, even with these old"ish" stats, and keep in mind, Epic, unlike STEAM, has had competition from the beginning.

https://backlinko.com/epic-games-users


Epic is very smart giving away games, because very soon, if not already, there will be an entire new generation (and possibly older ones) of gamers with more games in their Epic library than their STEAM library, and they will also see Epic as the company that gave them a bunch of free stuff....Boggles the mind that some of you are too blind to see what is actually going on, but I guess that's how STEAM fanbois are wired.

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Opprinnelig skrevet av C²C^Guyver |NZB|:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Zero:

-Doesn't give money to a company because of the community hubs
-Gives money to Chinese spyware that sells your data

Ok.

A company who also has to pay devs so they can give out "free" games because their platform has next to no traffic compared to Steam.

This further fortifies how steam being under in 6 months is at best a pipe dream for some. If a company is needing to pay others to Stay on their platform while the other platform carries on in the black every year, it might be time for that company to start changing strategies, at least something other than sending people to the competition to remind them that there is competition.

[BLOOD ASYLUM]

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Opprinnelig skrevet av The Living Tribunal:

They created something others wanted and were willing to use. It would be pretty idiotic for someone to state valve would be under in 6 months when it has had all this time to go under but I suppose when wallets speaker louder than non-paying customers.

lol

They created something that was easier for developers, and that's all.

It seems you are too young to remember when STEAM first started, and how it was despised by the vast majority of gamers, and still is by many.
STEAM was not something others wanted, it was something that was slowly forced on us until it got to the point of HAVING to use STEAM if you wanted to play on PC.

Even developers are sick of Valve's greedy 30% cut, which is why you see more and more doing deals with Epic....well, that and the fact that many of them are openly outspoken about it.

Valve still acts like it's the only game in town, and that anti-consumer / anti- developer attitude is why more and more are going to other sources for their games.

Big Facts

[Tezzious]

funny thing with epic, the majority of games i have downloaded from them are actually steam games with steam app ID files in the directories lol.

[Tezzious]

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Opprinnelig skrevet av C²C^Guyver |NZB|:

A company who also has to pay devs so they can give out "free" games because their platform has next to no traffic compared to Steam.

yeah...having a large customer base / lots of traffic is what happens when customers don't have a choice for more than a decade.

Even so, Epic seems to be doing very well, even with these old"ish" stats, and keep in mind, Epic, unlike STEAM, has had competition from the beginning.

https://backlinko.com/epic-games-users


Epic is very smart giving away games, because very soon, if not already, there will be an entire new generation (and possibly older ones) of gamers with more games in their Epic library than their STEAM library, and they will also see Epic as the company that gave them a bunch of free stuff....Boggles the mind that some of you are too blind to see what is actually going on, but I guess that's how STEAM fanbois are wired.

I have 367 games in my Epic library all free and not a single penny spent, I have literally spent 1 hour gaming via their games, just something about steam that is better.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Op''s game badge updated again.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

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Opprinnelig skrevet av C²C^Guyver |NZB|:

A company who also has to pay devs so they can give out "free" games because their platform has next to no traffic compared to Steam.

yeah...having a large customer base / lots of traffic is what happens when customers don't have a choice for more than a decade.

Even so, Epic seems to be doing very well, even with these old"ish" stats, and keep in mind, Epic, unlike STEAM, has had competition from the beginning.

https://backlinko.com/epic-games-users


Epic is very smart giving away games, because very soon, if not already, there will be an entire new generation (and possibly older ones) of gamers with more games in their Epic library than their STEAM library, and they will also see Epic as the company that gave them a bunch of free stuff....Boggles the mind that some of you are too blind to see what is actually going on, but I guess that's how STEAM fanbois are wired.

No what's going to happen is, Epic is going to go bankrupt because those games aren't free. Epic is paying devs to offer those games for free free on he Epic store.

It's not smart. It's also why they let go of about 1,600 employees.

There are 125 million active Dteam accounts. Epic does not have that many, not even close. No other platform does.

Yep, you can have a huge Epic library. Here's the thing though, Epic doesn't have any money to show for that either. It was all given to devs.

[Piston Smashed™]

Opprinnelig skrevet av C²C^Guyver |NZB|:

Op''s game badge updated again.

"I didn't buy it on Steam" loop hole activated.

[Tito Shivan]

Opprinnelig skrevet av I block trolls, idiots & liars:

Epic is very smart giving away games, because very soon, if not already, there will be an entire new generation (and possibly older ones) of gamers with more games in their Epic library than their STEAM library.

They're also building a generation of junkies for free games.

Platform investment is indeed a thing, but you gotta build the right investment. And the main investment for many Epic users is reaping free game after free game.

Case in point:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Farscape247:

I have 367 games in my Epic library all free and not a single penny spent

Mind the fact that the Epic games giveaway was originally meant last only one year (a free game a month) and we're nearing the SIXTH year of free giveaways. (Free for users, Epic is burning money like there's no tomorrow to give away those games)

Also devs aren't correctly adressing the perception such large giveaways have for their own products. Remember what happened with deep Steam sales? It ingrained into people's head that games base price was the 75% off price. Now Epic is breeding the perception that games 'will be given away for free'... That's bound to have sales impact middle to long term.

Epic is just behaving like the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ uncle bringing gifts to the kids.

[Koala 4peace]

I don't have money on this race, and it is obviously a bait thread, but going to Epic because Steam is anti-consumer is kinda missing the point. Steam is indeed anti-consumer, but Epic is not better at all.

[Night_Hunter023]

Are you Jester farming?

[Kargor]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Farscape247:

I have 367 games in my Epic library all free and not a single penny spent

Seems their business model is really paying off these days, and the money is finally coming in?

[Tito Shivan]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Kargor:

Seems their business model is really paying off these days, and the money is finally coming in?

I'm not sure their business model is to make money at all.

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Opprinnelig skrevet av BLOOD ASYLUM:

Opprinnelig skrevet av I block trolls, idiots & liars:

lol

They created something that was easier for developers, and that's all.

It seems you are too young to remember when STEAM first started, and how it was despised by the vast majority of gamers, and still is by many.
STEAM was not something others wanted, it was something that was slowly forced on us until it got to the point of HAVING to use STEAM if you wanted to play on PC.

Even developers are sick of Valve's greedy 30% cut, which is why you see more and more doing deals with Epic....well, that and the fact that many of them are openly outspoken about it.

Valve still acts like it's the only game in town, and that anti-consumer / anti- developer attitude is why more and more are going to other sources for their games.

Big Facts

Perhaps big in comparison to the one perceiving it. Personally I can't be bothered if they're unable to purchase games on Steam, that is their own issue to overcome and seem like small facts in comparison to me who doesn't suffer those same issues, thankfully. But yeah I can agree, big facts.

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Kargor:

Seems their business model is really paying off these days, and the money is finally coming in?

I'm not sure their business model is to make money at all.

Maybe if they make so much negative money it'll roll over into the positives.

[BLOOD ASYLUM]

The only people who lament actually good free games being given to gamers, points earned to assist with future discounts on games, are shills from a competitor. Epic is superior. The only clout steam users can use is "forums."