>Epic bad
Epic bad
They don't have Halo MCC so yeah epic is shit
>supporting chinks
epic bad unironically
>Epic shills: You're just mad Steam's monopoly is being broken!
>meanwhile Epic is literally trying to strongarm a monopoly by buying up exclusivity deals with their piles of vbucks, despite having a vastly inferior platform for the consumer base they're trying to force over to them
Epic shills would be funny if they weren't so sad.
>>Epic shills: You're just mad Steam's monopoly is being broken!
Except this is true
Look up what a monopoly actually is and you'll understand why Valve doesn't, and never had one with Steam.
Protip: simply being the biggest and most appealing outlet for a product doesn't make you a monopoly.
>Protip: simply being the biggest and most appealing outlet for a product doesn't make you a monopoly.
investopedia.com
>On May 18, 1998, the Department of Justice filed antitrust charges against Microsoft (MSFT). The charges were brought to determine whether Microsoft's bundling of additional programs into its operating system constituted monopolistic actions. The suit was brought following the browser wars that led to the collapse of Microsoft's top competitor, Netscape, which occurred when Microsoft began giving away its browser software for free.
What a monopoly is or isn't is really up in the air
And in my opinion? Steam is a monopoly
But it isn't. What does steam have a monopoly on? Every dev on steam willingly puts their games on there.
Because what else would they release their game on? Only thing you can effectively do on PC is release the game with your own DRM launcher
Ever heard of a drm free game, zoom zoom? You don't need these launchers.
Or GoG, or their own launcher, or a physical copy sold on various physical stores or online retailers.
Steam isn't forcing anyone's hand other than being the best service with the most features.
Are you one of those retards who thinks monopoly = 100% control?
>inb4 hurr it has mono in it! mono means one!
Believe it or not terms need to have a practical use. The literal definition would be invalidated by a lemonade stand.
>Rage 2
>A good thing
Typical Steam cucks scrambling for any sort of win
whats wrong with it?
epic is the xbox of the launchers
steam has the japs on their side, which is important since most of this site is into jap games
Isn't Rage 2 a Bethesda Launcher exclusive? Doom probably will be as well.
Steam hasn't had a monopoly for years.
Being the only launcher worth using doesn't make it a monopoly, it makes it competitive. What about Steam makes it a monopoly that Epic hasn't replicated?
Now they don't thanks to Epic
GOG has been in business for 10 years and did nothing to stop Steam.
no bethesda is putting doom eternal, rage, the wolfenstein mini games, fallout 76 etc. all on steam. they might go on epic too but they haven't said anything yet
nope, both are confirmed to be on steam
>in order to be a monopoly you have to have competitors looking to be a monopoly
What the fuck?
>GOG has been in business for 10 years and did nothing to stop Steam.
and why would they? most publishers don't do drm free games. vtmb 2 is about the only major title to launch drm free since witcher 3.
I'm sorry which platform has blizzard partnered with
Yes? Imagine if it was just Coke. Or just Pepsi.
That is correct, yes.
Bethesda confirmed that all their upcoming games and also fallout 76 would come to both the Bethesda launcher and steam.
Fuck off American shill.
Why are people on Yea Forums so retarded that they don't know the definitions to words like monopoly?
>people freaking out over nothing
Bethesda gave up after F76 and saw the chance to take a shot at Epic
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>people on Yea Forums
Don't you mean chink shills?
But it isn't. And there's other brands of cola. Just like game launchers.
What's your point? Just because a service is more popular doesn't make it a monopoly. Steam had GoG, the Discord store, uPlay, Origin, actual physical boxes, humble bundle and now Epic. It's never been a monopoly.
Take an econ 001 class my dude.
No, people have been retarded for years and have said Steam's monopoly, not just people from the 100 acre forest
boards.fireden.net
the people who don't know the definition are today's gaming audience. epic is forcing the same false narrative because the current generation is literally too lazy to fact check or think for themselves and takes everything at face value.