Origin was also “not a quality experience” when it first came out, and it was also universally hated by fans of Steam.
So why do you think Epic can’t do the same thing?
So why do you think Epic can’t do the same thing?
Gamers have a very short memory, although to be fair many are probably too young to remember Steam's launch. On the other hand they also seem to have very little impulse control so game and platform boycotts never seem to work. I expect that Epic's strategy is going to work perfectly.
You have a fair point about many gamers having short memories. Many however do not have short memories. I suspect we're older though.
That upsets people, and rightly so. Epic is using their cash to complete, and are trying to replace something people love with something worse.
But this is the point: the fact that Epic is making "something worse" might be true now, but will change in the future. This is precisely what happened with Origin for example, at least in the perception of gamers.
So? Guess how EA has so many "original" games to begin with? Sounds like people are disgusted because cash bribes sound icky.
Steam popularized always-online DRM. They attempted to monetize mods. They wrote the book on in-game item trading with TF2 and CS:GO, even if it meant that a bunch of underage kids were effectively becoming gamblers. Steam is not your friend, Steam is a business selling videogames and offering online services.
Most importantly, Steam is more than perfectly capable of fighting back if they see EGS as a threat.
Epic's move worries me. They are spending a lot of cash for exclusives. How do you think they expect to earn it back? I doubt their plan will be in my interest.
If I'm going to suffer DRM, then at least the service should provide value adds that make it worthwhile to me. Reviews, cloud saves, good networking, mod management, et cetera.
And I’m not sure why you expect a new service to have all of Steam’s features from day one...
So it doesn't have Steam's features. I have no obligation to support a billion dollar corporation compete against another, at the expense of my own quality of experience.