nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agoTim Sweeney emailed Gabe Newell calling Valve 'you assholes' over Steam policies, to which Valve's COO replied internally 'you mad bro?'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1368arrow-down123cross-posted to: steam@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1345arrow-down1external-linkTim Sweeney emailed Gabe Newell calling Valve 'you assholes' over Steam policies, to which Valve's COO replied internally 'you mad bro?'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square136fedilinkcross-posted to: steam@lemmy.ml
minus-squareZozano@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThe engine is all besides the point, though there are games like Apex Legends which use the Source Engine and are just great. How would I convince gamers to use my platform instead of Steam? For starters, act in good faith. For all the issues you raise with Steam, at least they aren’t fighting anyone for exclusivity rights. Transferring Rocket League and Payday2 to Epic fucked the community so hard they have split the player pool. They could offer some basic community tools, and features which every other store has had for years.
The engine is all besides the point, though there are games like Apex Legends which use the Source Engine and are just great.
How would I convince gamers to use my platform instead of Steam?
For starters, act in good faith. For all the issues you raise with Steam, at least they aren’t fighting anyone for exclusivity rights.
Transferring Rocket League and Payday2 to Epic fucked the community so hard they have split the player pool.
They could offer some basic community tools, and features which every other store has had for years.