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    4 months ago
    • Control over game updates (scheduling, reordering downloads)
    • Possible offline mode
    • Better friends list
    • Bundles where you won’t lose savings if you own some of the games in the bundle

    So they’re adding features already available in Steam. I already have Steam.

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      I mean, I’m pretty pro-steam myself but competition is always a good thing for consumers. There are plenty of features that Steam users have been asking for for years and maybe another competitor in the desktop marketplace can light a fire under them, so to speak.

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        That’s the whole problem, Epic hasn’t approached the situation with the intention of being good faith competition. They have instead attempted to exclude competition by paying for platform exclusivity. That’s anti-consumer. As a consumer that annoys me. GOG is competition for Steam, they offer a genuine value via DRM free versions of the same games ALSO available on Steam. That leaves the choice in the buyers hands as to which platform offers a better value. It’s a big difference in my opinion.

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      Steam’s maintenance downtime (as someone on US Eastern time) and just general glitchiness has been a bit irritating lately. I wouldn’t mind some competition but Epic isn’t a Linux friendly company so … I’m not exactly rooting for them.

      However, I’d like them to poke Steam just enough that Valve reduces their downtime to almost zero.