• brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
      16·
      9 months ago

      I never used steam spy either, so I had that image of a guy at Epic whose whole job was spying on Steam.

      Probably in a trenchcoat and a hat, mainly acting shady around Valve headquarters.

      • yadsEnglish
        9·
        9 months ago

        Yep, a “maker of” would have been helpful in the title

        • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          I was barely aware of GameSpy while it was still a thing. It was just some service I’d never used.

          …or so I thought, until Nintendo killed all its DS and Wii online functions because they were using GameSpy and the service was being shut down.

    • BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.comEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      It’s a tool that makes a survey of Steam games ownership and play times based on public information on Steam Community. It’s useful to game developers and journalists as it allows them to know what is popular.

      Oh and Steam Spy has been developed and released before he joined Epic Games.

  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
    6·
    9 months ago

    What’s this business about Epic changing from a game developer into a ‘platform’ and him no longer being a good fit? Anyone able to explain that a bit?

    • BudgieMania@kbin.social
      111·
      9 months ago

      I have to imagine it is related to the claims that they are gonna retool “Fortnite as a metaverse-inspired ecosystem for creators” and the acquisitions they have made of platforms related to user created content.