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Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy... and then it's only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can't it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It's so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic... which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why don’t people? Because steam is just better

I am skeptical that this is the main reason (even though it's true and is a reason). I think people don't like the idea of having their games library split across multiple services, and don't like using/learning software they aren't familiar with, or that other people aren't using.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a possibility. You could also make a point that it's cultural at this point to use steam if you PC game. The exact reason steam is used is split across many different points. However, I stand by my statement. If games like league, valorant, osrs, or anything from blizzard can exist strongly in the pc scene, I think it heavily refutes your points. For those people at least. These are all games that don't use (or for some are mainly used by) the steam client.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

hm that is a good point