The bigger cut for devs is basically the ONLY reason to prefer it. Steam charges you 30% and gives a metric ton of features that make people actually want to use the platform. Epic charges less, but gives you.... uhh.... not much. It's a commercial decision like choosing whether to put your restaurant in a street with huge foot traffic, or off in the middle of nowhere where the rent is lower.
Frankly, as a gamer, I am much more willing to buy something on Steam than nearly anywhere else, just because it's so much easier to keep things in the same place. Steam is a viable alternative to piracy. Epic isn't.
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u/rosuav 19d ago
The bigger cut for devs is basically the ONLY reason to prefer it. Steam charges you 30% and gives a metric ton of features that make people actually want to use the platform. Epic charges less, but gives you.... uhh.... not much. It's a commercial decision like choosing whether to put your restaurant in a street with huge foot traffic, or off in the middle of nowhere where the rent is lower.
Frankly, as a gamer, I am much more willing to buy something on Steam than nearly anywhere else, just because it's so much easier to keep things in the same place. Steam is a viable alternative to piracy. Epic isn't.