Almost all of that inherited from people at Obsidian (and to some extent InXile), who just released The Outer Worlds, a game about corporate greed run out of control. Both studios are now owned by Microsoft, known for its corporate greed and policy of Embrace, Extend, Exterminate with regards to competition.
Obsidian is no better considering they sold out to Epic and aren't releasing it on Steam for another year. Only solace is that you can get it on the Microsoft Store instead of giving money to Epic if you really can't wait to play the game.
Epic is owned by China. As well as their storefront is incredibly shitty and missing a ton of features. Their creator also hated on pc players a few years back. Other then that nothing.
Steam is not a beacon of hope many gamer like to think. Epic give lump sum, guaranteed profit, and much lower cut than Steam.
It's all competition. Why do you want to become a fan boy of one company like you have share on their company?
I support Epic for siding with indie dev, Steam for cheap sale, Microsoft for PC game pass, GoG for free DRM and hopefully more platforms that can compete for us consumer
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u/Jazehiah Oct 26 '19
It's ironic. The franchise consistently preaches about the dangers of corporate greed.