Comment on Steam keeps on winning

• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  GIF from that period.

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  • AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wish I had a use for that.

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• JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean steam sucked for 8 years like 20 years ago. Technology wasn’t the same as it is. They revolutionized the pc gaming scene and I’d argue that even that Steam version was better than the current EGS version. Was it uglier? Yea maybe but it did the job. You could install, manage and launch your games, cloud saves and it wasn’t bloat or spyware. The Steam just kept getting better even if with a messy ui in some places. They do a ton of shit that generates them no direct profit but that makes using Steam a no brainer. And gamers respect and value that even if not all of them.

  Heck I’m sure that they very quickly came up with a functional shopping cart at the very least.

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  • Rose@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Heck I’m sure that they very quickly came up with a functional shopping cart at the very least.

    Steam has been offering third-party titles since 2005 but still had no shopping cart as of 2008.

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    • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So 3 years? How long did that take epic? About the same time almost 2 decades later?

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  • mammut@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      … Because years later, steam got good.

      Epic started out shit, and then used their fortnite money to impro… No, wait, sorry, they used their fortnite money to buy exclusivity of games people had already preordered from other stores.

      Starting out shit and then slowly improving is one thing. Starting out shit and then kicking your customers in the teeth is completely different.

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      • mammut@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yea no

      People complain because the EGS launcher is shit and not getting better in any meaningful way. Plus all the anti consumer shit that they do.

      EGS didn’t come out last year. Heck GOG galaxy is fairly decent and it’s not even required and they have a fraction of the budget. And guess what a lot of people like and support them.

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• JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean steam sucked for 8 years like 20 years ago. Technology wasn’t the same as it is. They revolutionized the pc gaming scene and I’d argue that even that Steam version was better than the current EGS version. Was it uglier? Yea maybe but it did the job. You could install, manage and launch your games, cloud saves and it wasn’t bloat or spyware. The Steam just kept getting better even if with a messy ui in some places. They do a ton of shit that generates them no direct profit but that makes using Steam a no brainer. And gamers respect and value that even if not all of them.

  Heck I’m sure that they very quickly came up with a functional shopping cart at the very least.

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• AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Origin is still bad and so is whatever Ubisoft’s launcher is called.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Origin is now the “EA App” and Uplay is now “Ubisoft Connect”

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    • AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      they change the names because they suck

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    • Lime66@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ea app is origin without linux compatibility

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    • cottonmon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s kind of funny. I feel that the rebranding was because those launchers sucked ( a common marketing tactic.) The thing is though, the EA App still sucks so it doesn’t do anything for its reputation.

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