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Veggeta_MAX
01/17/20 6:59:02 AM
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So weird

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VandorLee
01/17/20 7:00:45 AM
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Their prices keep getting worse.

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TwoDoorPC
01/17/20 7:30:46 AM
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good damn people. make your minds up!!

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uwnim
01/17/20 7:35:50 AM
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People dont want to have a bunch of platforms competing over what exclusives they have. They want like 99% of the content to be the same so the companies compete over the quality of their service.

Fragmented game stores or fragmented streaming services just make things worse for the consumers because it becomes harder to get the stuff you want and the companies arent competing in ways that benefit the users.

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solosnake
01/17/20 7:38:09 AM
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Weird people always complain about Steam being a monopoly, yet never hear them complaining about windows

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pinky0926
01/17/20 7:40:26 AM
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I get your point but also consider the opposite scenario.

A separate launcher for every video game you have. A separate mobile device for every app you use. Every tech company with proprietary port factors so you need a unique charger for every device. A separate train station for every direction you need to go.

And so on.

It would be different if these launchers were just gateways for games that are freely available on each launcher but they're not. They're treated as exclusive, meaning your experience is just more inconvenient. As uwnim pointed out, this is competition that makes life worse for consumers, not better.

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Were_Wyrm
01/17/20 8:12:48 AM
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Next gen console gamers will complain that all the games come on a separate disk.

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Musourenka
01/17/20 8:14:15 AM
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Some people, yes.

Others just want Valve to have good competition.

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CyricZ
01/17/20 8:15:33 AM
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Competition is not just about what you carry, it's also about the service you provide.

And Epic Game Store is an absolute pile of a storefront. They'll spend the money to get the items for their store, but not to improve their store structure.

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KillerSlaw
01/17/20 8:18:56 AM
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Gamers are kind of fucking dumb

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