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1. jorvi+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-08-23 16:12:42
Steam could “easily” be dethroned by a competitor that cares about the customers.

- Duplicate all the Steam shop features

- Integrate your social framework with Discord

- Add a proper overlay browser

- Make game ownership ephemeral until first play (meaning you can give away games in your library, or duplicate games in a bundle)

- Shim with Steam Input

- Better looking “Big Picture”-style mode

- Built-in game streaming, paid either with subscription or per-minute via wallet

There’s probably tonnes other that I’m forgetting. The above would take a ridiculous amount of dev hours though.

The big mistake Epic made (is making) is that their store is more beneficial for developers, mostly by taking a lower percentage. But those savings are barely passed on to the consumer, and even then, consumers don’t care about that. They’ll happily pay 10-20% more to have their game on the superior platform.

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