Well, trying nothing surely won’t change things so trying something might be beneficial. Then again it might not. But doing nothing means nothing will change. So what’s your solution? Do nothing so nothing changes or it changes at a glacial pace? Or be glad some competition is coming that might force Steam to improve…

A developer that doesn’t make enough money to make another game because Steam took 30% of their sale price can move to Epic and only have 12% of the sale price taken, Many indie game developers are only one bad game away from going bust. Having Epic will allow them to keep more money, to build up some reserves in case…

They’ve scored some great exclusives. They are not going to only sell exclusives. People selling their games on Steam can move them over to Epic and only get charged 12% of their game cost instead of Steam’s outrageous 30%.

First World Problem. I can’t have what I want immediately without any effort on my part. Why not try going four days without food and water. After you recover from dehydration you’re going to laugh at yourself for thinking waiting a few minutes or having to write down passwords (I know it’s difficult to come up with…

Thank you! People need some perspective when it comes to first world problems. And I’m an oldster, nearly 50, and I can handle it just fine too.

This should have been with your first comment, it would have made you seem far less first world whiny.

Capitalism is rarely reasonable because it doesn’t care what happens to you as long as it continues to grow wealth for the right people and corporations. Most companies are not trying to make your life easier, they are trying to maximize profit. You might as well complain about the rain being wet.

You’ve led a very cush life if having nine video game services is a pain in the ass. Personally, I consider going to bed hungry, divorce, a child dying, not having enough money for medication or surgery or getting evicted to be pains in the ass but I never considered the horrors you must have gone through, the few…

First world problem.

When you act like a first world problem is an overwhelming burden some people are going to mock you. “I just can’t handle ten subscriptions services for my games, nine is my limit!” On the other side of the world in Darfur, “Sorry I had to kill you, but you had some water and my family hasn’t had any in over three…

A developer that makes more money is more likely to make more games. That benefits the consumer. Innovative competition also benefits the consumer because it forces current behemoths to adapt to better systems or get left behind like My Space or AOL Time Warner, which is now back to Time Warner.

Most people come to Kotaku for the writer’s perspective on the news as much as they do for the news. That means a writer who is excited about something is going to let you know about that by the way they write. Kotaku will quickly call something crap if it turns out to be so, just look at how harshly Fallout 76 has…

New things get more coverage than old things, that’s how news works.

Kotaku does not pick the ads that are served, lovely algorithms do that.

Why would Epic sell their storefront? They have the most popular and probably profitable game going right now. Not to mention they spent years putting it together. They want to be a big player in software sells, they’re not going for a quick cash grab sell.

You get a round of applause for being reasonable when presented with differing viewpoints! Also for thanking so many people.

If a game you want is at both stores buying from Steam means the creators of that game get far less money and maybe won’t create another game you want because the previous one didn’t make enough money because Steam sucked up 30% of their profits. Epic is taking 12%. This encourages indie game designers to take more…

Why put up with the horrors of indie game studies working ages to get a game out only for Steam to grab 30% of all their effort for nothing other than letting them sell stuff in their digital mall. Epic takes 12%, what game studio would willingly lose 18% of their profits? If you want good games they need to be…

I like to start the day with laughing and a new highlight reel has a 90% guarantee on that front, thanks for the hilarious curation Chris.

I “think” I will have a glass of water. I’m not thinking about having a glass water, I am going to have a glass water.