Max_P , 8 hours ago

Epic is anti-consumer and also anti-Linux, they don’t make any effort to support other platforms, the app is shit.

Meanwhile, Steam is

• Actively working with the FOSS community to help preserve old games
  • Kernel improvements for better graphics performance
  • Lots of VR and HDR work
  • Many contributions to the open-source AMD drivers
• Has been supporting Linux gaming for a decade with no signs of backing down
• They have a portable Linux gaming console experience, and it’s intentionally left wide open for users to mess with
  • They’ve taken several community features and built them into the OS
• Their DRM is weak and unintrusive
• Their anticheat is ununtrusive
• The sales are pretty good
• They have tons of features for users:
  • Family sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Remote Play
  • Streaming
  • Community forums for every game
  • Mod workshop
  • Matchmaking
  • Steam Chat / Voice Chat / Streaming

The only appealing thing for EGS is, EGS takes a lower cut from the developers who just pockets it and doesn’t even result in lower prices for users. As a Linux user, praise our Lord GabeN for all the good Valve has done for gamers. Even for the developers, most are quite happy with the services they get back from that 30% cut.

I’d say the dislike is mainly that for the users, EGS doesn’t bring in anything new or interesting or useful that Steam didn’t already do well, and goes directly against a lot of the good Steam has been doing. It’s just a store that makes big developers slightly more happy.