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    1. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 22
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      No, Steam keys aren't the product, mate. The game is the product. Steam keys are an external authentication mechanism. However, you are right that Steam prices to hold influence over the market. Which brings me back to my suggestion that Epic should undercut Steam's prices.

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    2. Pkeod‏ @Pkeod Feb 22
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      In the view of the consumers they are. Getting a key = getting the game. If our games were on Epic I'd let them be perpetually 99cents just to try your theory out. But that still feels dirty somehow. And I know Valve would be unhappy about it.

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    3. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 22
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      No, consumers buy the game to buy the game. Not Steam keys. Also, as a consumer, I couldn't care less if Valve is unhappy. Epic is offering me cheaper games that are sold for higher elsewhere. I can choose to pay more on Steam or GOG, or pay less on Epic. But I get to *choose*.

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    4. Pkeod‏ @Pkeod Feb 22
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      When we sold direct, people only want to buy if they got a Steam key too. Doesn't that mean anything to you? And then when devs like us sell Steam keys bad actors buy up a bunch, sell them cheaper on grey markets, and then charge us back, and we get $ dinged on top of the refund.

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    5. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 22
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      You are conflating three arguments: Do consumers buy a game for the Steam key? No. Do consumers want your product on Steam? Yes. Are Steam keys good for developers? Wouldn't know. You do what is best for your business. I'll buy your product if it's valuable to me. Simple.

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    6. Pkeod‏ @Pkeod Feb 22
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      You are not being honest about what consumers actually think. To the general consumer, the Steam key is one and the same as the game. >I'll buy your product if it's valuable to me. Simple. Should anyone care about Valve's effective monopoly on PC game distribution?

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    7. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 22
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      Steam does not have a monopoly on PC games distribution. Monopoly has two criteria: 1. They fix prices. 2. They block competitors. Valve does neither of those things. Don't drink the Sweeney kool-aide here, mate. It will hurt your business long term. And Epic doesn't care.

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    8. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 22
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      Steam certainly does block effective competition by locking down social features like friends so they only work in games launched by Steam. This ACTUALLY DIVIDES PC GAMERS unlike Epic’s store, which is just another icon.

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    9. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 22
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @Mortiel and

      This is the ultimate reason many die-hard Steam fans hate Epic’s store. They have massive amounts of data and social connections locked into Steam, which Steam blocks from working through other stores. It sucks for them, but the root problem is Steam, not Epic Games Store.

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    10. Glorious Kev‏ @GloriousKev Feb 22
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @Mortiel and

      I hate your store because it only offers minimal basic functionality, because you buy the rights to games instead of letting me play where I want to, because if I buy more games than Im supposed to in a short period you lock my account, because it doesn't offer controller support

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      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 23
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      Replying to @GloriousKev @Mortiel and

      I’d like to understand this more. When you’re frustrated about a game on Epic, what are the most critical features from Steam that you miss? I mean, specifically: missing features that are seriously frustrating, rather than just mildly annoying.

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        2. Panda Punch‏ @ThePandaPunch Feb 23
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @GloriousKev and

          If you want to increase revenue, you need to converse with content creators. Especially people like me who have spend and influenced others to spend thousands on your games.

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        3. Mortiel‏ @Mortiel Feb 23
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          Replying to @ThePandaPunch @TimSweeneyEpic and

          Oh, Epic has been pretty interactive and supportive of content creators. The largest ones, at least. Some of the highest paid streamers in the game are Fortnite streamers and Epic has always been shown to work with them.

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        2. Jake Fables: The Everlasting Salt-Miner‏ @FSAPOJake Feb 23
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @GloriousKev and

          Robust community features like forums (which you already said you won't do). Achievements. Universal controller support. TV mode. In home streaming. User reviews that aren't opt in (which you also said you won't do). If Epic had all this stuff people would be WAY less angry.

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        3. Jake Fables: The Everlasting Salt-Miner‏ @FSAPOJake Feb 23
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          Replying to @FSAPOJake @TimSweeneyEpic and

          Not to mention: Organizing games via category. Wishlist. Shopping cart. Other stuff that should be basic for a software company like Epic. Why is it 1.5+ years later and most of this stuff still isn't implemented? Do you have so little confidence in your own product?

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        2. Glorious Kev‏ @GloriousKev Feb 23
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @Mortiel and

          Missing features that are most important to me include native controller support for all controllers, steam workshop, forums, and a shopping cart are all good features to have. It would also be nice if I could launch Epic games from the Steam launcher where all that stuff is

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        3. Glorious Kev‏ @GloriousKev Feb 23
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          (continued) the library page on Epic is seriously frustrating as well. I have a huge library largely due to the amount of free games I have on it and it would be great to have some sort of tagging system to sort through them.

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        2. Tizzy‏ @Tizzysawr Feb 23
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @GloriousKev and

          Not "frustrating" but I'd really like to see library sharing along with achievements and an overlay (or at least an easy way to take screenshots.) The one actually FRUSTRATING thing y'all need to add is multi-language support. Let us choose which language to install our game in.

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        3. Mike‏ @Miraglyth Feb 24
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          Replying to @Tizzysawr @TimSweeneyEpic and

          SCREENSHOTS. I can't believe I missed that on my list. I'm way too trigger happy with that one haha. Thanks for pointing it out.

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        1. Hampus‏ @hampus1897 Feb 23
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @GloriousKev and

          social features for instance, a profile page like steam etc

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        1. Kromulent Computing‏ @Kromputing Feb 23
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          Bothers the hell out me that I can't add multiple items to cart, do one transaction, and easily manually manage the downloads. Do what every great artist does and steal Steam's old interface entirely and you will be doing better.

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