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Okay firstly we are literally talking on a platform where most of its population came from the reddit api shit. I think you are acting like users have no free will on this matter.

While I said steam/valve isn't "trying anymore" I meant in attracting mainstream audience since it doesn't but I don't think they have been lacking on working for niche products for niche audiences. Steam remote play a feature that is practically useless for 90% of the games on steam but it does help couch coop games or small indie devs who don't have the experience to implement full multiplayer into their games. Linux gaming has been fueled quite a bit by Valve's contributions to Proton.

No middleman should make half as much on every sale as the people who made the fucking game.

Sorry but if that platform is providing you 2-10x the audience you would have not had access to prior it may just be worth it.

Satisfactory is a perfect example

Steam 367,601 (1 month) vs Epic 958,917 (16 months)
In a span of a single month, Steam made nearly 40% of the sales it took Epic to get in 16 months. To be fair to Epic typically most sales of a new game come in the first 5 to 6 months but you can't deny the benefit you are getting for being on that "shelf"

Also can you show me any competitor that are as feature rich as Steam? Like I get why people are annoyed with steam but I find no reason to stan for fucking Epic of all people. Seriously it took them 3 fucking years to implement a god damn CART into their digital store. Like at the start of Epic it had the advantage of Devs get a big bag of money, due to its walled garden nature you as a part of the exclusive gang could be seen far more easily than prior but those days are long gone. Hell Microsoft is finally taking a chunk of the PC market now with their game-pass initiative. For the longest time Microsoft failed with their Microsoft store nonsense but once they started to offer consumers things that they want. People using it, what a fucking surprise.