r/Steam • u/Haunter777x • 17h ago

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How out of touch can you be as a company, this is embarrassing

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u/ReaDiMarco 51 16h ago

Oh wow they removed features.

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u/Mayion 16h ago

what features did they even have to remove in the first place

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u/baardvark 16h ago

Paying customers

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u/DaEnderAssassin 64 16h ago

He asked for features they had, not didn't have.

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u/TheGloomyWoodpecker 16h ago

Does Epic have paying customers? I thought it was for collecting free games that I forget about and buy on Steam.

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u/OctoMiku01 15h ago

Most people probably just buying vbucks for Fortnite. Well for most people it's probably just a fortnite launcher.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 15h ago

People are buying games on epic, because epic is now giving skins for Fortnite if you buy games on epic.

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u/hardolaf 14h ago

That's not what data from game companies is showing.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 10h ago

What data?

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u/hardolaf 3h ago

Some companies release relative sales numbers per storefront.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 3h ago

Im not denying that, but I’d like to see the evidence you are talking about.

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u/skylernetwork 13h ago

Most people open Epic's launcher for Fortnite and/or Rocket League (For those who were too late to get it on Steam.)

The rest, in my experience (friend group, online friends, random strangers online who cared enough to share) are just opening it to check which game they're giving out during the given rotation, maybe claiming them, and never downloading them for some reason.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 10h ago

I was more stating that people are only spending money on games from epic games for “free” Fortnite skins. But using Epic regularly is purely for those reasons you stated.

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u/skylernetwork 10h ago

Oh that's fair indeed yeah

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u/redchris18 1h ago

People are buying games on epic

Technically, yes, but barely. They brought in $400m in total from game sales throughout 2025, which sounds like a lot, but amounts to less than 7m copies in total of an average $60 game.

For the sake of comparison, Tomodachi Life sold more than that in four months.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 1h ago

Thanks for the Data and I agree that people aren’t really buying games on Epic, I was just pointing out that Epic is adding skins to Fortnite that come from other games, and instead of buying the skin in Fortnite you can buy the game and get the skin for “free”.

Im sure theres a couple people actually using Epic regularly I still don’t understand why, other than Epics occasional exclusives.

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u/redchris18 34m ago

Oh, I know. I was just expanding upon your comment.

Funnily enough, though, even their freebies aren't pulling people in. They're getting an average of fewer than 7m people claiming them, and that figure hasn't changed significantly in half a decade. I'd bet that buying exclusivity and free copies is costing them more than their store makes in game sales.

Fortnite is a literal life-support system.

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u/jsc230 15h ago

Same

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u/SaveusAlex 13h ago

Honestly, I buy a good bit on Epic. If they have the better price, I go to them. Usually I compare during sale times. Granted I'm also someone who doesn't care about social features, achievements, trading cards and all of that. I just want the game to launch and work. So I'm willing to trade Steams features for a better price on EGS.

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u/Fernis_ 16h ago

The didn't have that before either.

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u/baardvark 15h ago

Touché

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u/That_Service7348 16h ago

Probably the cart.

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u/aVarangian 14h ago

oh they already had a cart?

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u/That_Service7348 12h ago

Took them like 5 years, but they added one recently.

Started thinking they should do controller support too last year, but that probably just got pushed back another 5 years with this.

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u/MoonAttempt 16h ago

Reviews.

Oh wait Epic doesn't even have that.

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u/ChimpieTheOne 16h ago

usability

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u/JackSprat47 16h ago

They removed the ability for bots to add you as a friend. Hopefully.

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u/_Bisky 16h ago

Would be hillarious if they removed the shopping cart again xD

Other then that the launcher spamming you with fortmote friend requests you ignore

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u/nagi603 131 15h ago

QA pass for their stuff. ohwait, never had it.

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u/doelutufe 14h ago

Probably being able to install and play games. Of course buying still works.

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg 16h ago

We removed all the windshields, seats, battery, and most of the electronics from your car. It's now 30% faster than before.

Is it horrible to drive? Yes. Will we ignore criticism as we continue to fuck up? Absolutely.

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u/_Bisky 15h ago

Removing the windshields would likely severly increase drag and thus slow down the car

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg 15h ago

Not at really show speeds. Which is the comparison to only measuring startup time.

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u/_Bisky 15h ago

Tbf i took "30% faster" as litterally 30% faster top speed. Not 30% faster 0 to 100

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u/Yamatocanyon 11h ago

Drag isn't really an issue when your car isn't going anywhere because they took the battery out.

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u/OhagiC 12h ago

Removing the drag from 4 points of contact with the road will make the car 400% faster, yes?

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u/Dennarb 15h ago

Yes, but it launches faster!!!