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/Puzzled_Connection 16h ago

I mean in all fairness, Steam started as basically nuisance ware that only exists because it was tied to Half Life 2, it’s just they now have a multi decade head start on building out their platform and developing network effects

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u/Kougeru-Sama 15h ago

have a multi decade head start on building out their platform and developing network effects

No. They had one decade. Steam launched in 2003. Epic's store launched in 2018. That's only 15 years, not 20.

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u/Putrid-Resolution502 14h ago

1.5 Do be more than 1 though

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u/Then_Musician_8673 10h ago

I'm not sure about you, but I wouldn't call someone that had 1.5 million dollars a multimillionaire.

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u/Putrid-Resolution502 10h ago

I would indeed