You gotta look at the good and the bad for both Epic and Valve, though.
The bad that Valve did is largely in the past, but they really, really pissed people off when they forced Steam upon people back in the day. They took games that people had already bought, and were already playing, and then suddenly moved them behind a service that required an account, removed consumer rights that were present when the games were originally sold, and was (at the time) horribly unreliable and generally shitty. Consumers at the time wanted Steam to die off, similar to how they’re hoping for EGS to go away now. Would we have been better off if Steam had died off when it pissed off all those consumers?
Valve has of course done a lot of good since then, but Epic has done a lot of good in the past and presently as well. Their grants are quite generous, and Epic has generally been viewed as a force for good in the gaming industry for years (see old interviews with other industry figures like Carmack, notes from when Sweeney received his Lifetime Achievement Award at GDC 2017, etc.).
You gotta look at the good and the bad for both Epic and Valve, though.
The bad that Valve did is largely in the past, but they really, really pissed people off when they forced Steam upon people back in the day. They took games that people had already bought, and were already playing, and then suddenly moved them behind a service that required an account, removed consumer rights that were present when the games were originally sold, and was (at the time) horribly unreliable and generally shitty. Consumers at the time wanted Steam to die off, similar to how they’re hoping for EGS to go away now. Would we have been better off if Steam had died off when it pissed off all those consumers?
Valve has of course done a lot of good since then, but Epic has done a lot of good in the past and presently as well. Their grants are quite generous, and Epic has generally been viewed as a force for good in the gaming industry for years (see old interviews with other industry figures like Carmack, notes from when Sweeney received his Lifetime Achievement Award at GDC 2017, etc.).
They’re both kinda assholes and good guys, IMO.