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Re:Epic CEO says it won't ban Fortnite players for taking a ... by philliphaydon on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:19PM (#21208204)
Valve needs serious competition. But I hate epic for trying to buy its way into competition by taking exclusives which were sold on steam initially. Instead of trying to actually be better than valve.
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Re:Epic CEO says it won't ban Fortnite players for taking a ... by belltaco on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:25PM (#21208276)
Unfortunately there's no competing against monopolies because of the network effect and the chicken and egg problem. A better product won't solve much, exclusives are almost the only option.
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Re:Epic CEO says it won't ban Fortnite players for taking a ... by deminature on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @07:34PM (#21209364)
There's no way they could have gotten any traction simply by competing on quality of features. Not only does Steam has a decade-long headstart, but people aren't going to willingly split their library over multiple clients unless forced.

Epic couldn't have realistically broken in without forcing people to use their client.

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Re:Epic CEO says it won't ban Fortnite players for taking a ... by bloody-crow on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:33PM (#21208367)
Why exclusives are bad?
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