Valve doesn't operate "without any real competition". There are plenty of games that get sold on Steam and are also sold via other distribution platforms like GOG. No one would have an issue if Metro: Exodus were getting sold on Epic's store alongside Steam, the issue is that Epic is trying to cut into Steam's market share by doing lame shit like making games exclusive to their garbage program no one actually wants to use or buy games from. There are almost 10 different major distribution platforms on PC now and it fucking sucks.<br><br>Thankfully companies like EA and Blactivsion aren't making games worth buying anymore so I can just ignore their shitty clients.,(reply>), @Hydin no you wrong. 100% FF6 was make by 6 peoples and its the best game of many generation. Secret of mana, and others game golden era,(reply>), @AceMcCrank This isn't new. Origin did the same with Dragon Age and Mass Effect, making them exclusive to their launcher, only difference is they didn't wait till the last minute to make it an exclusive.<br>More launchers = more bloatware, I have "PeerBlock" and guess what? over 30 IP Addresses are blocked every second when UPlay Launcher is running and they all belong to 3rd party advertises collecting data.,(reply>), Thats the worst part. I want exodus, but not nearly enough to install epics launcher. No way Jose.,(reply>), @AceMcCrank i responded to someone saying fortnite so i had to include it for the fanboys of that thing, meanwhile i do give them credit for that all, i was just saying i don't need another launcher, and the launcher of epic games is not good imo, it's buggy with a lot of flaws (ofc steam has that too but for some reason they don't bother me but the problems on epic games do) so yeah, but as i said i was responding to a fornite,(reply>), @ProPlayerBrian Being an Unreal Tournament fanboy, I actually take offense to you only mentioning Fortnite. There are plenty of other games in their arsenal (or at least their engine), such as ARK, Conan Exiles, etc. They worked out a partnership deal. Big whoop. Tell that to every Sony, XBox, Switch, or even Steam exclusive. They saw something that could benefit them looking at the numbers AND benefits. Epic is doing partnerships with content creators to help push these games, so expect to see more of it. Heck, they got JackSepticEye doing promotion for Subnautica: Below Zero. Epic is doing something big, and that is changing the way the platform presents itself to its users, and how they advertise. It's literally a win-win for content creators, Epic, and developers.<br><br>Meanwhile, they will continue their own game development, something Valve has been struggling to do. And this is all to help fund the development of the Unreal Engine, which IMO, is the most efficient engine I have ever played on. Every free game they are giving out, seem to be having sequels coming out too.