re: Metro Exodus dev threatened to have no new Metro games on PC due to boycott

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I 100% it looks super dated, but I'd rather have unnecessary features than lacking some extremely important ones

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Default Steam looks dated, but it’s common knowledge you can get third party skins for it. Epic Launcher has no user reviews, no discussion boards, no steam workshop, all the little extras like cards and badges, no extensive profile customization, and obviously for most your friends are all on Steam or the vast majority are.

Competition is good as long as it’s equal. Origin, which I’ve used extensively, only has the exclusive EA games going for it and that’s it. UPlay achiemevementd give points for little extras which is cool, but that’s it. They’re both just bloatware compared to Steam. Epic is the same.

Especially with multiplayer games. Overwatch and Battlefield 3/4/1 were able to beat the odds and have extensive player bases outside Steam (not counting Fortnite because it’s free, the ones listed were $60 games at launch with much more costs in DLC). But Battlefield V is a dead game, Battlefront 1&2 are dead on PC compared to other similar games. Of course that is in part to being wonky games but the Steam playerbase would have given those games more life. Same with Destiny 2 on PC, giving that game out free couldn’t even save it. Bethesda is learning that the hard way without Fallout 76 on their own launcher.

PC gaming was the dark ages before Steam got big and with all the splintering and exclusives now, it’s gonna descent back to that.