Since the end of 2018 there has been a not so calm war on the PC front. Epic Games started with its store and Fortnite’s tailwind. However, this was not a small start for a beginner, you got exclusive titles from third-party providers and made waves in the PC market. Epic and its CEO, Tim Sweeney, have made it fairly clear that one of their goals is to take over Steam, the storefront that has become the defacto standard of the PC ecosystem. On the whole, Valve has remained calm throughout the ordeal, but that seems to have changed.
In an upcoming issue of Edge (Issue 344), Valves becomes a co-founder Gabe Newell interviewed on various topics. In some published excerpts we see his answer to a question about Epic Games Store and the competition he’s trying to bring. He appears to be quite positive overall and says that the competition is good in the end, but admits in the short term that things can get ugly, as part of an emerging competition is to make the precursor look as bad as possible in order to To gain traction.
“The competition in game stores is great for everyone. It keeps us honest, it keeps everyone else honest, ”said Newell. “But it’s ugly in the short term.”
Newell is particularly annoyed by evil comments from Epic Games, the Valve should make you look bad. He also believes that Epic Games Store the functionality is missing, a grown structure Steam.
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The full interview will come with the next issue of Edge, which will cover many topics from VR to the future of AI.
Tomorrow appears Half-Life: Alyx, the VR project by Valvewho haven’t released games themselves in years. HL: Alyx has made sure that there is hardly anywhere else VR headset for the PC to buy. The hype was almost as big as toilet paper on corona virus.
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