What is his endgame?
It's simpleKill the gaben
>>727680871Like all megacorporations who have secured their dominant position: rent-seeking.
Money
going bankrupt if fartnite ever dies
>>727681042Unfortunately not, UE licenses will keep them afloat.
>>727680978Yep. He wants Fortnite to be the next Roblox so he can extract that sweet, sweet 63% cut (more than twice what Steam takes).
>Focus on consoles like the rest of the industry in the 2000s because PC was considered a lost cause due to piracy>Steam has the freedom to develop the massive untapped marked without competition>Late 2010s>Console manufacturers start taking Steam seriously, and even port their games to it>Timmy seethe builds up, why is there a private company controlling this market>Gets super lucky with Fortnite, infinite funds>Devises classic cornering the market plan>Dumps massive amounts of cash in exclusives under the guise of "helping the industry" even though his rates are unrealistic>Backfires massively, lose all consumer reputation>Change strategies to just do the opposite of what Valve/Gabe does>Doesn't work>Still seethes daily
>>727681523Epic afloat yes, EGS no.
>>727681523over 80% of their revenue is from Fortnite alone
>>727680871a world with no remotes
>>727681554And people really fucking think if EGS somehow became popular that Tim would keep the unsustainable 12% cut. Lmao.
>>727680871Endless ocean of crypto AI slop
>>727682151Reminder that game prices are still the same all these years in even though he promised lower cuts would lead to lower prices.
>>727680871I just want him to cut his losses already and give up so we can all stop having to see threads and game "journalist" articles about how Steam is totally uniquely evil and bad every day.
>>727680871chewing controlsall of them
>>727680871Make steamies seethe
>>727680871To kill the industry with no survivors.
>>727680871Eating remotes
>>727680871public validation
