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Gabe Newell says 'everybody benefits' from competition with Epic

The Valve boss said 'it's ugly in the short term,' but in the long run competition is good for everyone.

RazzerRedux1871d ago

Gabe is slowly morphing into Santa Claus. Photoshop in a red hat and suit.....voila!

SegaSaturn6691871d ago

I was gonna say he's turning into Jesus Christ, but youre probably more accurate. Jesus has a little more self control when he enters a burger king.

Atticus_finch1871d ago

Gave probably has a BK inside his mansion.

MrVux0001871d ago

He is yet to reveal his final form!

Burrito26a1871d ago

Bearded Lady at the carnival.

Fluttershy771871d ago

He would need a haircut... I mean, I don't like my Santa's with long hair (maybe trim the beard a little)

RazzerRedux1871d ago

Well, as MrVux000 said.....he isn't done yet.

lol

Android1871d ago

Lool I clicked on the thumbnail just because I thought "that's a lot of grey for Gabe" then read your message....perfect!

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xTonyMontana1871d ago

Competition is good but I just can't support Epic. Spending all that money on exclusives while neglecting and/or pushing back their own updates to bring their client up to par with Steam. Then going around acting all holier than thou attitude about their developer cut percentage.

SoulClaw1871d ago

I really can´t understand why you cry that much for real, I made an account and I am pretty aware that I don´t have an "premium" account or anything, because there is none, and I get free games on a weekly basis.....and there are very good games there,too....for free...no membership nothing.... And you are still crying about what?

Pathetic man, I am sure after you made the Epic Account and some weeks in, some free games more....and you will shut the fuck up and realize how stupid you´ve been

xTonyMontana1871d ago

So what you're basically saying is you don't understand issues because you're all dazzled by free games? Don't lump me with a weak minded fool like you thanks, you're like a dog, can do what they like but toss you a treat (free games) and you're happy as can be. It's called having principles, I wouldn't expect you to understand that.

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Jared25001871d ago

These are the type of people that work at GameStop

rainslacker1871d ago (Edited 1871d ago )

I think it's good that they are talking about developer cuts, because that's good for developers, and if it forces other strore fronts to change their cuts, then that's a good thing. These store fronts are taking a rather large percentage for what amounts to a credit card processing and storefront, and in no way do they put in enough work to say that the money they make off these games is anywhere justified. Even retail stores don't get as high a cut as steam, and steam has a much lower cost to operate compared to retail.

As far as the rest, I don't know the issues that Epic is delaying their updates. If they delayed it, it's probably because they felt it wasn't ready for some reason. Or maybe some other reason. Not sure why it matters when EGS still amounts to a store front. Your assertion is that Steam is the store front that EGS has to aspire to be like, when EGS is just EGS. It may or may not get features that Steam has, but I fail to see why that matters for you as a game player.

I get that you'd be upset they're paying for exclusive content, but most of those games are actually decided to be exclusive by the devs or pubs without payment intervention.

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SegaGamer1871d ago

I've stopped caring. I have said many times now that having GOG Galaxy 2.0 has pretty much solved all of my problems with having multiple launchers. Yes, it's still annoying having multiple accounts with multiple passwords, but it's a very small annoyance at this point.

I still haven't bought anything from Epic's store, mainly because there just isn't any incentive to buy anything from the store, but I honestly no longer care about timed exclusives.

I've just synced all of my games to GOG now and run them all from there.

Father__Merrin1871d ago

Flippin heck he needs to lay off the burgers 🍔

WeAreLegion1871d ago

A fat joke a day keeps Half-Life 3 away.

Cmoney0071871d ago

EGS - Get some free quality games on there and never spend money.

Steam - It is still worth spending money on there because people can find good deals in the store, and the valve continues to upgrade it.

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Xbox VR Headset: Everything You Need to Know

Meta revealed that an Xbox VR headset was on the way back in 2024, so where is it? And what form can we expect it to take?

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OtterX21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Yea, the problem is that the games worth playing in VR in Microsoft's catalog do not run on Meta OS. Hands down one of the best VR experiences I've had was MS Flight Simulator, and you need a beast of a system to run it well! The one thing that could push Meta headsets is an "official" release of Minecraft VR. You had to do some workarounds before to get it running in VR (which is an amazing experience, I don't actually play the game flat), but they just removed all VR support for the game after an update at the end of March. Bring it back with an official, easy to use Meta Quest version. I wouldn't buy an XBox branded Quest, but I'd at least like to see them do a bigger push into VR. Doubt they'd do it bc it's still so niche, and they're struggling atm and trimming the fat as it is. (But omg, would I kill for an official Forza Horizon in VR w wheel support!!)

RaiderNation6h ago

I'm not sure that a Metaquest with an Xbox logo slapped on it constitutes it being an "Xbox" headset. But whatever.

Aloymetal6h ago

Holololenzz 2.0 Phil Edition...

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darthv723h ago

Hololens is a damn cool kit... problem is price. So if there was a cheaper 2.0, I'd be down for that. I know you are trying to make a dig, that just shows you never experienced it.

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PlayStation Store: April 2025’s top downloads

It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped the PlayStation Store download charts last month.

April saw a lot of action among the top spots. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and Forza Horizon 5 broke into the top three for the U.S. and EU PS5 charts, while Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate dominated the PS VR2 charts across the board.

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Obscure_Observer11h ago

Xbox reigns supreme at Playstation!

I wonder what was the reaction from Sony´s first party investors to those numbers and what they plan to do next.

VersusDMC5h ago

Yeah I'm pretty sure Sony investors are just as concerned as when Sega started releasing games on the PS2...pretty sure the sentiment is "Another one bites the dust".

pwnmaster30005h ago(Edited 5h ago)

This dude is having a full melt down since the whole gears announcement lmao.
You think tears rolled down his eyes when he writes this lol

I’m honestly impress how Xbox fanboys can always spin shit. I guess they had alot of practice lol

Obscure_Observer4h ago

"Yeah I'm pretty sure Sony investors are just as concerned as when Sega started releasing games on the PS2...pretty sure the sentiment is "Another one bites the dust"."

With their new games legging behind Xbox games in their own territory? Playstation gamers turned into "Xbox gamers" while Satya Nadella beats his chest on how they now have 500 Million MAU?

No, I don´t think so.

No dude, I don´t think they´re happy at all!

VersusDMC1h ago

"With their new games legging behind Xbox games in their own territory?"

Forza got outsold by minecraft and Indiana jones got outsold by DMCV on the list so those numbers are weak.

Oblivion is number 1 for the month but i doubt it even had a better launch on PS5 than astro bot.

There is no lagging behind xbox games until they start selling 3 to 5 million on PS5 like ghost, spider man, GOW, etc...

Traecy4h ago

LOL! Most of those games are 3rd party games that were already on PS consoles except Forza.

pwnmaster30005h ago

I know expedition 33 is up there but it honestly deserves to be #1 on all platform. Game is fantastic

DivineHand1253h ago

The top 3 games are Microsoft published titles. Looks like they had a good month. I don't follow Minecraft but how can that game be selling so well for over a decade?

badz14934m ago

some games just keep selling and some other games keep getting lots of MAU and some others keep making money. it's just how things are in gaming.

badz14926m ago

I need to check out Wanderer for PSVR2. how come there's almost no marketing for this game?

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: How the 'Game of the Year' was made

The makers of a video game that even impressed the French president tell the unusual tale of its development.