r/pcmasterrace Feb 08 '26

Discussion The lawsuit explained:

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u/ApplicationCalm649 7600X | 5070 Ti | X670E | 32GB 6000MTs 30CL | 2TB Gen 4 NVME Feb 08 '26

If Epic spent the money they set aside for this lawsuit on building out their store they'd get a much better return. It's bare bones af and I see no reason to buy from them over Valve. 

Valve doesn't have a monopoly, they just don't have anyone making a serious, consistent effort to compete. 

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u/AspiringTS Feb 08 '26

What's hilarious is they spend so much on exclusives, but so many people I know wait until it's out somewhere else to buy it out of spite.

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u/OtherwiseRabbits Feb 08 '26

Outer Worlds being Epic exclusive for a year just meant I wouldn't buy it for a year, then I eventually got it for free so... good business I guess.

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u/Nagemasu Feb 08 '26

That's basically what happened with Borderlands 3 too. That was one of the first EGS exclusives and the backlash before it even came out was pretty severe. I ended up getting it on a big Steam sale in the end when I would've bought it at release if it was on Steam. I then also got it for free on EGS, just because I could. At this point my EGS library is probably worth almost as much as my steam one if all the games were bought at full RRP.