This thread is full of people saying that they don't like Steam's monopolistic status, of people that are purposefully not buying titles on Steam because they're waiting to see if they'll appear on GOG so they can buy it there (for keeps, not rent) and of people that were wary (and still are) of Steam as a DRM platform right from the start. In short, people who DO care.
I also see people saying "It's either Steam or pirating". Which means they have no problem with buying from DRM platforms where you just rent the games.
I also see people saying that "Epic is dividing the market." Meaning, of course, that Steam is THE market and nothing should touch it.
So, I'd say there's plenty of Steamtards too. Obviously I'm not referring to people who don't use Steam.
I'm talking about Steamtards who wouldn't even give a shit if a game was never released outside of Steam. And those far outnumber the Steam haters, if not here then in general.
Also, if you currently use Steam, and you cry about Epic exclusives then you ARE a Steamtard. Because you have no problems with how it works, you're just making it about some moral high-ground.
If you had problems with how it worked, you wouldn't use it. You could just as well boycott the games there, if you have no problems boycotting Epic games.
But you dismiss them all outright and brand them as "Steamtards", because you like that Epic Game Store cock so much and you want to show it as being a viable alternative to Steam, or just viable in general. They aren't, and it'll be a cold day in hell when they ever will be.
Fuck off, moron. I've said plenty of times that for me they're both the same shit. I will not buy from either of them. But I guess you dismiss that outright and brand me as an Epic cocksucker, right? Because of course, if you don't think Epic is the devil then you must love them.
All I'm saying is that it's the same shit.
And Steamtards refuse to explain this:
So I really can't see how waiting 1 year to get it somewhere else is worse than waiting forever if you don't like the current client/platform it's on.
In theory, I only need to wait 1 year for an Epic exclusive to be potentially released on something like GOG (assuming the devs would release on GOG anyway). But what do I do with games that have been on Steam and only Steam for years and years? Oh right, use Steam Epic cocksucker, why don't you like Steam? It totally didn't divide any market, it just became THE market.
So yeah, that means either Steam or no play.
Kinda like how with Epic exclusives it's either Epic or no play.
No, it's the not the same thing at all.
Yes, it pretty much is. From a moral point you can whine all you want about Epic being the Godfather making offers developers can't refuse (which is bullshit, but OK), however from the perspective of the user this is how it stands: You are forced to use Steam to play Steam-only games. There is no choice. Just like how you have to use Epic to play Epic-only games.
So yes, if you care about morals so much, fine, Steam has the high-ground.
If you care about getting the games, it's the same shit: You get them from whoever has them and you're forced to use their client.