Steam will remain for indie and porn: a former employee of Valve about the future of the store

In the Epic Games Store and Steam war, most gamers took the side of the Valve store, but a former employee of the company

on the contrary, he wishes victory for the "epic".

What is known

Software engineer Richard Geldrich, thankswhich Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 got to Linux, criticized Steam. According to a former employee, the store literally killed the gaming industry, setting a high commission for developers.

“Steam was killing PC gaming. It was a 30% tax for the entire industry. It was unbearable. You have no idea how profitable Steam was for Valve. It was a virtual press that ruined the whole company. Epic fixes this for all gamers. ”

Steam was killing PC gaming. It was a 30% tax on an industry. It was unsustainable. Steam was for Valve. It was a virtual printing press. It is distorted the entire company. Epic is fixing this for all gamers.

- Richard Geldreich (@ richgel999) April 5, 2019

Geldrich added that most of the profits wentpeople who don't even care about the industry. In addition, due to the popularity of the store, Valve relaxed and began to take its partners and employees for granted.

Speaking about the future of Steam, Geldrich makes a gloomy forecast:

"I think gamers will be angry for a very long time,after all, exclusives will not end soon. Maybe a year or more. Steam will be for indie / second tier / low-quality games / porn, and Epic and other launchers will be for AAA projects. Apparently, the market is moving in this direction "

I think gamers are going to remain mad for a longtime, these exclusives won’t stop anytime soon. Could last 1 year or more. Steam will be for indy / 2nd tier / shovelware / porn, Epic and other launchers for AAA. This seems to be where the market is heading at the moment.

- Richard Geldreich (@ richgel999) April 8, 2019