Why Steam is Superior

[@Stryxo]

This video got striked by youtube and I managed to get it back up, og comment section is gone in case you were wondering. apologies for the confusion!

[@Teeth3255]

Weird to say but i’m glad this happend, would’ve never found this video otherwise ;) glad probs isnt the right word but you get it.

[@sagichnichtsowiesonicht7326]

at least microsoft did the smart thing looked at the piece of shit the bethesda launcher was, realized people didn't like it, and dumping money into it is stupid because they already have their own "kind of" launcher and just threw everything back on steam as far as i know. good riddance.

[@Jdomi]

you missed the glorious bethesda launcher

[@positrack99]

I can tell you... Steam was decent but it's the next Netflix. It's going to go Bye Bye because they suck now, they don't support the titles on their platform and Microsoft is going to put their titles on Gamepass.

[@sagichnichtsowiesonicht7326]

@@positrack99 my guess is, steam will go full corporate the moment Newell dies, I am ready for that day to download all my steam games as cracks onto my 18TB drive.

[@Danymok]

Steam Workshop, in my opinion, is one of Steam's absolute best features

[@tomi9562]

So easy to download mods and stuff, no need to mess with any game files

[@JakubB2000]

I just wish more games used steam workshop

[@thepoglin8479]

the ability for somebody to make among us cosmetics for all the TF2 characters is the reason this planet deserves to burn

[@elpsykoongro5379]

@@thepoglin8479 that’s the least of the problems with humanity

[@corneliusmcmuffin3256]

@@thepoglin8479 I am pretty sure adding Among us Naruto into Fortnite is worse.

[@tucatheman]

For real, Valve is the only company out of those that actually contributed HEAVILY to the gaming world. They created Proton (effectively making Linux good for gaming), was the first company to think of a game launcher that integrates a friends system, a store, etc... Huge props to GabeN et al.

[@batot3617]

Steam is great, but it's also the reason why valve doesn't make games that often...

[@JoJoshia]

@@batot3617 yeah i really hope they release something big soon their games are really great

[@wujek7616]

@@batot3617 But when they do, it's almost always groundbreaking.

[@batot3617]

@@wujek7616 that's understandable. Even if their game would fail, the costs of the game would be gone very fast thx to the steam income. They can do stuff slowly paced and calmly, unlike other companies. The stuff they make is truly breathtaking.

[@sword_racer185]

@@batot3617 yeah I don't mind that valve takes its time especially after seeing the effects of rushed or sped up game development times

[@radicalcentrist4990]

Steam has competition, it's just that the competition ain't worth shit and the only reason you have them installed is because they're forced on you, or in Epic's case, because they lure you in their van with the promise of free candy.

[@faaskee7071]

well said

[@zombieranger3410]

Metro Exodus an exclusive - I sleep Darkest Dungeon II an exclusive - FRUSTRATION AND ANGER. MORE POWERFUL THAN A HUNDRED CANNONS

[@notme8232]

True. Epic got me stuck in the free candy van with free PC building simulator, now I have EU4 for free, but without the $300 worth of DLC, modding support or even backpatch capabilities to play with patched bugs, it's borderline worthless.

[@bliss_gore5194]

Getting epic just for free games and not buying anything is You getting the free candy while you have a SWAT team hiding behind the bush

[@cessnacitation-x]

and you cant play any of your offline games without internet, whereas on steam you can enter library and load up any offline game if you dont have internet, but on epic, even if its an offline game you must be online to just boot it up.

[@zuni3474]

You forgot the part where Ubisoft connect keeps logging you out even tho you have pressed that hecking “keep me signed” in button a million times

[@danixyea4463]

In other words: if you try to make competition, don't force others to use your service, give an actual better experience and give to the users something other products lack.

[@andrewgreeb916]

So streaming war is bad, get gud. We're looking at you crunchy roll, you haven't gotten any better and people only pay cause you have exclusivity rights. Was figuring out how to buffer videos too difficult?

[@yeagmatic]

@@andrewgreeb916 just pirate

[@Artemi22]

@@yeagmatic based

[@yaboi7239]

@@andrewgreeb916 not to mention the region locking i dont want to pay for a vpn as well as your shit service

[@sothatsdevintart2562]

That’s basically GOG’s strategy and that’s why I love them.

[@LalitoTV]

For me personally, steam is better singlehandedly because of regional pricing and payment methods You absolutely have to pay with dollars on the other launchers, and they always use the most expensive conversion possible

[@xXRealXx]

Origin and Epic has regional pricing too. Same with uplay too. And GOG as well

[@ianaigribman]

@@xXRealXx at least in Argentina epic does NOT have regional pricing, I don't know about origin. Steam is the only rational option to play games, some games can be 10 times cheaper without a discount

[@astronova6150]

@@xXRealXx epic doesnt

[@xXRealXx]

@@astronova6150 in my region it does (Ukraine)

[@NoelJasik]

Both epic and origin have regional prices for poland atleast

[@ZoofyZoof]

I think the real issue is... How do you improve upon what Steam already has? It's kinda just, you know, hit that peak. There's not very much you can improve upon Steam with a new games launcher, without essentially copying what Steam already manages to do.

[@Saltlord894]

Yes it's 100% okay with exclusives if the launcher has the same quality of features and servers like steam does or better ones

[@omlo9093]

If it ain't broke, don't change it. Other platforms like YT don't get this memo because certain corporations REQUIRE changes to be made to demonstrate "improvement" to shareholders, but not all change is good.

[@ididntaskverified3663]

Wait a sec, the second you stop striving to be innovative another company comes and supersecedes you, it happens with every industry

[@ZoofyZoof]

@@ididntaskverified3663 then why has nothing ever come to be as good as steam

[@ididntaskverified3663]

@@ZoofyZoof Microsoft was the biggest technology company till apple came around and they didn’t buy it, steam was pitched to Microsoft and they also turned it. In business you can’t win first place and relax, steam doesn’t relax and that is why it is a winning business

[@Oliisawesome]

I think right now steam is like Netflix in the early days, it was the only real streaming platform and because of that it had a lot of shows and movies and everything you could want to watch on it. But then other services like Disney+ came along and took back their movies so you could only watch it on their service and then everyone else did the same. I hope the same thing wont happen with PC games because having exclusive titles on 50 different services would just be really annoying.

[@MisterGame68]

I mean at that point i'd just rather crack all of my games ngl

[@olly_1558]

Unlike Netflix my loyalty is guaranteed by the amount of money I have sunk into my steam library, the issue you raise could relate to things like the game pass however but Microsoft just bought everything out now anyway

[@hastyscorpion]

True but the I think there is a key difference. The amount of money it takes to make a game that a ton of people want to play is way less for a video game that it is for a movie . It’s way easier to get an indie hit in the video game space than it is to movies. And since steam is the dominant platform all of the games will be released on it. Also another key difference is that most games are not restricted to one platform and can be sold everywhere.

[@TheLTcousins]

Where were in 4 years ago when this was the reality you just mentioned?

[@Zero-ci8rd]

It's different steams free and the games are Yours foreva

[@Cahrssomething]

“Origin is so far down the hill, that it might as well be a cliff” I’m quoting that

[@CaptainMorghan4152]

Competition is good. But watching Michael Jordan score 3 pointers on toddlers in wheelchairs is not

[@robo-ert5754]

Steam and GOG are my main launchers. Steam for the large amount of games and GOG for older games and CDPR games. GOG has a DRM free policy and almost always insures that old games actually, ya know, *function* on windows 10.

[@Dexusaz]

Being DRM free is definitely a huge advantage of GOG. But Steam is better for the convenience of having all your games in one place. Definitely the two best launchers without a doubt.

[@Bugsitogamer]

@@Dexusaz You can link launcher accounts on GOG so you can see them all on GOG, you will still need the other launchers installed so they can, well, launch those games. XD

[@ass.blaster2000]

@@Dexusaz just add your gog games into steam as “non-steam games”

[@Dexusaz]

@@Bugsitogamer You're right, I totally forgot about that feature! But as you said, you still need the launchers for those games. So, Steam is more comfortable as you have the games in one launcher. Good point!

[@Dexusaz]

@@ass.blaster2000 Yeah, true. That's another thing you can do.

[@rimuru0001]

There are no taken usernames. Still pisses me off that no other launcher or service does this, so simple yet they don't do it. This is honestly the main reason I love steam, hate having to make varients of a username just because it's taken

[@fefega]

Other launchers: _[name]_223 Steam: Becky Why Did You Leave Me

[@sirtheoriginal201]

probably data issue because they apparently dont have some sort of id to figure out who they are.

[@MeAMoose]

@@sirtheoriginal201 I mean it's not hard to implement...

[@ThylineTheGay]

@@MeAMoose in fact it is most definitely best practice to do that, and they probably do do that

[@sodiboo]

Steam does have user IDs which are arbitrarily chosen and never changed, and something that resembles other platforms with their steam URLs that can be taken but optional and then it just uses your ID, and then they have a legacy (i think?) username system that seems to be entirely private and only used for login but for some reason you can't change it. It's kind of a mess, but yes, the difference between display name and username is something almost no other platform gets right, Discord does it pretty well and then several others like Xbox have just copied that #xxxx system, but the fact that discord even needs the tag to be unique is redundant with their snowflakes that are constant behind the scenes.

[@clairifedverified2513]

The list of issues I have with steam: my wifi cuts out constantly so having the popups about my saves not being synced and not being able to play my partner's games isn't great. Gifting games is janky and id give anything for proper themes. The list of problems I have with every other launcher is so long it's genuinely comical.

[@aaronhpa]

facts

[@julmdamaslefttoe3559]

never had a issue gifting games in 7 years, Being unable to game share can be funky and resets every few months, My issues is the launcher freezing or black screening.

[@voidbite]

the minecraft launcher is fine, i use the windows 7+8 version on my windows 11 but i don't know about the actual windows 10+11 launcher

[@vibaj16]

@@voidbite I've had many problems with it. Probably all caused by me using Linux, but at least Steam is made to work fine on Linux.

[@24YOA]

Competition is fine. The problem is that Steam is so damn good there is no competition. The only way these launches have "competition" is by forcing users to use them to play the game.

[@PouLS]

Not only Steam is good, but all other launchers are bad.

[@itsmenatika]

their launchers dont even try to be good XD

[@Figburn]

thumbs up for the sonic unleashed OST

[@Tyler-sf4kv]

Double thumbs up for the soda drinker pro soundtrack

[@SanicConnoisseur_91]

Ayyyy

[@skape924]

Wait, really?

[@gnomaki]

This game is trash

[@SanicConnoisseur_91]

@@gnomaki unleashed? Oh yeah the required sun and moon medals to progress and some of the werehog stages suck but other than that it’s alright. Definitely NOT a game that I replay nor will I ever finish it probably.

[@peppefailla1630]

Also: Steam respects the right of the consumer to CHOOSE their operative system. Linux Gaming improved DRASTICALLY in the past 2 years thanks to Proton and now I can finally switch to Linux with nearly no regrets Edit: I'm not talking about DRM

[@wyatt8770]

Welcome to the dark side

[@AcidiFy574]

@@wyatt8770 WHAT??

[@makramc]

Was looking for that comment

[@Helperbot-2000]

Ill prolly switch too cause im sure as hell never using windows 11, windows 10 was already 1000% shit

[@AcidiFy574]

@@Helperbot-2000 Start with LinuxMint or Pop-OS or Zorin-OS & don't do what Linus did

[@OldyAlbert]

i love Steam, user reviews are SO useful for smaller games - you don't just see the rating but also can read what exaclty people are saying. Often times there's positive review that mentions something that makes me never want to play this game, or the opposite - negative review that makes me more interested. Also forums and support for modding are pretty neat.

[@youtubeshadowbannedme]

But most Steam reviews are a joke because they're either memes or review bombs; the few that aren't are usually buried underneath those crappy reviews or are the few that are upvoted to show on the store page.

[@OldyAlbert]

@@youtubeshadowbannedme that is not my experience at all, using steam since it's creation

[@Qladstone]

Filter for negative reviews. Filter for reviews based on how recent they were posted or updated. Filter for reviews based on language. Check review volume and positive/negative ratio in a bar graph over time. Reviews separated into recent v.s. all time. Read reviews, Search community discussion section with keywords. They're all built-in to Steam, and give you a lot of information before making a potential purchase.

[@deezboyeed6764]

@@youtubeshadowbannedme thats on porn games, meme games and triple aaa games beyond taht its actually very useful

[@qwertyuiopasdf160]

@@deezboyeed6764 i just open steam and read reviews of porn games when i am super bored lol They are kinda funny sometimes

[@FerencKranicz]

1:17 so right. i only open it when i see a nice free game haha

[@zwenkwiel816]

I got it for free gta 5 and that's it.

[@slimetunersis5373]

@@zwenkwiel816 Me too, i've made millions in gta without paying them a single dollar, i feel like im actually pulling off a real heist by not buying shark cards and making millions

[@OK-cp8qw]

Epic is pretty fine Imo , Except that laggy interface, god its soooo bad

[@slimetunersis5373]

@@OK-cp8qw only problem i have with epic is the rand account disconnection and i have to manually log back in

[@felixdesrochers9940]

Steam: -Communities -User Reviews -Curator Reviews -Workshop for auto-updating community mods -Native Linux + Proton -Family sharing -Game streaming to phones and other PCs (remote play) -Native VR support -Controller interface -Marketplace that is not NFT -Search/filter by user tags -No need for unique Gamertag -Friend Activity feed -Not only games but also software -Schedule updates ALL EXCLUSIVE TO STEAM The only feature i wish that Steam would have and EA desktop/Origin and Blizzard App have is a play as you download feature.

[@xv1ob53hjps]

You can actually download while playing, go to settings>downloads and there is a box to tick with "Allow downloads during gameplay".

[@raphiki4780]

In addition to what grabriel said, you can also start a game then go on steam download tab and click on the resume/start icon and it will download in the background even if you have the "no download in the background" setting on the launched game which is the default one.

[@wasteoftime41]

@@xv1ob53hjps I think he meant start playing a game before it is fully downloaded.

[@SergieXD]

you forgot achivements

[@Reed_Peer]

This list justifies the Steam market fee

[@corktail7900]

I think the most underrated thing about steam is the layout for a game's store page. Everything is so compact and well laid out - the screenshots and trailers dont take up the entire screen, because there's a decent chance that you already have seen them before and arent important. To get to the recommended specs i only need to scroll 3 times instead of 5 like on epic games and i don't need to go through achievements and social media links that i dont care about, because both are on the side at the bottom. Having seen developer commentary on valve games, i imagine as much attention went into designing the store page.

[@vizthex]

and the fact that it scales so damn well when you resize the window makes it even better.

[@thecherry6849]

I like how all of these arguments had “these games are on steam” and nothing else needed to be said

[@thekingofcookies4877]

I mean trying to send an invite to a friend via the Ubisoft Launcher just doesn't work. No invite gets sent. It really sucks

[@b4sh936]

@@thekingofcookies4877 you cant even dm a friend on epic

[@thekingofcookies4877]

@@b4sh936 that’s just the get free game launcher, has no other use.

[@ccflee4455]

@@b4sh936 I remember I can't even find friend list to invite my friend to play free Overcook

[@b4sh936]

@@ccflee4455 nope, they removed the friend list too

[@talwat321]

Valve has also improved gaming on Linux with Proton, as well as contributing to and sponsoring Linux graphics card drivers.

[@vibaj16]

Proton doesn't even work for me ...

[@mizlnimbl]

@@vibaj16 it works fine for me, what’s your issue?

[@vibaj16]

@@mizlnimbl the most probable explanation is that my computer has developed human levels of intelligence and hates me, so it doesn't let things work. I click play on almost any game, and nothing happens

[@mizlnimbl]

@@vibaj16 that probably isn't a proton issue. have you checked your drivers and settings?

[@peppefailla1630]

@@vibaj16 you have to check the compatibility in ProtonDB. Most of the EAC and BattleEye games dont run because of these extremely invasive anticheat systems, but Valve made EAC Easy to run on Proton for developers so we are just waiting for them to enable It. If they dont, that would be horrific.

[@superninja7703]

A big problem with changing launchers (and by extension, creating competition for steam) is the fact that all your friends are on steam too, so if you wanted to move you'd need to find a way to drag all your friends with you; and for what? An occasional free game on epic that they have to offer because nobody will use their platform if they don't? The average consumer either doesn't care about what launcher they use enough to bother changing or further still actively likes steam because all their friends are on it and they have a good reputation going back decades.

[@Person01234]

If someone makes a better launcher this happens naturally. The same is true of instant messaging yet we saw the downfall of every IM service microsoft bought and ruined, now discord is the dominant IM software. You can have more than one launcher installed at a time, you can talk to your friends on one and buy games on another. Steam isn't perfect but it has staying power because it's life goal isn't to fuck over the consumer. They focus on making a working, feature rich launcher and give you good games at good prices. When they start to neglect the launcher or add a bunch of small changes that everyone hates, it will die, the way MSN and Skype did. Edit: Oh, by the way, this expectation everyone has of this transition happening immediately is moronic and leads to people justifying the shit epic was trying to pull. Yeah, your launcher is going to have to start out basic and you'll have a small userbase but over time you can grow. Epic didn't have to become the new steam within a year, yet the excuse for their egregiously anti-competitive anti-consumer behaviour was " how else will they compete with steam".

[@ArtieOddity]

My steam account was created on Oct 14, 2003. Would of had a day one account but we were protesting steam as bloatware.

[@teneesh3376]

The one thing that steam has for the controller nerds is steam input. One of the best controller configuration softwares ever. You can set it easily for each games and utilise certain features on controllers that even the devs don't use

[@BrunoSantos-jp1lv]

I really like how you can change the color on the ps4 controler

[@teneesh3376]

@@BrunoSantos-jp1lv and you can do it for each game and action set. Also the ps5's light colour

[@rawhide_kobayashi]

you don't even have to be a "nerd", you just have to want to use literally anything other than an xbox controller... DS4Windows has always been a janky piece of shit, I coomed when steam input launched and I could have a dualshock just work with anything with absolutely zero hassle.

[@shira_yone]

Legit one of the thing I love to spend my time in so I can play games however I want.

[@johnclement189]

There are alot of feature that Steam has like other game launchers don't it's basically a game launcher mixed with a bit social media platform, art center, tech support, mod installer and many more. It's very versatile

[@theprinceofawesomeness]

it is hilarious how Steam don't have to try, by shear incompetence the other launchers are cementing steam as the best

[@ruffethereal1904]

There's a saying that history's most brilliant tacticians may have just been surrounded by terrible, incompetent enemies. Sun Tzu's advice including "being surrounded is bad, war is an expensive last resort, and fire is a useful tool because no one enjoys the thought of burning to death" and being lauded as a genius and the codifier for how war should be waged makes me wonder how bad wars of past centuries were.

[@theprinceofawesomeness]

@@ruffethereal1904 yea, Sun Tzu said some realy obvious things, i read the entire book and it was not exactly his genius but more of him writing all these things down which made him a genius. sometimes the obvious must be said to be realized as obvious

[@hyp0cr1tical]

@@theprinceofawesomeness dude you just made a new sun tzu quote

[@masrfaker]

@@hyp0cr1tical "dude you just made a new sun tzu quote" - Sun Tzu

[@vibaj16]

@@masrfaker "'dude you just made a new sun tzu quote' -Sun Tzu" - Sun Tzu

[@Yummymarshy]

My fav part of origin is when it removes all the games I have, then the text support bot tells me to wait while they check it out. Then the text support bot kicks me because of inactivity.

[@zachdugan7320]

Worth noting that the reason competition is generally considered to be good for consumers is that it gives consumers more choice. This is not generally the case with launcher platforms, as many devs force you to use their launcher to play their game

[@TrueOracle]

Honestly I prefer battlenet Its layout is way better

[@londondeer]

Oh my gosh dude there is NO reason why you should have only 4 thousand subs. Your editing is spectacular, I love your humor, and your taste is top tier too (I see all those Halo achievements ;) Best wishes to you dude, your channel is fantastic and I really hope it sees the growth you deserve. If nothing else, you've definitely got my eyes now :)

[@Stryxo]

Thank you!

[@chrismanousos5905]

Couldnt agree more! Here's a sub my man 👍

[@MsZsc]

thank you quote

[@cookiemuffin3208]

Not anymore!

[@xd0895]

He has 40K now. Wow

[@amari1877]

Welcome back to excellently written content that seriously deserves a viewcount orders of magnitude larger than it currenty is. Keep doing what you're doing. It's great.

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

You are a foxy ^^

[@smokecrash2147]

Steam has a great and useful overlay that even works on third party games, VR support, RemotePlayTogether and many other features. Most other launchers don't actually have anything

[@AryanKumar-jo1pz]

4:50 I was nodding and he said "yes" 😭 LMFAO

[@fobo3361]

love how quick and well edited this video is, has the structure and quality of a 40 minute video essay without the commitment or fluff of a 40 minute video

[@Jakub_1223]

Steam: my beloved❤️ Epic games: i only use it to get free games Origin: downloaded only to play titan fall2

[@guillermoelnino]

accurate

[@jackice2154]

The part about UNO really hit a string with me. LOL

[@spacegoose2989]

Steam is where all my games are stored Epic games is where my free games are stored Haven’t spent a dime on epic games store to this day Edit: I bought Sifu on EGS

[@elpsykoongro5379]

Gog is where my drm free old games are

[@thekingofcookies4877]

@@elpsykoongro5379 Does gog have the THPS games??

[@elpsykoongro5379]

@@thekingofcookies4877 sadly I think not Either way there is good selection of games, heroes of might and magic and others are fully functional in gog version while in steam they come with bugs

[@b4sh936]

I cant imagine someone buying a game on epic games Lol

[@jacobc5747]

@@thekingofcookies4877 you might want to get console copies and play them in emulators

[@jakejolley9142]

The way you speak with hatred of origin and Ubisoft connect just brings me joy. Thank you

[@corvax8644]

I just want all my games In one place with the same format man…

[@recaibey]

My PC is old, but i only let it work when i opened the pc. Steam works quickly. Also, I like Steam Services more than sales. Giving everyone free games doesn't make you best. If you use Epic Games Launcher after using steam, you really miss steam because Epic Games has no community section, no market, no Inventory System, no profile. Epic Games doesn't give you personality just give you game and play it. Also Interface of Epic Games suck

[@partyahmed5966]

Dude I got ark on Epic for free and after like a year of dealing with epic I just gave up and bought ark on steam during the lunar year best decision I made this year.

[@recaibey]

@@partyahmed5966 I have free gta 5 on Epic but if i have good PC one day, i will buy it on steam.

[@Dexusaz]

Totally agreed! The Epic Games store is ridiculously bad considering it was made by such a big company with huge yearly revenue. Hell, it didn't even have a shopping cart until recently, meaning you had to buy every single product individually if you wanted to buy more than one.

[@recaibey]

@@Dexusaz I think people shouldnt compare Epic Games with Steam. It isn't even ready to compare with it.

[@Dexusaz]

@@recaibey Yeah, obviously Valve has much more experience with it but still, EGS is unforgiveably bad for such a huge company.

[@patrickseelye1485]

Since I didn't see anyone else mention it: Blizzard's launcher prior to the Activision acquisition was basically the only way to play Blizzard games (World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, OW, Starcraft, Diablo, etc). Having a launcher that works decently and is only for *your* titles is something that well over a dozen game companies have. After Activision the waters got a little muddied but I don't think it deserves to be on this list at all.

[@night3687]

Well if they can fix the problem that all games installed always wanna update whenever you do anything then yeah their launcher would be just fine

[@rawhide_kobayashi]

I don't care how much of a "norm" it is, I'm not downloading a launcher without commensurate value. There's enough good games on Steam to last several lifetimes already.

[@bigkirbyhj666]

And at one point was really just the world of warcraft launcher.

[@benuscore8780]

I actually don't see anything wrong with BNET - it's annoying to need another one on your computer but at least it works well and doesn't get in your way.

[@asgth6147]

Never in my life have i had as hard of a time booting a game as i do when playing GTA5 due to Rockstar's launcher.

[@6v6IsForCaveDwellers]

Console wouldn't have any problems loading up gta5

[@ShyGuyShow]

Origin openly discourages you from even using it by uninstalling itself every now and then

[@BxPanda7]

Steam is superior because it's more like a social media platform for gaming while the other launchers are just launchers with a few extra features. I find it funny how much money Epic are spending to try and compete with Steam when they don't even have user profiles, someone added me randomly one time and there was no way for me to see who it is or why they added me, with steam a simple look at someone's profile is enough to determine if it's someone you know, a friend of a friend or some scammer trying to steal your cs:go knives. It's such a basic feature it's insane they don't have it.

[@positrack99]

Steam customer service sucks. I paid $60 for Three Kingdoms and spent over 2 hours trying to run and it never loaded and they refused to refund so bad company means no loyalty.

[@bonkers8004]

@@positrack99 If you spend longer than 2 hours on a new game you can't refund it, steam tells you that

[@sinistan1002]

except ms, sony haved epic have other business arms and valve really only has steam. unless steam deck can really become super successful which is up in the air still i would think

[@BxPanda7]

@@positrack99 Yeah the thing with steam is that you're responsible for what happens on your account, you have to know the rules and try your best to not mess up or you're down bad, I know it's one of the things about it that really sucks but it's understandable because of how many people abuse the platform on a daily basis. At least now you know, next time a game doesn't launch in the 2 hour window you have, refund it and don't waste your time and money.

[@BxPanda7]

@@sinistan1002 I think you underestimate just how much revenue Steam generates, they take a 30% cut on literally every single transaction made on their platform, and that is ALLOT of money when you factor in the community market, not to mention that after every single market transaction, even after the 30% cut, all the money involved stays on steam in user wallets, where it will be spent on steam anyways. Literally any amount of money you put on the platform, 30% of it is already theirs no matter what you do with it. (except for refunds when you buy a game with a card) Believe me, Steam is a money printer, that's why they barely release any games anymore, they have been swimming in money for years now.

[@eelvis1674]

I would actually say that in services/platforms like Steam and Streaming sites, competition is a bad thing, even if it doesn't result in exclusives (which it nearly always does) it just makes the process more complicated for the consumer

[@smokecrash2147]

You need competition or you get whatever microsoft is doing rn. (Don't get Windows 11 in the next 2 years, its unfinished)

[@eelvis1674]

@@smokecrash2147 I wasn't talking about operating systems

[@smokecrash2147]

@@eelvis1674 yeah, I know.

[@VskutkuTrigen]

Yes but also not... U are not only customer of steam game devs also are... and epic is giving them more money... That is good thing :) I would love to have all games on just one platform but I also believe that steam does not need that big of a cut of money I pay for the game.... Devs deserve more money from it... right now u give like 30% to steam and another 30% to taxes... how can devs have lesser half of money from stuff they worked on for Years...

[@eelvis1674]

@@VskutkuTrigen That's true I suppose. Don't know how you would remedy that, maybe regulation is required.

[@tsaageotrimm]

0:31 the message inspired to become the man I am today.

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

What always bothered me was that I have to install 30 launchers just because I have like that _one_ game. Even worse when I own a game on Steam and have to install 30 launchers to even play it.

[@nerdhockey2994]

After I bought Battlefront II on steam, it decided to tell me then I had to install fucking origin to play it. The only way these platforms have users is because they force it upon you

[@someguy9070]

He used music from Soda Drinker Pro.... you sir have earned my respect.

[@JM-dk4ec]

Lmaoooo that’s the same way I think of Epic game store, I just think of it as “let me check what game they got for free” lol I have never bought a damn thing in that platform, I love steam. Steam for me is like having my PlayStation profile where I can see all my achievements and all that, other launcher just are lackluster.

[@jkeebla]

i love console uis way more than steam

[@ferdjur4195]

Steam simply has a vision and keeps following it: to offer a platform for gaming that helps creating communities around games and is up to the latest trends (the late 2000's forum-style communities? Check. Early 2010's modding boom? They have built a workshop were every game can be opened to modding. Late 2010's gaming streams? They have a streaming service on their platform. Early 2020's VR? They're working on it.) Valve hasn't made the perfect, community oriented, game selling platform from day 1. It has built a platform over the years adapting it to what gaming was at the time. The other launchers either lack a look at the gaming community (Epic Store, that as the game suggests is just a store) or lack vision entirely being only a way to push games from a publisher (origin, uplay and rockstar). Gog has some community features, but like the games it sells, it has a very primitive outlook on them. If anyone wants to be a competitor to steam, rather than be just an online store for games it has to adapt around what is the most modern medium for the gaming world. The current state of competition shows instead how the industry can survive offering products without a vision as long as they have a big name behind them.

[@epicjonny155]

Does steam support game ownership. Also is the offline mode really a offline mode?

[@Winterstarf]

@@epicjonny155 technically, you don't really 'own' a game, whether it be steam or uplay or something else, it's in the TOS (ig)

[@epicjonny155]

@@Winterstarf that's really dumb

[@yeetme3387]

you deserve more views man this is an excellent and to the point video helped me to understand these services that i didnt even knew existed

[@Totallynotmwa]

As a linux user am happy we have steam we can game on linux proton is hella useful

[@angus_bangus]

one thing about ubisoft connect that gets the okay for me is how EVERY game on their platform has cloudsaves. you buy a ubi game on their platform regardless of age and it's gonna have cloudsaves which is a godsend. Hopefully steam and epic implement this someday.

[@DualReaver11]

Could not agree more cloud saves are so so good on pc. There are so many games on steam that u would expect to have cloud saves and they dont

[@dimlockfork5170]

steam has cloud saves already

[@angus_bangus]

@@dimlockfork5170 not every game on steam supports cloud saves. every single game on uplay has cross platform cloud saves.

[@Mixi_Hazbin]

I have yet to have a game, which Steams Cloud save doesn't work.

[@angus_bangus]

@@Mixi_Hazbin max payne 1 & 2. Necrovision. Sleeping Dogs. The list goes on. A lot of older titles don’t have cloud saves on steam while ubisoft connect supports cloud saves across their whole library. Ubisoft connect sucks in every other way tho.

[@krishna3606]

Steam's workshop and trading system is soo cool and perfect it never feels cheap or unnecessary. Buying games on steam itself is just fun i honestly spend hours customizing my profile and exploring community content sometimes

[@whiskas7078]

Came from Twitter, holy fuck bruv, you really should be a bigger channel. On point humor, edits top tier, actually funny. Hoping you grow bigger in time and that the algorithm is kind to you! Take my sub and like :D

[@Stryxo]

Thank you so much, I hope you enjoy my future videos!

[@BlueJayYT]

I really don't like Epic. Main reason for it is that it's broken my games multiples times. Used it to get Borderlands 3, which was exclusive on Epic at first, and it deleted my character save not once, but two times. I spent dozens of hours on both. Done with that trash launcher.

[@unoriginalname9556]

the fuck kind of shit are you doing with your pc if a launcher somehow breaks a game??????

[@phileas0408]

@@unoriginalname9556 just epic games being epic shit

[@keysl]

Happened to me too with Kena Bridge of spirits

[@unoriginalname9556]

@@phileas0408 Epic games never does that with me tho, so again how do some people treat their pcs for shit like that to happen?

[@phileas0408]

@@unoriginalname9556 just because it work for one person dosent mean it work for everyone

[@naufalprima9818]

ay yo, Nekojishi in your library?🤨🤨🤨📸📸📸📸📸

[@Console-gamer]

Larian now has its own launcher. Jeez.

[@dwightyoung2291]

The thing is that steam actually reinvests its cuts to make the platform useable at least.

[@M1X41I]

This is what I think of EGS Free Game giveaways: If I don't find free game interesting I just wouldn't bother to registrate in EGS and downloading game but if I do like the game that is free I will rather wait for Steam sale and buy it thus giving some money to the devs of a game I like and having the game on nice and cool Seam library

[@mrfunnyman1061]

origin: battlefield ubisoft connect: south park and far cry epic games store: free games.

[@Zion7105]

origin: Alice maddness returns ubisoft connect:Zombi epic games store: free tomb raider series, gta5, hit man, prey and control. nice

[@theorangecarousel481]

The problem with launchers is they are required. True competition would be not requiring us to download them.

[@Thelunarraptor]

I bet that the steam deck was made just to get developers to increase proton compatibility so all of Linux can improve for gaming. Since valve is a private company, that could be a legitimate reason they wanted to make it.

[@SantiagoMonroy5]

> Sonic Unleashed music and says it's a banger. I see you're a man of culture, i fucking adore Sonic Unleashed, it's one of my favorite games period.

[@ProGre1]

The "Videogames aren't fun anymore." video made me watch the rest of your videos and you have a lot of potencial man, i watched like 5 of your videos just today and you have a lot of things to say that i honestly wanna hear, don't stop with the good content, we need it.

[@zeez145]

Steam has Steam Workshop and the possibility to access betas in the game, which can offer a deeper experience for those who want a little bit more from their games. Also their Linux support in my experience has been really good, which is always a good thing

[@vibaj16]

Yeah, Steam Workshop is one of the best things in some games

[@daryus9064]

I think accesing betas is more kf a fun feature than a practical one Caus emost betas will be buggy and incomplete(cause its literally before the official release)

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

"I installed UPlay. It made my PC cry." ~ Yathzee Croshaw.

[@dejpop]

I love these compact, but still very dense videos! Good work.

[@ClokworkGremlin]

I have exactly two launchers on my computer: Steam and GoG. And GoG mostly because it's a viable competitor to Steam.

[@gunscotthdgaming69420]

Why Steam is superior to other game launchers: =Versetile =Awsome Sales =Workshop Mods and Addons =Easy and Effective Security System =No sh*tty deals =Pretty much everything =Valve

[@servinginhellaimingforheav2446]

Dont forget the review section

[@CsubAzUrmedve]

I just like collecting games on one platform. I don't usually buy games anywhere else. Epic with its needless exclusivity is just obnoxious as hell. I mean I can understand if a company like EA and Ubisoft wants to use their own platforms for their own games, since they made it (except Rockstar, since they have only a few games), but what Epic does should be banished.

[@cobra4439]

Also to my knowledge you can’t hide games in Epic like you can in steam which would be really nice for all those dev kits I accidentally added.

[@Blorxian-hater]

I swear to god having origin open in the background makes my entire pc lag

[@Nipotazzi]

As always VALVe is the one who knocks. They knew that consumer friendly + dedicated servers + optimizations + many many many ways to use the platform = lots and lots of money thrown at your face. It's as simple as that: if price of the service is worth, everyone will pay it.

[@timothyjacksondrake4454]

I started using gog a bit, then decided to go linux and so yeah back to steam all the way. I think they believe in Santa Claus, because they are amazing 60% of the time. The rest is well to long and painful to get into here.

[@kolkoki]

THANK YOU For all steam could do wrong, they don't. Sure they get a big cut of game price but that's the only thing, and Linux support is beyond godlike from these chads. It's thanks to them we can totally run Linux on a gaming station.

[@positrack99]

Steam customer service sucks. I paid $60 for Three Kingdoms and spent over 2 hours trying to run and it never loaded and they refused to refund so bad company means no loyalty.

[@yuriibondar3757]

@@positrack99 it's their refund policy wdym? That message is automated anyways. I've returned countless games by not running them over 2 hours.

[@davawen9938]

It pains me that gog's developpers openly refused making their launcher available on linux, even their whole thing was to have a unified experience between platforms, like what the fuck?!

[@shirrshsrivastava1486]

@@kolkoki "Sure they get a big cut of game price" Why does that bother you though ? you are literally a normal customer how does what the publisher will get affects your decision to buy product I never understood this

[@dmz985]

Bethesda Launcher: I had Doom Eternal there, but I ended up purchasing it again on steam (on sale) to not have to use that piece of garbage. 2K Launcher (XCOM2): Broke all the mods, and the community actually had to develop an open source launcher just so that you can keep using your mods.

[@othosos]

I'm surprised it took this long for companies to realize 12% cut of 1 million is less than 30% cut of 10 million

[@Keiken0]

I love the profiles on steam and the achievements. The only other launcher I use is gog since I can put all games that arent on steam into an own launcher so that I have to spent as few time possible on other launchers. Its also really cool to track your playtime of games like Minecraft, Genshin and League, since they dont do it themselves.

[@sciuresci1403]

Epic was a good contender with the free games but just the fact that you can't see user reviews on it is enough for me to not use it.

[@mastroitek]

add to that all the small bugs, the fact that pressing "in library" when in the store on a page of a game that you already own, it takes you to the library and not to that specific game. The fact that you have to manually move games between folders or drives because it misses the option, and then trick epic to re-download it, stop it, move the game files into the folder it just created, close it, open it and start the download again so that it realizes that the game is already there. Just a big huge mess of a platform

[@Tommy23565]

don't get me started about the paradox launcher ugh I mean it gets the job done but it feels like using a chainsaw to slice a piece of bread, it works but is very inconvenient

[@curom6593]

Eh, I'd argue that most of the time it doesn't work at all.

[@yeatnumber1Dmuncher]

I mean playing Paradox games is already painful, so it's fitting

[@sadfaceemojioxlong8593]

Like a trex chainsaw slicing bread?

[@Ziobbe]

The important point is that the chainsaw is not turned on and takes fifty pulls to get started. I don't think I have ever had Stellaris launch on the first try. It has to launch, hang, crash, and then the second time it figures itself out.

[@owenhammond1880]

Yeah I'm with the OP on this one. I'm completely fine with competition when that competition has something to bring to the table. Just making a shitter version of what I already have is honestly just a waste of time. I do want to check out GoG since it has some of those old games you can't get on steam.

[@sirbaconbuster]

I actually quite like GOG. My experience with it is minimal, but what is there has been nothing but positive.

[@gamigem]

The sonic unleashed music??? I think we'll get along just fine

[@weeb_dweeb]

Steam sales kinda also motivate me to not pirate, "i could try to pirate this game, or i could buy a game on sale and not have to go trought the hassle of finding a good pirating site".

[@aldproductions2301]

Steam Play. If you're not a linux user, you may not know what it is. If you are a linux player, you know. Not only does Steam not enforce OS locks, it will install the games directly into a wine prefix for you. One place I've seen that. Oh yeah, and Family Sharing is awesome.

[@sirbaconbuster]

Oh yes. This is an absolute lifesaver. Also VALVE putting a lot of effort into getting games working on Linux helps too. I’d be willing to be that gaming on Linux would not be as easy as it is if VALVE hadn't pushed it so hard.

[@lxdixd]

oh shit, steam does that? i was looking at switching to linux on my main computer but losing access to games was my main concern

[@aldproductions2301]

@@lxdixd It does! It's not perfect, and some games need a little help, but it's a HUGE boost. I would reccomend checking the steam forums for a game for comments about Linux, or taking advantage of Dual-boot to do some testing of your games before committing to switching. It helps a lot though that Steam built their DRM Technology specifically with cross platform access in mind, so we start with the most significant hurdle already overcome.

[@orboakin8074]

This video further convinces me that I made the right choice when I got into PC gaming last year, built my rig and installed Steam as my main launcher. I only use origin because I have to in order to play Jedi Fallen Order but otherwise, Steam is the best and my default game launcher. So easy, user friendly, customer service is good and the sales🤩 Plus, they are a truly private company with a long history of actually supporting gamers and that makes me trust them more than I will ever trust the others

[@joseaca1010]

People complain about steam being a monopoly, but heres the thing, sometimes monopoloes exist because one producer offers a service SUBSTANTIALLY superior to the competition, i believe this is the case with steam That being said, i like GoG galaxy, i hope the release of steam deck encourages them to develop a linux version hopefully you will be able to play most of the gog library through proton

[@SuperTime2Change]

Valve didn't build anything groundbreaking from the ground up. All Proton is, is a forked version of Wine tailored to make games more compatible out of box. I do agree that more companies need to adopt and support gaming on Linux. Competition is needed to stimulate the stagnant state of the video game industry. With Windows popularity and ecosystem declining, Linux has become the go to for many gamers. Myself included.

[@Dewelwield1010]

Surprised to not see Xbox gamepass launcher on here. aside from the fact that the launcher is pretty much just an extension of the Microsoft store, I can’t count how many times I’ve googled my problem downloading something from gamepass only to find 20 threads of people on the gamepass subreddit calling the programmers drunk monkeys on a keyboard not understanding how to make a game effing download.

[@fabikachu4836]

cool video and really clean editing and pasting. came for the interesting topic stayed because the content. the only complaint i have is the KZbin did not recommend this channel to me erlier. keep it up!

[@RainbowDark]

Fuck that was a great video, I'll be looking for more from you ! Thanks Sauce guy for putting this on my twitter TL

[@londondeer]

LOL I CAME FROM HIS RETWEET TOO

[@whiskas7078]

Sauce man coming in with the save yet again

[@Mortomi]

Itch is more for indie games, so it has its own market. Not sure about the other one, but itch is probably alright to not have in this video.

[@an0maly404]

Wait, this is a great video. Why does it have such low views ?

[@Stryxo]

it be like that sometimes

[@an0maly404]

@@Stryxo Well, I really hope the best for you, those are nice videos

[@weepgamer]

Steam has easy VR support for every consumer headset, and epic is still trying to figure out how to make a good download ui

[@chefboyjc9439]

I remember just not being able to log into origin for like a year, it would just infinitely load after I put in my information

[@TheDaxter11]

100% everything in this video. I only have Origin and Uplay because they're mandatory for playing their games even if you buy the games on Steam. The Septic launcher is literally only good for fortshite and free games, if you think free games is worth having that trash launcher on your computer, which I don't. Seriously its better just getting games on CDKeys for Steam than getting the Septic launcher for the free games, cause at least some money is going to people who actually deserve it.

[@scoundrel8440]

I installed the Rockstar Launcher just so I can play Grand Theft Auto San Andreas... :(

[@faaskee7071]

@@scoundrel8440 That deserved to be pirated

[@TheDaxter11]

@@scoundrel8440 Really? I got GTA SA a few months ago on Steam, I don't have the Rockstar Launcher.

[@scoundrel8440]

@@TheDaxter11 I was talking about the RGL version, aka the only way to play the original version unless if you bought the Steam version before Rockstar delisted it. And honestly, it's a pretty fucking stupid idea to charge 30$ for a 3 old games. Just relist it on Steam already Rockstar! I'm trying to save up money for GTA IV! Not 3 old games that I had to go to a shitty launcher that never goes on sale to buy them!

[@chrish7543]

Unironically why I like console more a lot of the time. Games work/start instantly and UI is ultra easy to use.

[@zarch0370]

I don’t know about other people, but I personally never had any problems with Uplay. It’s a bit slower, but I’ve never seen it glitch(like Origin). I use it only for R6 and my main launchers are Steam(obviously) and Epic, because of the better prices and more discounts.

[@CPTNeka]

yeah its not really that bad, i also mainly use it for siege but have used it for for honor and valhalla and it worked fine

[@Mr-catseyes]

dude i have 100% percentet rayman legends but beacause i have to use uplay to launch it i have zero achiewments and for a achiwment hunter like me that sucks and sometimes it just wont start the game i hate it im sorry english isnt my first language

[@its_just_seb]

i live in a country with multiple national languages. Ubisoft does not like that. It used to be that when I opened the store tab in ubisoft connect it would give me a screen to choose which language i would like the store to be displayed in (notably english was never an option, despite the fact that i have the ubisoft connect interface set to english. For some reason the store requires a different language). That was fine, even though it would never lock in my choice and ask me anew every time i opened it. But for the last few months it has removed that screen and defaults to french. i do not speak french. most of my country does not speak french. there is no way to change the language on the store now. i can no longer understand what is written in the store. And then there's the issue that sometimes they'll display discounted offers from another region's store that when i click them, will no longer be discounted because the discount is not active in my region.

[@ChiliBurgerYT]

My ranking of the game launchers Steam: PEAK EA: Okay (just so I can play sims 2 and 3. 4 is on Steam)) Ubisoft Connect: Only for Uno and Rocksmith The others: Never really used them