Is this my fault because of all the free games I claimed?
Off the top of my head I can think of him saying the Valve Steamdeck is great: https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/141575567884990054...
And him saying that Valve not demanding crossplay is bad.
But Epic is one of the most dev-friendly companies in the world. And in my opinion they're constantly pushing in the right direction on things. Maybe not without prompting. But still.
* Online multiplayer must have crossplay
* Anti platform monopolists lawsuits
* Source available engine
* No lootboxes
* Over a hundred million dollars to Ukraine
* $250k to Godot for open source graphics
It's one of the few companies I'm actually rooting for.
The second one seems reasonable, factually accurate, and not a big deal.
I dislike the third argument regarding crypto because I think crypto is trash, but I do think Steam's (and many others) 30% cut of transactions is predatory vs. Epic's 12%. I also think it is predatory to require that games use the Steam Wallet for in app purchases meaning that steam gets a cut.
None of these are blaming Valve for being successful.
That's absolutely blame to me, but you're entitled to your own interpretation
That's not blaming Valve for being successful. That's calling them out for anti-consume practices.
What's controversial about that? What's he blaming them for?
Competition is good for consumers. If Steams leadership position is making it harder to have quality, viable alternative game stores that's bad for dev's and consumers long term.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/4/22418782/epic-games-store-...
No ragrats!