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submitted 4 months ago by Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 115 points 4 months ago

Imagine if Steam and EGS were hotdog vendors.

Steam offers all the condiments; mustard, ketchup, mayo, relish, onions, pickles, tomatoes, bacon, cheese, chili, etc.

EGS is just a plain hotdog. No condiments. You're lucky to even get a bun.

Both are equal price.

Which hotdog are you getting?

Now imagine that the plain hotdog guy keeps whining that nobody wants his hotdogs.

[-] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I think I lost this analogy. What are the condiments in this metaphor?

[-] Scafir@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 4 months ago

I don't know so much about EGS, but probably some of the following (most of which I don't use very often, I hope I recall correctly)

[-] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Workshop, providing mod hosting/browser/framework for API
controller configuration tools
Better storefront with decent discovery and better search (Although this wouldn't be a condiment in the anology)
Passable social tools (IE voice chat)
Game streaming to friends
Cloud saves
Relatively good review system
Item marketplace and trading