Submitted by redhatGizmo t3_115a172 in technology
amoralhedgehog t1_j926zam wrote
Reply to comment by stu54 in Ultra-enthusiast hardware is strangling PC gaming by redhatGizmo
I'm not at all confident in that prediction. Steam's current projections suggest Epic's impact on sales units stabilised last year, with sales expected to recover and surpass pre-Epic figures over the next 5 years. The platform has significant stickiness for millenial gamers, who now have dominating consumer power alongside decade-old Steam libraries.
Regarding indie games, the number of indie titles released roughly doubles every 5 years, meanwhile AAA titles have declined over the long term with the exception of a post-covid release backlog. As for "indie devs can't compete with free games"... at least 20% of the most popular indie games on Steam are freemiums...
Suffice to say, there are many features of the market that point toward the resilience of Steam against loss-leading AAA competitors.
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