But on that matter, Valve charges much less for their engine, and is often free for indie devs.
If you’re talking about the Source Engine, they’re really, really not comparable. The Source Engine hasn’t even been updated since 2013.
EGS would be grossly profitable if they had a good service, but they don’t because their platform is shit.
What are they supposed to do?
How would you convince gamers to use your store instead of Steam? There are reasons that anti-monopoly laws don’t care how you got your monopoly, once you have one it’s problematic because it makes nearly impossible for competition to form against you.
If you’re talking about the Source Engine, they’re really, really not comparable. The Source Engine hasn’t even been updated since 2013.
How would you convince gamers to use your store instead of Steam? There are reasons that anti-monopoly laws don’t care how you got your monopoly, once you have one it’s problematic because it makes nearly impossible for competition to form against you.
The engine is all besides the point, though there are games like Apex Legends which use the Source Engine and are just great.
How would I convince gamers to use my platform instead of Steam?
For starters, act in good faith. For all the issues you raise with Steam, at least they aren’t fighting anyone for exclusivity rights.
Transferring Rocket League and Payday2 to Epic fucked the community so hard they have split the player pool.
They could offer some basic community tools, and features which every other store has had for years.