You know, I'm really beginning to appreciate just how terrified a lot of games publishers and journalists were over Sweet Baby Inc Detected thing.
Steam is obviously a platform that can effect change in company policy and sales.
I've always been certain that the likes of PC Gamer and RPS enthusiastically supported Epic's store when it first started because they could see the writing on the wall. Why bother waiting for a 'professional' review of a game you're interested in- if it even comes- when you can read hundreds/ thousands of reviews and see an aggregate rating within hours of release, which you can filter in various ways. No more Dragon Age 2 94% reviews, or glossing over the manifest problems new releases often have, let alone the ridiculous 'politics' crow-barred into reviews by 'journalists' who seem more like frustrated social policies students than gamers- you get the raw, unvarnished opinions from people who've played the game and know what they want. Yes, you still have to use critical thinking to get past the obvious brigading, but it's still an extremely powerful and far more useful tool to have than a magazine review.
Well, there's that and the sweet Fortnite advertising money they were raking in.
