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'Why would anyone buy from steam anymore?'

'is there really any other reason on why to purchase games on Steam? (steam keys not counted)'

The goalposts, they've been fired from the surface of earth to the end of the universe at light speed!

Maybe not but at least the keys are 100% legit, you get bit of cashback from the cards and you have 2h window to refund the game if it turns out it's ass or your PC won't run it properly.

I think if you want to support the game maker, it helps them if you to buy on steam and leave a positive review. Apparently the review tally on Steam store page only take into account purchases through steam directly. And game ratings on Steam, being the major distribution platform, matters a lot to a game's sale. I read that from a apiece written by a game developer somewhere... Can't remember where now.

Epic Games Launcher is an epic pile of shit, that's my reason. Until I get an actually functioning, convenient store and library with filtering/organizing features, I won't even consider buying from there.

Regarding Steam in general though, I think it's the social aspect it offers. Games on Steam have achievements, screenshots, play time, reviewing, game hub with discussions, guides, groups, and even friends info related to the game (owners, wishlists, reviews) not to mention trading cards, badges, emotes and backgrounds to customize your Steam profile. For many, this is worth the extra few bucks spent on the game to have it on Steam over other platforms. If you're only buying to play the game and that's it, then sure, you can buy everywhere without concern. But most people on Steam have a large number of friends and are very active in communities. Losing all these social features for the sake of saving a few bucks is simply not worth it.

I didnt bought anything on steam this year because the new billing policy they started using, and I dont trust steam that much that I just put card info and such into it. I also never bought anything beyond 12 euro out of discipline, because I think games costing 50-60 euro is outrageous. As for other launchers like epic and origin, I'm fine without them since what they are offering is things I can live without.
I use steam cause you can haggle and get games for cards and gems and tf2 keys, and the fact that I have like 1,5k games on it which im slowly burning through

Regional pricing? Epic doesn't have it.

"Complete your collection" bundles, for one.

Discussion forums, sharing screenshots, playing with friends on your list, Workshop mods, integrated guides, achievements, solid linux support. Lots of reasons to use Steam over the competition.

I have many games on uplay (most of the assassin creed, division 1 and 2, far cry 3 4 and 5 and even primal), origin and GOG (all the witcher most important but many others too). achievements, cards are important but price is much more important to me.. I never saw the different clients as an issue..

Complete the bundle discounts and low amounts of steam wallet from items/cards/trading. With the popularity of dlcs, if you get several but not all from a bundle, the cheapest way is to complete the dlc bundle on Steam. Regional pricing is a factor too, although many 3rd party sites offer regional currency, not all of them have regional pricing. For some others, clear refund rules, I have only refunded once on HB with an unrevealed store key but I assume it is more difficult to refund keys on 3rd party sites if you've used the keys than Steam's two hours two weeks rule.

Wallet money from selling cards.

Nice try Epic

You can make some money with csgo investments. it's convenient to pay with steam wallet and you will lose like 30% if you cash out. I bought games for 200 € and have not spent a single cent

Steam wallet cards are the only payment method I use online.

I mostly will buy on steam. Not only steam prices are the lowest for me on my region with local currency but they also give bragging rights so.... There's that... Let me use your purchased HZD as an example. You bought it in Epic for 34.99EUR but in my Steam region w/ local currency HZD only cost PHP999 w/c is around $20USD or 17.81EUR in full price. If I purchase it on Epic it would set me back $29.99USD or 26.47EUR.

So you're asking why would anybody still buy on Steam. Well my friend... =) Have a great day.

Nearly every game I bought this sale was at a historical low price on Steam. The first I bought this sale was Doom Eternal, which was at a historical low price on Steam. . https://gg.deals/game/doom-eternal/

And the last game I bought this sale (In Death), while not on a historical low, was priced lowest on Steam, and the historical low was also previously on Steam. https://gg.deals/game/in-death/

https://gg.deals/deals/?minRating=5&onlyBestDeal=1&onlyHistoricalLow=1

Lastly, Horizon Zero Dawn is the same price on both EGS and Steam for me ($49.99). That said, I'll be buying it on Steam.

But... why? Why create yet another Steam vs. Epic thread? Everyone who has some position has already shared it a hundred times each, it's not like Epic has changed their policy or improved their store lately. You've already heard all the pro-Steam arguments numerous times, why do you need to hear them yet again?

I honestly don't know anymore. I like the information Steam discussions etc. can provide but ofc that doesn't mean I have to buy the game on Steam. As jbond said, Epic launcher is pretty bad. I've just gotten used to buying on Steam, but ofc I buy a Steam key if it's cheaper.

Before I would have used the convenience argument because if you don't own any games on a platform you don't need the client installed but now it doesn't matter anymore because I have games on all platforms.

Salty much? You are allowed to not like steam. I'm allowed to like it.

Here in Mexico, steam prices are usually the best deal, plus buying on Steam gives hou a few benefits such as tokens and the hability to easily refund.

I buy where it's cheaper.

At some point Epic will stop trying to buy customers and with paid exclusives and $10 coupons, prices will go up and the amount they give to publishers will drop greatly.
The guarantee sales for games on epic is being counted in the number of game that game sold on epic and no one but the publishers know how many copies epic buys. Also if US laws could change to make it hard for a company like epic to run in the USA since it is 48.8% owned by China.

Regional pricing and Steam features. It's mostly 1/3 or 1/2 price for me to buy on Steam then anywhere else. Yeah Epic has same regional prices but i am willing to pay Steam rather than Epic for now since that's my preferred client.

Big Fish Games sells their games cheaper on Steam than on their own storefront, this is why I buy those there. Plus a lot of games are Steam exclusive. As in, they are sold only on Steam, nowhere else. (Just people never complain about that, like how they never complain about battle.net-only or Origin-only games, only EGS-only games). These are the only reasons, frankly. Other than that, I made the same observation, that it is pointless to throw money at Valve, legit key sites and competing launchers almost always give better deals than them.

Well, unless you live in a cheap region. Nobody can compete with the Russian/Chinese/Indian/etc. Steam store prices.