As Borderlands 4 eyes Steam, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford addresses prediction Steam may be "dying" by now: "I’m a Steam customer, but sure wish they had more and better competition"
Pitchford reckoned Steam would feel more pressure from stores like Epic
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Five years ago,GearboxbossRandy Pitchford predictedthat, “when we look back at Steam in five or 10 years, it may look like a dying store and other, competitive stores, will be the place to be,” alluding primarily to the then-fresh Epic Games Store and its more generous developer revenue split. Cut to today and not only is Steam quite lively,Borderlands 4is eyeing Steamandthe Epic Games Store, whereas Borderlands 3 was briefly an Epic exclusive. As some onlookers readied their eggs, Pitchford addressed his inaccurate prediction online, defending his stance as pro-competition.
“Yeah, Steam is the leading store for PC games and Epic is not pressing their advantage (which is a shame),“Pitchford said in a tweet. “I’m a Steam customer, but sure wish they had more and better competition that was more favorable to artists, designers, and …
