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Content is king indeed but I don't think exclusivity matters all that much. Having the wider range of products however, seems important. Also steam benefits from their position, tons of boomers have tons of games on steam. In this regard, seducing the younger gamers is probably sound on the long term, so Epic is placing themselves pretty well in ten years I do believe.
 
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Let's be real though. Steam is a bloated and shitty shopping experience right now.

There is absolutely room for someone to come along with Discord integration instead of their own community features and eat Steam's lunch. Probably by enforcing draconian quality controls on the way information is shared on the store page. (Clearly listed genre, play time, CGI trailers labeled so they can be ignored, mandatory screenshots showing the UI, etc)

EDIT: The point being that digital distribution is a solved problem: lots of companies can send you bits and keep them updated now. Networking effects and first-mover advantage will help Steam for a long time, but eventually someone will provide an improvement to the shopping experience that allows users to make a decision about whether or not to purchase something without opening another tab and doing research on a secondary site like youtube. "Information curation", not just some quality bar for "content curation".
 
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