The PC scene is a pretty polarizing one right now. We've reported on it, many others have as well. The Epic Games Store has become an unexpected disruption in the ecosystem that has lead to many upset players. At the forefront is the CEO of Epic, Tim Sweeney. He's not been shy about the strategy of buying exclusive games for the storefront, the crux of many's issue with the store. Don't expect it to stop anytime soon, either, because Sweeney thinks it's the only way to realistically combat Steam.
Steam became the de facto PC standard years ago when Valve launched the storefront in a time where mainstream development had moved to consoles almost entirely. Since then, it's been built up with multiple features, largely becoming synonymous with PC gaming in the process. Because of that, Sweeney was dismissive of ideas that a 'feature war' against Steam was ever a viable strategy due to how ingrained Steam has become. That's why he says that Epic has pursued exclusive storefront games as their primary source of trying to take that market share. You can see the lengthy explanation at the man's official Twitter below.
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