So I just checked and I'm pretty sure every single store displayed in that Pic simply sells you a Steam Key. Which isn't suprising because I'm pretty sure Monster Hunter World is a Steam Exclusive on PC? Soooo...platform exclusivity is actually OK as long as you can buy the codes for the platform you have to use somewhere else, too? But, ignoring that:
This picture is so endlessly frustrating because it's clearly made and posted by people who wilfully ignore the actual arguments and discussions taking place. When talking about Epic Store being good for competition, people are not talking about singular games but the industry as a whole Another Store that actually has a chance in rivaling Steam is good for competition between video game stores, as Steam will be forced to reevaluate many of their decisions in light of a legit competitor driving down their numbers, in turn benefiting both customers and developers. Because even though Steam is not a Monopoly, it still doesn't have any noteworthy competition on the market that would force them to reevaluate their business practices or, well...compete with anyone. If Epic manages to turn into that legit competitor thanks to deals like this, then yes, it is indeed good for the competition and breaking up the absolute indescribable and undeniable power a single company holds over all of the PC gaming industry.
The fact that Epic Store is a worse experience with less features from the get go compared to a platform like Steam that has been operating and been expanding for over a decade is as undeniable as it is inevitable. We already knew from Epic that many of those features were already planned and promised to be coming soon. It's good to see they seem to be holding these promises.
Saying that Monster Hunter is a steam exclusive game because you need to enter a key on steam is like saying that rainbow six siege is uplay exclusive, or that GTA V is a rockstar club exclusive (or what ever their launcher is called).
That argument also shows a complete lack of knowledge on how the key system works, keys are created by devs at 0 cost to them (as in valve lets you take 100% of the money you make from the keys despite using their servers), so devs can even make "100%" of the sale, if they sell it on their own website, this allows other stores to sell games that require the steam launcher, at vastly different prices from the steam store as well (which happens all the time, you know like proper competition), which is why you can have things like humble bundles where you might pay literally cents for a game while at the same time the dev is selling his game at full price on steam.
As for the image ignoring the discussion taking place, the discussion taking place is that epic will eventually bring good competition, and I ask where is the proof of that?
Because:
It sure isn't the functionality of the store at launch.
It sure isn't the functionality of the store right now.
It sure isn't the state of the unreal marketplace.
It sure isn't the lower cut.
It sure isn't the idea that epic is the first company to be in a position to compete with steam.
It sure isn't the amount of titles.
It sure isn't the price of the titles.
It sure isn't how multi-platform it is.
It sure isn't the SDKs offered by the store.
It sure isn't how many free titles it is offering.
It sure isn't it being DRM free.
It sure isn't it being accessible to developers.
It sure isn't the userbase.
I am yet to see a single argument that justifies the idea that epic will eventually provide enough competition so that steam will end up being a better service that will benefit the consumer, it is all based on faith that someday somehow epic will be a genuine competitor by doing the same things other stores have already done (and are already doing), so until that day arrives we should totally be ok with epic moneyhatting games to its platform creating the very lack of competition that people are saying is going to help the consumer? This is basically the trickle down economics of digital distribution.
As for the epic store being a worse experience, yes it was to be expected, but the epic store is one of the weakest attempts at providing competition out of the gate, while at the same time locking games down to it, why in the hell should any consumer be ok with that?