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It's not about the epic store being a success. It's about getting fortnite on steam with little to no fees being paid to steam. Just like the lawsuit against apple.
But it isn't the same scenario. Apple is a closed system, im steams case there are many alternatives. You don't have to put your game on steam. Alan Wake 1 is on steam and Alan Wake 2 isn't for example. You can also buy keys separately and then activate on steam, you are not forced to use steam like apple.
It's still the steam ecosystem when you sell steam keys. Why should a game be able to use steam to distribute their game that they sell for a free or reduced price then sell micro transactions without paying steam? If you don't want to pay steam a cut don't use their store or distribution.
Wait...
People still play Fortnite?
Right this minute, if Fortnite players were all on Steam it'd be the #2 most popular game there, with a 24hr peak easily hitting #1. I'm not a fan of Tim either, but the game is still massively popular.
Like gangbusters.