It turned out that there was a fight between Epic Games and Steam bosses that amounted to insults. While Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was cursing the Steam team, it turned out that Steam did not remain silent on this issue either.
Valve, the owner of the world’s most popular online gaming platform Steam, has been a antitrust case is dealing with. According to this lawsuit filed by independent developer Wolfire, Valve was abusing Steam’s dominant position in the market and demanding very high commissions. The documents submitted and shared with the public in this ongoing case show that there was a dispute between Epic Games’ founder and CEO Tim Sweeney and Steam’s boss Gabe Newell. fight is revealed.
According to the information obtained, the fuse of the fight between Sweeney and Steam was in 2018 It is sparked by a correspondence process. The parties speak very harshly towards each other in the e-mails they send, and even insulted up to They use expressions. Let’s look at the details of this interesting fight together.
Epic Games boss to Steam officials: “You a**holes”
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney sends a joint email to Gabe Newell and Steam COO Scott Lynch in 2018. In this email, Sweeney describes the 30 percent commission Steam receives from game sales. criticizes. Stating that this high commission rate can be accepted for the first years of Steam, Tim Sweeney says that the platform is now at a very different point, so commission rates can be reduced.
This is exactly where the incident breaks out. Epic Games CEO wrote in part of the email:You assholes (a**holes), you say that powerful developers have special terms, while the 30 percent commission is for small people (meaning independent developers).“. We do not know whether Gabe Newell was aware of this statement, but Scott Lynch received this e-mail. that you answered We see.
Scott Lynch’s response: Are you crazy?
Gabe Newell and Tim Sweeney
Scott Lynch uses a very short and clear expression in the e-mail he replied to: “You’re crazy?“
How did this fight end? nobody knows. However, what we understand from here is that Epic Games CEO hates Steam and its executives. But let’s also say this; Steam gives concessions to big developers and imposes 30 percent commission on independent or small developers. There is nothing acceptable about it.
English and Turkish translated versions of the e-mail shared with the public:
