Epic CEO says it "heavily reinvests" in EGS users, takes a potshot at Steam chief Gabe Newell's "yachts and diamond teeth"

It's no secret that Steam dwarfs the Epic Games Store when it comes to the amount of purchases and the number of active users. Epic's never been shy of that fact. The company's CEO, Tim Sweeney, has been equally unshy about criticizing some of Valve's practices. Now, in the process of acknowledging how making a game free on EGS for a week increases sales on other platforms, including Steam, Sweeney appears to have taken a rather fierce jab at Valve boss Gabe Newell. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:Steam's gifting system expands to include one of the handiest features Valve ever addedValve's new Steam AI disclosure cares about what you actually see, stressing that behind-the-scenes dev tools are "not the focus"Steam just hit more concurrent players than there are people in Canada, as Counter-Strike 2 and PUBG push it to a new peak

Jan 21, 2026 - 20:25
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Epic CEO says it "heavily reinvests" in EGS users, takes a potshot at Steam chief Gabe Newell's "yachts and diamond teeth"
It's no secret that Steam dwarfs the Epic Games Store when it comes to the amount of purchases and the number of active users. Epic's never been shy of that fact. The company's CEO, Tim Sweeney, has been equally unshy about criticizing some of Valve's practices. Now, in the process of acknowledging how making a game free on EGS for a week increases sales on other platforms, including Steam, Sweeney appears to have taken a rather fierce jab at Valve boss Gabe Newell.

Read the rest of the story...

RELATED LINKS:
Steam's gifting system expands to include one of the handiest features Valve ever added
Valve's new Steam AI disclosure cares about what you actually see, stressing that behind-the-scenes dev tools are "not the focus"
Steam just hit more concurrent players than there are people in Canada, as Counter-Strike 2 and PUBG push it to a new peak

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