"Please prop up our meaningless numbers by publishing your NFT cash grab shovelware in our store, you can even use AI generated assets so your actual effort is about zero" is all I'm reading here
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That's spot on. They are trailing steam despite their continuously large efforts to catch up. They'll do everything except build features like reviews that help the consumer. Instead they'll have exclusives and lower cuts but they won't give users any decent features. They even removed chat features because epic doesn't want to deal with moderation on any level. They barely moderate their unreal marketplace which is full of terrible scams.
Epic taking a "we'll accept first and consider the consequences later" isn't the right move, in my opinion. Sure, the points they make, that "not all AI content is infringing or bad" is true, but the vast majority of AI being used in games is cheap and quick art assets for shovelware titles. Steam already has a considerable amount of shitty titles, allowing stuff made with AI would only make it even worse.
I think the major pushback against AI in games is exactly that, they just scream "cheap money grab" from a zero-skill nobody
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I would argue that "zero-skill" games can have charm if they're still fun or creative. Perhaps I'm a bit biased though as a beginner gamedev who doesn't have much skill outside of programming though.
Epic is desperate to get a leg up in steam. This is a risk they are willing to take in order to try to get ahead of steam.