r/whennews • u/CannonBirb • 2h ago

Tech News Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/report-epic-games-goes-all-in-on-ai-for-disney-collaboration/

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u/Alpha_minduustry 2h ago

And they wonder why Steam is winning.

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u/GodButCursed 1h ago

They didnt even win without the ai thing. Might as well go all in then

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u/Impressive_Pin8761 1h ago

sadly, fortnite alone is netting them more money than steam could ever make

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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 1h ago edited 54m ago

You vastly underestimate how much money steam makes

Like, to the point where vastly doesn’t feel like anywhere near strong enough of a word. It’s completely incomparable. Valve has been able to thrive as a gaming company with their only paid release in the past 15 years being a VR game that, due to being a vr exclusive, had an inherent target demographic of about 13 people.

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u/SharpVCN 57m ago

Sources cite that at its financial peak in 2018, Fortnite generated $5.4 Billion in revenue that year.

Steam meanwhile generated $17 billion in revenue in 2025.

And that is before operating costs are also included. Epic Games has thousands of employees to pay, Valve has roughly 400. I think people truly do not understand the unbelievable cash cow that Steam is.

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u/The_Toad_wizard 14m ago

Brother, what the fuck is in your drinking water for you ti say that?

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u/pikmin2005 22m ago

Steam is a genuine money printer for Valve.

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u/FakeMik090 21m ago

Really? You believe that?

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u/ausvenator_enjoyer 2h ago

Live footage of Epic Games strategy:

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u/Sad-Ideal-9411 1h ago

the missile does not know where it is
missile is confused
returning to sender

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u/Kickedbyagiraffe 38m ago

By returning from where it is to where it was the missile will know its current position

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u/ensuiscool 2h ago

the things i wanna say about Tim Sweeney will get my account banned

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u/king_kong_kum 1h ago

Say it pussy.

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u/toidi_diputs 1h ago

Take it from someone who has been repeatedly suspended for saying the mildest things against a group that definitely deserves it: it's not worth it. Reddit is an extra ban-happy site.

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u/Gay-Space-Pirate 54m ago

Yeh I got suspended for a week I think it was for jokingly saying "we should burn this down" or wtvr to an ai billboard saying like "ai wont complain when there's poor regulations"

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u/The_Toad_wizard 12m ago

I got 2 bans for inciting violence and I think both of them were on fictional characters. Like "cutting off cat ears off a human character" (typing like this incase I get slapped)

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u/boidudebro13 1h ago

it pussy.

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u/Vahjkyriel 2h ago

honestly thought this was already their model

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u/Kind-Ad-6099 1h ago

It’s essentially the model of many companies now. It works

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u/ThePhoenix0829 1h ago

Is that a fucking mini watermelon? What's the context exactly for this, why is she alone with a shit ton of... Medieval siege weapons

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u/CannonBirb 1h ago

Watermemlo chucking compition (I think)

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u/Tentak3l 46m ago

Tv reality show , the amazing race or pekin express here in france , people sometimes have some trials to win competition , thoses girls had to trow watermelons at armors , and bad luck occured

It’s the season 17 , the duo is brook & claire

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u/TheOneWho0bserves 34m ago

Its from a reality tv show from like.. the early 2000s. It was what us kids at the time called an "epic fail"

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u/Secret_USB 1h ago

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u/Spotted_Tax 36m ago

The Luigi strategy

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u/SurelyNotClover 1h ago

Epic, i don't even buy your games and i already want a refund

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u/MimiHamburger 1h ago

Ah shit well I needed to free up some space on my computer anyways. It’s been a good run fortnite.

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u/_HyperlinkBlocked_ 1h ago

The same people that made the eternal cylinder? Woah. Thats very disappointing

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u/TheTeleporteBread 1h ago

There is not foot left but only the ever increasing craters when foot was once

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u/AxiosXiphos 33m ago

I guess steam are the good guys because they ask game companies to put tiny optional A.I. disclaimers on, which the triple A companies simply don't bother doing (and steam never checks).