Steam gets all my gaming budget, as I really try to stick to Linux.
If it ain't on steam, I don't play it, and they don't get my money.
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If it ain't on steam, I don't play it, and they don't get my money.
And prefer not having to haul a library of physical media with me everywhere at the minuscule risk of losing access to said games.
In Steam's terms, they make clear that they will do everything they can to maintain your access to your games, even if they close shop. Of course, that may not be much, but I think Valve cares more about the customer than any other company listed above.
I've seen enough of the dark side of Valve to not trust that notion any more than any of Epic's promise. They haven't won that goodwill of "trust me" from me.
Besides, private companies scare me a tiny bit more in the grand scheme of things. A large company is evil, but boring. It's really hard for any new CEO to radically change the direction of a company in the short term. But Gabe won't live forever, and who knows who/what takes over later. taking action against a private company as a consumer is much harder than a public company that at least needs to care a bit about shareholders when making unpopular moves.