Five years ago, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford predicted that “if we look back at Steam in five or ten years, it might look like a dying store and other, competing stores will be the place to be,” referring primarily to the then-fledgling Epic Games Store and its more generous distribution of developer revenue. Today, Steam is not only quite alive, Borderlands 4 has an eye on Steam And on the Epic Games Store, while Borderlands 3 was briefly exclusive to Epic. While some viewers laid out their eggs, Pitchford addressed his inaccurate prediction online and defended his stance as pro-competition.

“Yes, Steam is the leading store for PC games and Epic is not taking advantage (which is a shame),” Pitchford said in a tweet. “I am a Steam customer, but I wish they had more and better competition that was more favorable to artists, designers, and creatives than the retailer. I will continue to support Steam competitors and support Steam as well.”