https://wccftech.com/steam-epic-games-store-lower-pc-spending-2019/

The conventional wisdom is more competition tends to be beneficial for any industry, but somewhat surprisingly, it seems that wasn’t the case for digital PC storefronts in 2019. Last year saw Steam and the new Epic Games Store battling it out for PC gamers’ dollars, with the latter controversially locking down a number of high-profile exclusives, but according to NPD Group analysist Mat Piscatella spending on digital PC games was actually down in 2019.

The great PC distribution platform wars of 2019 did not do consumer spending on PC content any favors btw. Priorities of enhancing consumer experience & choice and minimizing confusion were all deemphasized in 2019, contributing to lower overall consumer spend on PC content.