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ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I have never understood why Epic did not make a decent store. They can absolutely compete if they actually tried. They have close to zero things going for them in terms of user experience or price. Quite the opposite.

A lot if people, myself included mainly care about price and drm. So Steam is not something I care about, just price or GOG.

Epic has a negative UX in terms of their store. GreenManGaming, Fanatical etc, has vastly better stores. Why is Epic wasting enormous amounts of money on giveaways, when most people see no reason to buy from them?? I prefer not using their store, not because Steam is better, but because Epic truly sucks.

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fpslem@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

A lot if people, myself included mainly care about price and drm. So Steam is not something I care about, just price or GOG. I’m with you. Although if the game is only on Windows, I’d rather be on Steam to make the Linux compatibility automagic.

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- Flatfire@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’ve had a great experience with Heroic for this purpose. Generally just as easy to configure as Steam, compared to Bottles or some strange Lutris script
  
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  - fpslem@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    I forgot about Heroic, I’m checking it out now, thanks!
    
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- ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I have this preference as well but it’s not too important for me. I care mainly about the price and if I can actually own the game. So if I pay 50% more I don’t buy on GOG but 10% 20 sure. Otherwise it’s just wherever I can get the cheapest.
  
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