Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I specifically don’t get upset when a game is exclusively on Steam because of how much work Valve puts into Linux gaming, work that Epic directly and actively opposes.

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  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Epic refuses to enable the Linux support for EAC on Fortnite despite being super easy, and specifically removed Linux support for Rocket League.

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s what I said.

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• mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Two games I anticipated came out on Steam only, so I asked the developers if they planned to sell on alternative platforms and they did, but considering the game isn’t full done yet (they released it in Early Access) they want to focus their effort on the game before adding the extra burden of managing multiple update channels, which is understandable with a small team.

  I decided to wait for one (came out on GOG on v1.0) and for the second one I decided to buy it on Steam right away since there’s still a lot of work left.

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  • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do epic and gog even have early access avenues?

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    • TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Gog does. The game manor lords is in early access on gog.

      www.gog.com/en/game/manor_lords

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      • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Neat

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    • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Good question 🤔

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      • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        GoG does, dunno about Epic.

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• ech@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes, we should reward decisions we dislike. That’ll show 'em.

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• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh no, we don’t complain about Steam exclusivity, monopolies are ok as long as they’re the monopolies that we want, ok? What happens when Valve turns to shit and we made sure there’s no viable alternative? That will never happen! Are you kidding?

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  • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    When it turns to shit, we have the high seas. Until then, we might as well enjoy the fact that Valve isn’t a public company obligated to chase short term profits for shareholders.

    Everything goes to shit eventually, but you don’t need to pre-emptively make yourself suffer.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “make yourself suffer”

      I open Steam, switch to the library open my game and play

      I open Epic, open my game from the main screen and play

      So much suffering! Heck, I also sent more money to the devs through that suffering!

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      • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “Making yourself suffer” by boycotting Steam.

        It goes against every fiber of my being to not utterly despise a multi-billion dollar corporation, but I just don’t have the energy that I used to. I have to pick the battles I want to fight, and they haven’t done enough to make it worth it for me to do that.

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      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If you think taking a 30% cut to enrich a billionaire isn’t enshitifaction then I don’t know what to tell you buddy.

        Most of the 30% cut goes to developing the store, software, and even hardware. Valve has worked to make gaming on Linux way more feasible and easy, popularized handheld PC’s, made game streaming simple, etc.

        Meanwhile EGS took 2 whole years to add a shopping cart to their online store and had multiple data breaches. That is what I call enshitification

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• littletoolshed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Isn’t this whole post just a part of a long running gag where people give shit to Epic for their exclusivity deals after they gave Apple so much shit for their walled garden in much the same way?

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