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

IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• kworpy@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  they pay devs (mostly indie) millions to make their games exclusive to epic for up to over a year. i’d rather not support a company that pays to limit your choice as a consumer

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  • IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I guess I don’t feel limited because I already have an epic account, which was free to create

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    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      free lol. did you look at the privacy policy, or just accepted it hastily?

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      • IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        care to state your point directly?

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  • firadin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh no, they gave indie developers guaranteed money and helped finance the completion of their games!

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  • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I get a game and indie devs get millions. When you put it that way, it seems morally better to use Epic over Steam.

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• Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I prefer steam, I’d like to be able to choose what platform I buy a game on. Outside of just not wanting a 5th launcher because I hate having a billion launchers, Steam has many features the EGS doesn’t have. Free cloud save backups and screenshot backups, steam workshop for mods, remote play together, game streaming, etc. I also really like steam having player reviews too.

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  • Cris16228@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I also really like steam having player reviews too.

    Hey! Epic has a review system too! But it’s nowhere near the standard system someone would except

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  • IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    fair

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• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Copying my reply to someone else:

  Epic is anti-customer: medium.com/…/why-i-turned-down-exclusivity-deal-f…

  Tldr: Kickstarter Game with a lot of interest while in development announces a release date on Steam. After the date announcement they get contacted by Epic saying “we’d love to host your game” for an exclusivity deal.
  Dev responds that they would be happy to have their game on Epic but promises were made during crowd funding that it would be available on Steam.
  Epic replies that they aren’t interested if it’s not exclusive.

  This tells me that

  1. Epic is full of shit. "We’d love to have your game, but only if it’s exclusive.
  2. Epic doesn’t care about being a better service for its customers. Having the game available on Epic as well is strictly better for Epic’s customers and they easily could have done that. They chose not to.
  3. Epic is not interested in actually having to compete with other companies. This would require them to provide a better service in some fashion. They are only interested if they can force people “if you want to purchase this game you have to buy it through us” which is anti-consumer.

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• jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well mine is pretty petty. Every time I start up my system I’m spammed by epic advertisements in the lower right. It’s just so obnoxious, particularly since I’m on my couch and using my controller, so I have to pick up keyboard to dismiss those.

  I’m so lazy I haven’t bothered to investigate options to be fair, but broadly speaking I don’t like how much it screams “look at me, look at me!” when I had no intention of interacting with their store/launcher at all that time.

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• BenLeMan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I like them too but I’ve noticed that some games are not updated to the same version as their Steam counterparts.

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  • Cris16228@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because no one gives a shit about epic? Even devs contact care to update their games there as much as steam

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