Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store
GalacticHero@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI mostly take issue with the paid exclusivity deals from Epic. That kind of thing can stay on consoles. I also don’t trust Tim Sweeney or Tencent, and I feel that they’re kind of openly hostile to consumers.
I don’t care for intrusive DRM, but it’s clearly marked which games have it on Steam and which don’t. I won’t buy anything that requires a second account or has Denuvo. I don’t do online matchmaking games anymore, but if I did, I’d also avoid anything with kernel-level anti-cheat. I don’t really mind Steamworks DRM, though. It’s not intrusive and Steam is useful enough that I normally have it running in the background anyway.
I also like buying on Steam because they’re contributing so much to Linux gaming and FOSS, even if Steam itself isn’t FOSS. It’s because of them that I can have a Windows-free household without any significant compromises.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I understand console exclusives. The hardware is different, it takes extra time and money to be compatible with multiple systems.
Epic exclusives is just “fuck you you have to buy from me because I threw some money around to say so.”