Comment on I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Steam, Epic, GOG, it’s all the same to me. I’m not gonna fanboy over one platform and miss out on a game. That’s just ridiculous.
Steam does provide good general dev services
GOG preserves games and let’s you own game files without pesky DRM
What does Epic do besides developing UE5 and harrassing the PC platform witg exclusivity deals?
Other dev-specific platforms like EA amd Uplay get a pass because they publish only their own games.
This is it right here. Do not fanboy platform. Competition is very very important in this kind of market. But epic games is just the worst of all worlds.
Release on GOG, I’ll buy it. If not, release on steam. Otherwise 🏴☠️
Tbh at least UE is doing incredible work
Absolutely true.
It’s not harassing me. I’ve bought Epic exclusives, and I’ll continue to do so if it’s a game I want to play. I always buy GOG first, Epic second (for exclusives), and Steam last, for anything else. This isn’t a problem for me.
Well this may be a just-you-and-someothers problem the general audience (on lemmy at least) disagrees.
I am fine if devs sell on epic but not if it’s arbitrary exclusivity.
I have bought on EA and uPlay but I would never consider them again if they pay (for example) Take2 if they would exclusive sell GTA6 on the EA store.
I’m sorry but Epic is owned by Tencent. This means at any point in time, China’s Government can enforce trojans to be installed into your PC.
npr.org/…/china-intercepts-wechat-texts-from-u-s-…
It is known PC Launcher exclusives actually hurts the company and the game’s popularity.
pcgamer.com/epic-games-store-exclusives-apple-law…
While Steam is certainly not the good guy, they are not owned by a known Government organisation.
China can’t force Trojans to be installed on your PC. The fact that you believe that nonsense tells me you’re a fucking idiot.
Mate, if you are dim enough to think an update can’t contain malicious code I have a heap of bridges to sell you.
I know an update can contain malicious code, I’m saying you’re an idiot for thinking Todd Sweeney is going to go to prison so that China can steal data from a bunch of fat sweaty dudes.
Tbh any stake is too much and I’ll try to reduce it if poasible (e.g. pihole for tracking urls).
Rather I would prefer to own stake in tencent :p At least I get paid dividends.
I posted a link in my original comment about using WeChat to spy…
Tencent owns 40% of Epic. That is very likely a controlling share which means being able to decide who is on the board and influence their decision making.
Tencent could own 100% of Epic, that doesn’t mean Epic is going to install malware on your PC for the Chinese government. That’s some top tier tinfoil bullshit. Nobody who lives in the US, which is where all the Epic employees and corporate overlords live, is going to risk going to prison for decades for espionage because their boss in China wants to steal data from gamers in the West.
You’re out of your fucking mind.
zexyqag@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t it’s as much fanboyism over steam and more unfanboyism over epic games
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Still stupid as fuck, considering you don’t even need to use the Epic launcher for Epic games.
AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s literally the point of their Launcher… DRM.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
You mean exactly like Steam?
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
What’s your point? Why would that matter if I’m not using their launcher when I play games from the Epic store? Just don’t use the Epic launcher. It’s not rocket science.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I have a ton of games from Epic, haven’t used their launcher ever.