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Oh no, rival game stores realize that they need to be better than steam to compete against steam? Won't anyone think of the shareholders?!?
It's almost like their shitty games aren't enough to draw in sales. Almost like bringing down prices to where people are willing to pay them might actually convince people to spend money.
Weird.
Once fortnite money dries up they will close up the store and you will lose all your games.
Pass.
They probably have unlimited unreal money to burn still
Honestly could not think of a single thing that they could do to get me to download the launcher. None of those features make it steam, and never will
I say let them try. If they actually innovate, we can only win. I'll believe it when I see it, but currently steam has a monopoly by virtue, and we know how that ended for Intel, noVideo, Microslop, goggle and pretty much every other monopoly. It's just GabeN holding the line before enshittification takes hold, and they're already very active against European ownership laws.
Yeah, I think the thing most of these giant companies forget is that they really gotta shine the users. They keep on just expecting everyone to just eat whatever they are given. The sad thing is most of them are right
Same.
Doesnt matter if it comes with a blowjob from Bea Arthur, Epic is a shitty company and I avoid them where ever I can.
Yeah but I bet Bea Arthur really knew how to make suck
I mean, lets be fair, you remove Epic from the situation, and I'm 100% down for a Golden Gurgle.
Will this be like the v1 roadmap where they continuously delayed many features until they gave up and privated the entire Trello board?
But now they have AI to do all the hard implementation work! Choo choo, here comes the slop train!!
No tux no bux
And we all know what the asshole at the top thinks of linux. So, pass.
It was never about any of that. It's that Valve is a trustworthy company so far and epic is not. The only way at this point I would buy from epic store is if they offered DRM free copies.
I'm sure it's about that for some people, but yeah if they ever actually get significant market share they will enshittify so fast it'll make your head spin. The only thing that has changed is they've decided they need to make a bare minimum experience instead of just throwing money around.
That's why I said DRM free, because I don't trust them, so I would only buy something if I could take it and use it away from their store forever.
Even if they offer DRM free copies, I’d use GoG first. The Epic Game Store just doesn’t have the feature parity with GoG or Steam stores.
If what they claim is true then they're actually doing a good job. It's just that even with the significant advancements... I don't trust them. They should be working on their PR as well. More lawsuits in favor of consumers like the Apple lawsuit they had would help move people over.
Took 7 years to have reviews? I dont fucking get it, like at all.
Because they knew they'll get bombarded with people shitting on the epic version and recommending the steam version over and over.
They didn't get people into their store by literally giving up free games.
They are not getting people in with q UI redesign.
Aren't user reviews one of the things that were on their original roadmap back when they first launched egs?
Don't worry, they're just two weeks away!
how is that even something that needs to be on a roadmap? it's such a basic feature, the fact that it isn't already there is insane
Look, I don't know why you'd release a product that's severely lacking compared to your competition but I also don't know how you couldn't sort this out in 10 years. Epic is a special company.
Watch me not give a fuck 6.5x faster.
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.
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.
And Linux support right?
Right?
If anything this will likely break support with Lutris, Heroic, and others so they can force you to run their client.
Steam: Good featureset, good Linux support, large library, probably going to be around in 10 years.
GOG: Offline installers, some explicitly DRM-free stuff, much easier to avoid unwanted updates of games, no need for a launcher.
Matrix: Specialized niche wargaming stuff, some physical media, can avoid unwanted updates, no need for a launcher.
What does Epic bring to the table?
Every additional store I deal with brings some hassle, and especially for online stuff, if it goes away, so do my games.
It’s claiming to be 6 times faster, and then it’ll turn out to be an Electron app.
Don’t get me wrong, I hope otherwise…
Cool but can they make it so when I buy the game, it's in my steam library? No? Not interested.
They already lost me when they told me I couldn't play a downloaded game without an internet connection. DRM free is the only way.
"Promise"?
I'm not even touching the storefront of AI and NFT shilling that Epic games aspires to be. Sweeney can fuck himself
I try to reset my login credentials. The website is caught in a loop. I open a tech support issue explaining that I just need to change my email.
I get sent an automated reply being told email changes use the automated system......the one caught in the loop.
I post a reply to my ticket saying I can't use the automated system. It's stuck in a loop.
I get sent an automated reply being told to use the automated system.
I search google for an 800 number. I find there is no 800 number.
2026 I still haven't changed my email address. I also haven't bought a single game. I claim the free ones, snd I can still log in for now. But I just know eventually it'll say something like "For security purposes we've emailed you a code" snd that email will go to my lost email address. And I will have lost the whole account. So I'm not spending money on games I could lose next week.
So Epic, you want sales? Step 1, let me change my login email.
Step 2......well, you're still fucked. Steam is a juggernaut in their space.
But at least you gained 1 potential customer. Though lets be real.this 3 year wait has left a pretty bad taste im my mouth. I'm not sure if regaining my account would prompt me to buy from a company making me wait this long.
If it exists on GOG or Steam, I can't imagine wanting it on Epic.
User reviews, huh? That only took, what, 7 years?
Don't forget, they only promised user reviews.
Dear Tim. Give up already.
Needs more invasive AI features
I actually don't care in the slightest about play profiles, reviews, etc. Most of Steam is just useless bloat to me. The problem with Epic is how damn laggy it is.
LOL After all this time, now they decide to finally compete?! Tom Sweeney is a creep and a weirdo, I'm never going to buy anything from the platform. As a Linux gamer, I don't have a strong interest in Epic at all. I deleted my Epic Games account about nearly two years ago because their service was garbage and I prefer to use Heroic Games Launcher to connect to GOG.
I've been rapidly barrelling toward a DRM-free-only self-hosted future, and part of that is DRM-free books. In an attempt to get out of Amazon's clutches, I looked for where I can buy DRM-free books, like Project Hail Mary. The answer I came up with was: nowhere. Everyone is following the same playbook. Why would I buy from your store if you're doing exactly what Amazon is doing? I'm already shopping on Amazon, and I want something better.
(The answer is that I can break the DRM on other stores, but I can't on Amazon. When it's this difficult to get DRM-free books, I wouldn't blame people for resorting to piracy.)
Why on earth would I buy from Epic if I have any other option? What are you doing better?
Yeah, GOG is at least offering DRM-free games. That gives them one big plus over Steam and is why I maintain a library on both.
On the other hand, I can't name a single thing Epic does better than Steam and GOG.
I hope it doesn‘t break Heroic launcher somehow.