Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy... and then it's only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can't it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It's so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic... which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.
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what is the problem with epic? I like the weekly free games
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
I guess I don't feel limited because I already have an epic account, which was free to create
free lol. did you look at the privacy policy, or just accepted it hastily?
care to state your point directly?
https://tosdr.org/en/service/624
Oh no, they gave indie developers guaranteed money and helped finance the completion of their games!
I get a game and indie devs get millions. When you put it that way, it seems morally better to use Epic over Steam.
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.
fair
Hey! Epic has a review system too! But it's nowhere near the standard system someone would except
Copying my reply to someone else:
Epic is anti-customer: https://medium.com/@unfoldgames/why-i-turned-down-exclusivity-deal-from-the-epic-store-developer-of-darq-7ee834ed0ac7
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
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.
I like them too but I've noticed that some games are not updated to the same version as their Steam counterparts.
Because no one gives a shit about epic? Even devs contact care to update their games there as much as steam