I don’t even get their free stuff. And if it’s only epic, I won’t even bother checking it out or well…ya know.
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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I see some larger publishers bemoan the fact that Epic hasn’t caught on, but it should be pretty obvious why. Markets that favor the buyer more than they favor sellers will typically attract the largest user base, and the sellers don’t have a choice to not sell where the buyers are.
Epic giving away free games is a nice buyer friendly action, but literally everything else they’ve done, from paid exclusives to poor client experience isn’t favorable to buyers. They’ve created a market that no buyers want to use unless the product is free or literally not available anywhere else.
Giving publishers/devs better cuts is great, but it does nothing for you if all the buyers are on Steam instead.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
misterdoctor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I hope it’s okay to ask, because I am being genuine, but why is using the Epic Games Launcher such a deal breaker for you? I have Steam, Epic, Ubisoft, Xbox, Battle.net and I’m sure more that I’m forgetting and I honestly don’t mind at all. It’s never been an issue for me but I think that I’m in the minority on that so I was curious to hear your thoughts.
vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 months ago
No official Linux support, which means no Steam Deck support as well. Yes, there’s Legendary but I shouldn’t have to jump through those hoops.
Vent@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Thank you! Ever since the start of the Epic Store, I’ve always thought this whole “exclusive” scandal was blown out of proportion. There is a MASSIVE difference between a game being exclusive to a $400+ console vs to a free launcher that you can install in 5 minutes and add your already multi-launcher platform.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
It just doesn’t appeal to me? I dunno. Epic just felt bleh compared to steam.
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Funny thing is, I mostly agree with you, but in Epic’s case, it’s a launcher written by a company that’s 40% owned by a Chinese corporation. I can sometimes stomach running their executables while playing something, but not having it constantly running.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I also think that developers/publishers don’t care about the % cut that much, they would rather just sell a lot of games. Which comes back to your point, they weren’t appealinh enough to the buyer.
It’s like I make a competition to Uber with better cuts and working conditions to drivers. That is nice, but if the consumer has to wait 25 mins for my taxi while the Uber is there immediately, than they will not pick me for the same price.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I always say the reason they give so many free games is because the real price is in having to use that goddamn launcher
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It does what it needs to do, you open it, your installed games list is on the left, click and play.
yamanii@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It really doesn’t, I tried finishing Industria while I had no internet and that electron piece of shit refused to open even though I set it up to work offline in the settings, thankfully the game had no DRM so I was able to finish it just by opening the exe.
Vent@lemm.ee 2 months ago
LOL the Steam launcher is literally just a web browser. It’d be Electron if it were built today, but it was built before Electron existed.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Never had an issue with offline play, so there, my anecdote is just as valid as yours