Rose
@Rose@lemmy.world
- Comment on The Epic Games Store Officially Launches on Mobile Devices 2 months ago:
One was a jury trial and the other wasn’t. Google had plenty of records of their internal communications but Apple had a different practice. This article by The Verge does a decent job at highlighting the differences.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 3 months ago:
Thinking of starting Tchia, given its recent addition to Game Pass.
- Comment on Steam summer sale is on now! What games do you recommend? 4 months ago:
I haven’t played it yet. I prioritize Game Pass, since those games come and go, but on Steam the library is semi-permanent. Sometimes I really feel like playing a particular game from my library, so I prioritize that over the ones I like on Game Pass.
- Comment on Steam summer sale is on now! What games do you recommend? 4 months ago:
I bought Dreamfall Chapters. It’s the only one of its series that doesn’t feel too dated to be playable to me.
- Comment on Are there any games you're planning to pick up during the Steam and GOG sales? 4 months ago:
I bought Dreamfall Chapters, which is back to its historical low on Steam. I’ve heard good things about it, and Dustborn from the same dev looks super promising.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 6 months ago:
There are already precedents of software (the Riot games) and the OS itself refusing to work if the requirements are bypassed, so it’s a very risky move that nobody should choose for their main OS.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 6 months ago:
They absolutely are unreasonably high. My barely overclocked 6700K is sufficient for virtually every new or slightly older game I throw at it, but somehow it’s not enough for the OS?
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 6 months ago:
Since XP, I always upgraded to the next version whenever it came out. The insane hardware requirements of Windows 11 make it the only exception.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 7 months ago:
Ravenlok. It’s only a year old but it runs perfectly fine on my 2016 PC. I’ve not played Zelda but I feel like it’s similar. Lots of retro game vibes.
- Comment on Apple Terminated Epic’s Developer Account 8 months ago:
In countries like Georgia and Syria, the minimum annual wage is below $100.
- Comment on Now that Deus Ex has been cancelled, what other games scratch the Deus Ex itch? 8 months ago:
System Shock doesn’t really share anything with Deus Ex except that it’s also cyberpunk.
- Comment on Now that Deus Ex has been cancelled, what other games scratch the Deus Ex itch? 8 months ago:
Definitely this. It was one of my most favorite games at the time I played Deus Ex HR, and it’s exactly the game it reminded me of.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
It might not work. Look at Epic v. Apple and Apple’s recent solution to the judge’s ruling on third-party payment systems.
- Comment on The Sinking City release on GoG with -70% discount (until 23th) 10 months ago:
Either they won in court or the contract has been fulfilled.
- Comment on Detroit Become Human - The game wished me happy new year 10 months ago:
Absolutely! She never ceases to surprise if you do launch it every now and then.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 10 months ago:
Epic cannot do that because
In response to one inquiry from a game publisher, in another example, Valve explained: “We basically see any selling of the game on PC, Steam key or not, as a part of the same shared PC market- so even if you weren’t using Steam keys, we’d just choose to stop selling a game if it was always running discounts of 75% off on one store but 50% off on ours. . . .”
(source)
However, Epic regularly offers coupons out of pocket. Right now you can essentially get 43% off any game above $14.99 or the regional equivalents, as many times as you want, even if the game is already discounted by the publisher.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 10 months ago:
Heck I’m sure that they very quickly came up with a functional shopping cart at the very least.
Steam has been offering third-party titles since 2005 but still had no shopping cart as of 2008.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 10 months ago:
In the Epic trial, Google made some of the same arguments as those used to defend Steam, like the presence of competing stores or the claim that it wins people over by the quality of the product.
Epic’s expert made these relevant points:
Google impairs competition without preventing it entirely
Google’s conduct targets competition as it emerges
Google is dominant
And we know who won in this antitrust case.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 10 months ago:
Not to mention that open source software can and sometimes does contain spyware.
- Comment on The Outer Worlds w/ All DLC free until 26 Dec 2023 4PM UTC 10 months ago:
It’s DRM-free on Epic.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 10 months ago:
Debunked time and time again.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 10 months ago:
Many of the articles do have references on the DRM status. Here’s an example indicating verification by a staff member. I personally tested a bunch of the games for DRM and noted it back when I contributed. Until recently, most of the games released on Epic were DRM-free. Even the Sony games were notably DRM-free on Epic before they were released on GOG. Nowadays, it’s more common for the new ones to use EOS and have it function as DRM.
- Comment on The Outer Worlds w/ All DLC free until 26 Dec 2023 4PM UTC 10 months ago:
Those stores don’t challenge the monopoly, so they don’t trigger anyone. They get praised but you’ll have a hard time finding anyone who regularly uses them, let alone as their main gaming platform.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 10 months ago:
Epic’s current approach to reviews is arguably better anyway. There’s no toxicity, incentive to troll to farm points, and it’s randomized, so it doesn’t enable review bombing.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 10 months ago:
It’s all in the realm of “what if”. Sure, it could attempt this or that, but it hasn’t, nor is there any guarantee that it would fly. That just brings me back to the original point of when a company that is not partially owned by the Chinese actively works to please the Chinese government to further their business interest but I don’t see much of that with Epic. If you look at some of the other companies in which Tencent has a large stake, like Dontnod, there’s absolutely no sign of the Chinese agenda in the games either.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 10 months ago:
Since this is a gaming community, it would be more relevant to say that Tencent likely has a stake in something that you already play or use, like Discord.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 10 months ago:
Epic not being underfunded is stating the obvious. Just look at the scope of their Fortnite collaborations.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 10 months ago:
Most investments aren’t to gain influence but to profit. At this time, there is no sign of Epic doing anything that could be explained by the alleged influence of the Chinese government, and as the majority owner, Tim Sweeney has the final say anyway.
- Comment on What's up with Epic Games? 10 months ago:
The multi-billionaire owner with the backing of the Chinese government
Who cares about the backing if it has no effect on anything? I’m more concerned about Valve having a separate Steam client for China, censoring their games specifically for China and even reportedly banning for bringing up Winnie the Pooh.
- Comment on Fallout 3: GOTY Edition is free to keep for the next 24 hours on the Epic Games Store 10 months ago:
They own Easy Anti-Cheat, which has kernel level access and collects data as part of its user agreement but these people keep regurgitating the debunked claim of the launcher being spyware. Occam’s razor, anyone?