I can’t seem to find that one comment explaining the issue with them…

But for the sake of promoting conversation on Lemmy, what’s the issue with Epic, and why should I go for Steam or GoG?

Note: Piracy is not an answer. I understand why, and do agree to a certain extent… But sometimes, the happiness gained by playing something from a legitimate source is far greater 🥹… coming from someone who could never ever afford to purchase games, nor could my parents… Hence I’ve always played bootleg, or pirated games.

TL;DR

What’s wrong?

  • Their launcher has a terrible UI AND UX.
  • They make exclusive deals with studios to prevent other platforms from getting games. (Someone mentioned that Steam did the same thing in their infancy. Also, I have another question; why is it ok for Sony and Microsoft to make exclusive games for their consoles but not ok for these PC platforms to do so?)
  • They have been invested in by a Chinese company, Tencent. (Someone mentioned that it isn’t that big of a deal, but idk.)
  • They are actively anti-linux for some reason.
  • @[email protected]English
    71•11 months ago

    I personally don’t like Epic for paying developers for exclusivity deals, keeping games off other PC platforms for a year or more. Artificial scarcity is bad for consumers.

    • @[email protected]English
      20•11 months ago

      Even worse is that they do this while trying to paint themselves as the underdog against the Steam monopoly. It’s not only hypocritical, but also deceitful. A new monopoly is not a solution to an existing monopoly, but a solution to investments paying off.

      • @[email protected]English
        12•11 months ago

        Don’t forget them being hypocritical again for suing google/apple for being monopolistic because they don’t want to have to go through them for payment.

          • @[email protected]English
            10•11 months ago

            I do know what it is, and I don’t actually think Steam is one. They have a considerable market share, but they are by no means the only way to get games on PC, nor do they exercise their dominance in a way that stifles competition.

            I’m pretty sure Tim Sweeny knows this as well, but he still calls it a “monopoly” whenever he has the chance.

    • ElPussyKangarooOPEnglish
      12•11 months ago

      Definitely a terrible idea.

      Using money to jump ahead in the line is a terrible mindset. Provide good features, you’ll get your recognition.

      • JustEnoughDucksEnglish
        2•11 months ago

        Which they don’t do. Their platform has very few features, and doesn’t even have a cart. (Well last time I booted EGS like a year ago).

        They have almost no features and of the features they do provide, none of them are great. Their only “feature” is operating at a loss, subsidized by megacorps, for many years like Amazon to gain a bunch of market share.

        Luckily for gamers, steam already existed so they couldn’t corner the market and enshittify the entire industry like amazon did.

      • hh93English
        1•11 months ago

        No it won’t - people are lazy

        Even CDProjekt sold many more copies on steam than GOG when you

        1. Actually own the ge there instead of renting a licence for it.
        2. Know that 100% of your money go to the game developers.
        3. Get many additional goodies for free

        Don’t tell me people are choosing the better deal when it’s all just steam having the might of “I have most of my games there already” on their side…

    • MrScottyTayEnglish
      -6•11 months ago

      It doesn’t really bother me since it’s still on pc anyway, it doesn’t matter massively where you get a game from (unless you specifically want drm free copies).