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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Wait a year for the exclusivity clause to expire and it to appear on other stores.

Do you also get this upset when a game only appears on Steam?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I specifically don't get upset when a game is exclusively on Steam because of how much work Valve puts into Linux gaming, work that Epic directly and actively opposes.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Epic refuses to enable the Linux support for EAC on Fortnite despite being super easy, and specifically removed Linux support for Rocket League.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's what I said.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Two games I anticipated came out on Steam only, so I asked the developers if they planned to sell on alternative platforms and they did, but considering the game isn't full done yet (they released it in Early Access) Initially I was annoyed, but after their response (they want to focus their effort on the game before adding the extra burden of managing multiple update channels) I understand why they did, on top of being a small team.

I decided to wait for one (came out on GOG on v1.0) and for the second one I decided to buy it on Steam right away since there's still a lot of work left.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do epic and gog even have early access avenues?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gog does. The game manor lords is in early access on gog.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/manor_lords

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

GoG does, dunno about Epic.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, we should reward decisions we dislike. That'll show 'em.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn’t this whole post just a part of a long running gag where people give shit to Epic for their exclusivity deals after they gave Apple so much shit for their walled garden in much the same way?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

The apple walled garden is still really bad for users