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Desperate to fight Steam, Epic burns money like firewood – but admits the Epic Games Store kind of sucks and "there's still a ton of work to be done" with "long overdue features" (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Amazing how slow development has been for their launcher. I don't know what is holding it back but the UI and lack of features seem like easy fixes for a company with those levels of resources.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, they’ve been pushing all their capital toward exclusives and free giveaways.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's insanity. They do have all the money in the world so I'm happy to claim free games. Never going to buy there unless the game will never come to steam (Alana Wake 2 being the one exception).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I got so tired of being logged out and having to jump through so many captcha hoops to get back in that I don't even claim the free games anymore.

Logging into Steam is crazy easy and I never get logged out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don't think Alan Wake II will ever come to Steam. It is published by Epic Games.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Guess I'm just never playing it, then.

So many thousands of amazing games I can play instead.

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

Oops, sorry. To be clear I bought Alan Wake 2 on Epic

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fortnite making them shit ton of money hand over fist is what’s holding them back probably. Much easier to just throw money at the store and buy exclusives and giveaways than taking away manpower from their money maker into a project that might make them money in the future. New hires that aren’t put on Fortnite or UE5 probably have a high opportunity cost in their business model.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

True, but I would have thought they would be able to see the value in the future investment of the platform.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but they must appease shareholders with quarterly profits. Also Tim Sweeney wants to buy moar land.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

As someone who has worked in tech their entire career, it’s deeply depressing and infuriating how correct this is.