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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] 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I just don't see a place for it in the market. Steam is the big daddy DRM store. GOG is the old school DRM-free store. Itch is the small time indie dev store. Epic will never be a general storefront like one of the above. The only reason to use Epic is to play one of their exclusive games, and in that case they're no different from any company that refuses to multiplat their games. Blizzard selling their games on the Blizzard store or Nintendo selling their games on the Nintendo store. It just comes down to wanting a larger cut of the sales, instead of paying someone else to use their storefront.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

The only reason to use Epic is to play one of their exclusive games

Don't forget we also kindly accept the embers of the cash burnt through free weekly giveaways.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It just comes down to wanting a larger cut of the sales

I think it's more about advertising. The launcher for these companies could be super simple but instead it's a fuckin billboard with rampant pop-up notifications.

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

Also even if you install these launchers for the one game that forces it and never touch them again, they’re still sitting quietly in the background uploading and selling all your usage information and browser history and gaming history.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Being Epic is owned by Tencent, that's pretty much guaranteed.