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What's up with Epic Games? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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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.

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[-] AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago

This. Steam also offers reviews, achievements, workshop, communities, groups, streaming, etc, etc

[-] Chriswild@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Epic doesn't have to be as good as Steam; it has to be better than Steam. People don't up and leave platforms they like for new platforms for no reason. Epic can take a smaller cut on games but if that doesn't carry to the end user why should I care.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

At this point, I don't know if Epic can get better than Steam in the ways that matter simply because they are clearly trying very hard to gain a dominant market position in ways that make it seem like they would abuse such a position, while Valve has had that dominant position for decades without abusing it. Valve is one of the few companies I trust these days. That trust is Valve's to lose, not any other competitor's to gain, though I am open to other adjacent providers (like I've got an xbox game pass sub, a ps5, and switch).