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No, it's me as a consumer voicing that I don't like this business practice, and buy games on the platform I wish. Even EA sells their games on Steam again.what exactly are you waiting for? so you can play steam? Or play the game? And its not an exclusive if it is available elsewhere. Many of these had playstation or xbox versions.
so this is just a bunch of whining.
I hate timed console exclusives too.Hate comes from the exclusivity deals. A 6 months wait is somewhat tolerable, but waiting a full year for those games to release on Steam sucks.
So apparently they also pay/compensate the studios for the free games they give out. They are saying 200 million free games have been claimed so far, who knows how much per game they pay out, but even if it was only 1$ (which it would be much higher probably) that would be minimum $200 million yikes.
I personally am waiting for the epic store to fold. If it doesn't, too bad, but I still won't use it. It's a matter of principle.what exactly are you waiting for? so you can play steam? Or play the game? And its not an exclusive if it is available elsewhere. Many of these had playstation or xbox versions.
so this is just a bunch of whining.
680 million proves what? That there are lots of turncoats and weak minded people who preach one thing then do another. It doesn't mean there is no reason to reject the epic store. If you do anything to be "cool" you're doing it wrong. I think for myself. And if you disapprove too bad so sad.I think you're all on board the anti epic store trend too much. It's just not cool any more to be on that train, and clearly $680 million in sales proves that.
Maybe maybe we have no idea how much they made off that or of that is the number they made or the 12 cut they get.I think you're all on board the anti epic store trend too much. It's just not cool any more to be on that train, and clearly $680 million in sales proves that.
I hated steam on launch, since grew to love it.
Grateful for free games on EGS, always look on there to see if they have a game I'm interested in first but often don't have it.
Don't get the hate, some of you are childish as hell lol.
The steam store is total garbage, has been since they introduces those awful queues and curators. I haven't purchased a single game on steam since they did away with flash sales years ago.I still prefer the epic game store for its simple no added crap features I don’t want. I can’t stand the steam store....
The steam store is total garbage, has been since they introduces those awful queues and curators. I haven't purchased a single game on steam since they did away with flash sales years ago.
There is no XOR here. It's not that if you dislike epic you must like steam. Or if you like steam you must hate epic. I hate epic on their own independent of all the rest. The difference is that I don't buy games on steam because they have a crap storefront and bad prices. And I don't buy games on epic because they are being jerks to the gaming community.
That I haven't seen a game relevant to me on the storefront since they were introduced. I don't specifically have a problem with curators or a curator, I have a problem with how the store algorithm recommends games, because I don't see anything relevant or interesting ever. Not to mention that the steam library became a mess with the overhaul as well. The only reason I'm still using it is because a hack worked that prevents it from updating the interface But as soon as it stops, gog2.0 it is I guess.What's wrong with curators? Without that feature we wouldn't have the hilarity that is waifu hunter https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6862926-Waifu-Hunter/
That I haven't seen a game relevant to me on the storefront since they were introduced. I don't specifically have a problem with curators or a curator, I have a problem with how the store algorithm recommends games, because I don't see anything relevant or interesting ever. Not to mention that the steam library became a mess with the overhaul as well. The only reason I'm still using it is because a hack worked that prevents it from updating the interface But as soon as it stops, gog2.0 it is I guess.
I don't know how else do you want me to describe it? The games that come up in my feed in the store are of no interest to me. It wasn't like that before, it was worth clicking on the store page, now it is not worth it. I can't go any simpler than that.I'm not sure what you mean by this. Are you complaining because Steam isn't recommending games that you want to play? I don't know what that has to do with the curator feature. Personally I don't even look at that part of the store. I just check new/trending and top sellers. If I'm really desperate for something to play I'll dive into the section for a specific genre or tag.
So you're saying we should ignore our principles too because there are ignorant people? And that we should use the epic store to stick it to valve for not delivering HL3? Very mature.Strong thread.
See here: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/news/epic-games-store-weekly-free-games-in-2020
nearly 2/3 of that was first party games ... namely fortnite, the other 1/3 is probably borderlands and metro exodus
Steam was already topping 4 billion per year as of 2017.. Epic is nowhere near that even with the colossus that is fortnite.
I agree that epic launcher is ugly, lacking features, and the exclusives are severe butt. But come on, of all the people who hate epic, how many hate Unreal Engine enough to boycott it? Probably near 0, so Epic gets paid anyway. And of the few thousand people who vocally hate epic for their behavior, there are ??? millions of people with gaming PCs who aren't even aware of the politics, they just want to buy the game.
Gamers are going to go where the good games are. Period. Tell Gaben to give us Half-life 3 or a new IP (or both).
Considering the principals don’t matter to companies like epic or steam. It really doesn’t matter what you do. They are going to continue doing whatever they think will earn them the most moneySo you're saying we should ignore our principles too because there are ignorant people? And that we should use the epic store to stick it to valve for not delivering HL3? Very mature.
In the most dishonest way possible -Not sure how they derive the $251 million.
This is an entire guess on my part. I'm going to assume almost half of that $251 was from BL3.
Considering Valve doesn't stoop as low as bribing publishers to delete games already being sold on other stores, this is total nonsense.Considering the principals don’t matter to companies like epic or steam. It really doesn’t matter what you do. They are going to continue doing whatever they think will earn them the most money
It's not black and white. I am not using the Epic Games Store because of the lack of basic security features, basic store functionality, and the exclusive deals. That does not mean I hate Epic as a whole. I'll gladly give developers my money if and when they release their games elsewhere. MechWarrior 5 will be a day 1 buy from me when it releases on Steam at the end of the year. But it doesn't have to release on Steam. The counter argument that is frequently used about Steam is a non-sequitur. Microsoft Store, GOG, wherever, just not Epic until they become a true competitor in the marketplace. Ironic that Epic's policy on the flip side is "anywhere but Steam" for developers on their platform to sell their games, even though every other store out there takes the same 30% cut that Steam does.I agree that epic launcher is ugly, lacking features, and the exclusives are severe butt. But come on, of all the people who hate epic, how many hate Unreal Engine enough to boycott it? Probably near 0, so Epic gets paid anyway. And of the few thousand people who vocally hate epic for their behavior, there are ??? millions of people with gaming PCs who aren't even aware of the politics, they just want to buy the game.
Gamers are going to go where the good games are. Period. Tell Gaben to give us Half-life 3 or a new IP (or both).
Your argument is pretty unclear. Basically you got bored with a couple of games = the storefront is terrible = every game from them from now on is crap?
You can move the games, it just isn't a simple copy/paste.
You know Rockstar has a game launcher now too right?
I'm not an Epic fanboy......the launcher needs polish. I don't know why there's no cart; every purchase has to be done separately. But hey, it's just another store. As long as I can find it, buy it, and play it I don't care too much.
it gets better than that. The vast majority is on Fortnite (ie that is propping it up, like its propping up epic). THe remaining to 3rd parties. Per Epic-Store users ( ~100Million) thats $2.50 the average epic store user spentStrong thread.
See here: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/news/epic-games-store-weekly-free-games-in-2020
nearly 2/3 of that was first party games ... namely fortnite, the other 1/3 is probably borderlands and metro exodus
Steam was already topping 4 billion per year as of 2017.. Epic is nowhere near that even with the colossus that is fortnite.
I agree that epic launcher is ugly, lacking features, and the exclusives are severe butt. But come on, of all the people who hate epic, how many hate Unreal Engine enough to boycott it? Probably near 0, so Epic gets paid anyway. And of the few thousand people who vocally hate epic for their behavior, there are ??? millions of people with gaming PCs who aren't even aware of the politics, they just want to buy the game.
Gamers are going to go where the good games are. Period. Tell Gaben to give us Half-life 3 or a new IP (or both).
The people defending EGS who keep bringing up Steam in their arguments is definitely telling of their character.
The whining about others hating EGS is getting just as bad, not sure why anyone cares if someone else doesn't want to use epic... stop not liking what i like damn it!
like WTF, any time anyone complains about EGS, it always is because they are "lacking steam features" or "not available on steam" - is that a character problem also? I guess it must be.
it gets better than that. The vast majority is on Fortnite (ie that is propping it up, like its propping up epic). THe remaining to 3rd parties. Per Epic-Store users ( ~100Million) thats $2.50 the average epic store user spent