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Epic Game Store is positioning itself as a juggernaut isn't it?
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MMaRsu
Banned
WAAAAH i like steam
A real babies response, not a surprise coming from you.
MMaRsu
Banned
By giving out free games they are gaining a foothold because gamers dont have any standards and will go YEEEY FREEE I WANNA I WANNA just like most consumers would in other markets by the way. Its a proven tactic
Burger
Member
Maybe you could put that in your avatar then you don't need to keep blowing on about it.
MMaRsu
Banned
Oh Im sorry for saying something about Epic you didnt like in a thread about Epic.
Get outta here
LazyParrot
Member
That's not how it works. You don't enter a market and then demand that people compare your product not to what your competitors are currently offering, but to what they were offering 15 years ago.
I mean... Jesus. Epic didn't even have to come up with any of this shit on their own. All they had to do was copy the features Steam has had for over a decade, but apparently they can't even do that. The store still doesn't have a shopping cart. Online stores had those in the mid 90s! At this point it's obvious that they have zero interest in achieving feature parity, and people are definitely right in judging them for that.
yurqqa
Member
Good for EGS.
I don't have any online friends, I don't care about online. Personally I wish GOG or other DRM-free platform to take over the market, but it won't happen.
So I think 40% for EGS, 40% for Steam and 20% for GOG would be a good balance for PC platform.
P.S. I have a feeling that won't win any online friends with this post.
I don't have any online friends, I don't care about online. Personally I wish GOG or other DRM-free platform to take over the market, but it won't happen.
So I think 40% for EGS, 40% for Steam and 20% for GOG would be a good balance for PC platform.
P.S. I have a feeling that won't win any online friends with this post.
Burger
Member
It's not that I don't like what you said, I think you are ridiculious.
Starfield
Member
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
ok boomer
Slings and Arrows
Banned
And we all know valve can't get to 3.0 because they can't count beyond three.
I for one welcome our new egs, Chinese overlords
Ten_Fold
Member
EGS is cool, you will find less random games an more higher quality games. Now my problems with them is that, when I installed unreal engine they tried to force me to download Fortnite, I don’t see any company going exclusively to the EGS unless paid a good amount of money to cover that potential income from steam. They won’t come close to competing with steam due to how easy steam is to buy or even sell your own game.
MMaRsu
Banned
Because I hate the way Epic is trying to muscle themselves into the industry?
Lmao keep sucking Tim Sweeneys dick then
I dont give a fuck what u think
MMaRsu
Banned
Red Rackham's Revenge
Member
What's wrong with Steam's achievements? I think they're better than both PSN and Xbox.
username12
Member
I go to Epic all the time. For the free games. They are putting up a good fight, though.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Theyre getting accounts but are people actually buying the games on the service?
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Lmao keep sucking Tim Sweeneys dick thenAnother pathetic response
The epic fanboys are really coming out of the woodworks
I dont give a fuck what u think
fanboy? when you spew shit like that
alrighty then
Kacho
Member
Wish we had numbers but my assumption would be probably not. At least not as many as they’d like to have.
I’ve bought a whopping one game but im getting to the point where I might say fuck it and buy games rather than waiting an eternity for a Steam release
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Another pathetic response
The epic fanboys are really coming out of the woodworks
I don't think EGS has fanboys
diffusionx
Gold Member
Like I said a bunch of these games have landed on Windows Store and PC Game Pass well before Steam. I can play Mechwarrior 5 right now, if I wanted. Which I do.
Say what you will about MS and Windows Store but unlike EGS, PC Game Pass offers value to customers.
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Kacho
Member
I'd love it if the Windows Store was a viable alternative, especially since I'm an Xbro in the console space, but that store is a travesty. I literally cannot download games without receiving endless errors. It's maddening.
SentientStone
Member
All I want is an Epic Game Store app for the PS5 that can play all PC Epic Game Store games... somehow... with the power of magic.
Cause I don't think I will ever get a gaming PC. :/
Cause I don't think I will ever get a gaming PC. :/
MMaRsu
Banned
Yeah because all u do is driveby shitposts in these threads.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
ok boomer
don't forget to pick up gta5 for free in the EGS
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Gamezone
Gold Member
Easy to cheat, has no statistics, not tied to any leveling system.. Xbox does this right.
TheUsual
Gold Member
I tested Outer Worlds via the executable in the installation folder and worked fine for me. EGS wasn't loading up my library.
Kacho
Member
Yep, games still launch if you use the executable.
Fuz
Banned
You know, they almost won me over with all those free games.
Then they forced me to use a 2FA.
Then they forced me to use a 2FA.
Ridiculous.
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Red Rackham's Revenge
Member
The cheating sucks, but I'm not sure how they could stop that. At least if someone has a bunch of achievements unlocked at the same time you could probably assume that they're not legit.
What kind of stats do you mean? Percentages?
I think it's better without a levelling system. Some people care so much about achievements that that they play easy just to get them and won't play others because they have some that they don't think they could get. I'd consider that detrimental to the game experience. They're better as a mark of having achieved something rather than giving them a value because the latter ends up becoming more important. It's worse when games are all given a set value and you end up with Barbie Simulator being equal to something like Sekiro. I think it's better when each dev is given the freedom to make as many or as few as they like and there's no specific value attached to them.
MMaRsu
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Lmao Ive already had the game for years, why would I need an handout from Epic
.Even if I didnt have it Id rather buy it directly from Rockstar full price then get it free on EGS.
MMaRsu
Banned
Epic already caved to Google and paid the money to get Fortnite on the Play Store.
Its a normal cut and its not going anywhere.
Steam "dominance" Lmao
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synchronicity
Member
They're obviously in it to win it. I won't be downloading their client or any of their free games though.
Their brand of business is not something I want to endorse in any way.
Their brand of business is not something I want to endorse in any way.
eot
Banned
There's nothing to acknowledge. If they have market share they have it, I dunno what the real numbers are but I do know I have zero interest in using their service and splitting my library further. I only buy DRM free and on Steam, unless I'm forced to use a different service but right now the publishers with their own services aren't putting out things that I care about.
FWIW I've been pretty critical of Valve for a veeery long time (since 2004), and I have many criticisms of Steam as well, but in terms of trust I do have more faith in them (as a privately held company) and even that aside I simply don't want to split my purchases across tons of stores.
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Bonfires Down
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Me trying to enter the Epic site:
vaibhavpisal
Member
How much time do you think it will take Epic to have feature parity with steam?
I am guessing 3 years max.
They are more than happy with response it got and are investing heavily in it. I am assuming they are working on a big update and will launch with a bang.
They know pretty well what gamers want. Unlike windows Store.
SupremeHoodie
Member
Fortnite even if it’s not at as popular as it was in 2018 is going to last a decade. It’s in that league of legends class of games where it’ll be a whole generation before people stop playing it.
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sol_bad
Member
Ok zoom ZOOOOOOOOM
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
All it needs is a change to licensing. Pay 5 % of your revenue when you launch a UE game on Steam - pay no royalties at all if you launch exclusively on Epic Store. That combined with the much higher revenue from sales on Epic Store going to devs will kill all interest in releasing UE games on Steam.
yurqqa
Member
Couple of days ago Epic made Unreal engine royalty free until the game reaches $1 mln is sales.
Is it also a trap ?
Is it also a trap ?
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
No one would care about Steam if they hadn't built a huge library mostly via indie bundles and some interesting sales (the days of those sales are gone since 2016). Epic is simply doing the exact same thing. I have 600 Steam games of which I bought (as in actually bought and not bought through a bundle) 30. I have 100 Epic games of which I bought 3. Neither store is offering what I want, Steam is full of useless features that just bloat the whole launcher, Epic has too few features. In terms of data collection they are both the devil.