Never forget: This game was exclusive to Epig Games.

[Holden Caulfield]

If you don't want to support greed or you don't agree with Epig bringing exclusivity to PC don't buy this game, say NO to greed!!

That's All Folks, Have a Nice Day!

[Pyro3000]

Първоначално публикувано от Holden Caulfield:

Only the fortnite kids are able to defend epic games, they all should express their love for epic games on the epic forums, that would be cool... oh wait epic is so garbage that it doesn't even have a forum, my bad my bad

I honestly don't get the hate for Epic, and I've accumulated maybe a total of 10 minutes in Fortnite from trying it out and deciding it wasn't for me. I see people mention credit card leaks, but then when I look into it, it sounds like it wasn't even an issue with Epic Games so much as Fortnite itself, which stored the credit card information differently because of its cross-platform nature. Having multiple launchers is definitely more annoying than just having your entire library on Steam, but giving one company an entire monopoly isn't good, either. Maybe I just don't mind because I still remember the days of not even having programs like Steam, and viewing this software as a luxury.

Do I get 99% of my PC games through Steam? Probably. Am I going to pick Steam over EGS when EGS has a sale going? Steam achievements and level just aren't that important to my life. I'll pick whichever is cheapest any day. Origin, on the other hand, I won't touch unless I really have to, but that's because Origin is sluggish and more resource intensive than it has any right to be for what it is.

[Aya]

Първоначално публикувано от Pyro3000:

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I think there was a point in my life where I was part of the anti-Epic hive mind, though I think my tastes in gaming have done a good job at eroding my ability to care about the Steam vs Epic debacle.

As some people on this forum have noticed, Japanese games on Steam are not without its group of console elitists that want the developers of said games to fail on PC specifically, just so that they'll stay on consoles. In a few cases, their wish had been granted, so we shouldn't expect future ports from those examples. As someone who wants to see more Japanese PC ports, my ability to care about the whole "Steam vs Epic" thing obviously plummeted the moment I saw "Kingdom Hearts on PC". I'd still wait the extra year for western games cuz they were gonna release on Steam anyways, though I'd eventually forget about it.

What really affected my ability to care about the Steam vs Epic debacle was a competition between two medieval multiplayer games, with the Steam counterpart being insufferably bad while the much better game was on the Epic Games Store. I had already bought a couple of games on Epic, so was it really worth suffering through a bad game just cuz it's the Steam counterpart to an Epic Exclusive?

As far as competition goes, I think if the Steam counterpart to an EGS exclusive is at least decent, whatever EGS exclusive it's competing against would most likely just fade to obscurity. Platform loyalists better hope that the Mount&Blade vs Chivalry thing's just a one-off situation, though I'm not gonna rule out the possibility of Epic Games getting an exclusivity deal for a game that's competing with another product on Steam, with the Steam counterpart getting a similar result.

[Gisborne]

Първоначално публикувано от Pyro3000:

Първоначално публикувано от Holden Caulfield:

Only the fortnite kids are able to defend epic games, they all should express their love for epic games on the epic forums, that would be cool... oh wait epic is so garbage that it doesn't even have a forum, my bad my bad

I honestly don't get the hate for Epic, and I've accumulated maybe a total of 10 minutes in Fortnite from trying it out and deciding it wasn't for me. I see people mention credit card leaks, but then when I look into it, it sounds like it wasn't even an issue with Epic Games so much as Fortnite itself, which stored the credit card information differently because of its cross-platform nature. Having multiple launchers is definitely more annoying than just having your entire library on Steam, but giving one company an entire monopoly isn't good, either. Maybe I just don't mind because I still remember the days of not even having programs like Steam, and viewing this software as a luxury.

Do I get 99% of my PC games through Steam? Probably. Am I going to pick Steam over EGS when EGS has a sale going? Steam achievements and level just aren't that important to my life. I'll pick whichever is cheapest any day. Origin, on the other hand, I won't touch unless I really have to, but that's because Origin is sluggish and more resource intensive than it has any right to be for what it is.

Buying a game on egs wheb you have 15 years in steam is like buying a game on xbox wheb you play on ps... steams features are all there to make pc feel as good as a console system but egs and its exclusives have ruined that. Now we have to wait unessesery years for games to come to steam. Steam has game sharing, coop game streaming, controller support for all controllers etc. Egs is worse than origin and uplay.

[ValentB]

Първоначално публикувано от mjuarbe19:

Първоначално публикувано от RileyWRussell:

I just about broke down and bought this on the Epic store as it's been on sale for a bit. So glad I didn't. I hate playing games on epic.

i have almost 100 games on Epic Store and honestly its easier and more stable then Steam its also less bloated then Steam and uses less resources

Delete your Steam acc then.

Epic launcher is a horrible mess and when it downloads and verifies the game, you can't do anything else on your PC.

[ValentB]

Първоначално публикувано от Rezzen:

Първоначално публикувано от Holden Caulfield:

Only the fortnite kids are able to defend epic games, they all should express their love for epic games on the epic forums, that would be cool... oh wait epic is so garbage that it doesn't even have a forum, my bad my bad

On no, Epic doesn't have a big pile of rotten sh*t that are game forums. Idiots cant complain about Denovu, region pricing, release times, how many hours of gameplay per $, bad ports and everyone being a shill.

Yes, we should gladly consume DRMed bugged reskins for 1/4 of salary and not ask any questions.

[ValentB]

Първоначално публикувано от Ron Stoppable:

Първоначално публикувано от ValentB:

Delete your Steam acc then.

Epic launcher is a horrible mess and when it downloads and verifies the game, you can't do anything else on your PC.

That's false. EGS doesn't effect my pc that way at all, not even close, can't even tell it is running in the back ground while downloading/verifying, and I'll be playing another game, watching Youtube, ect.

That's false. Epic eats all my RAM and CPU and I can't even open simple notepad until it finishes verifying.

[Yiaz]

I'm never buying a game that starts as EGS exclusive

[Holden Caulfield]

Първоначално публикувано от Yiaz:

I'm never buying a game that starts as EGS exclusive

Ah, I See You're a Man of Culture As Well.

[amathy]

steam simps are wild
"if you don't want to support corporate greed then only buy on the platform that had and honestly still has a near monopoly on the pc gaming market"

[DAZ EXTRALARGE]

Steam isn't a monopoly they simply had no competition. EGS have all rights to exist but they give nothing to consumers so why bother spending money there.

[Gisborne]

Първоначално публикувано от DAZ:

Steam isn't a monopoly they simply had no competition. EGS have all rights to exist but they give nothing to consumers so why bother spending money there.

EGS is worse than steam as it is forcing console exclusivity in the PC marketplace which has always been a FREE ecosystem.

[ValentB]

Първоначално публикувано от amathy oniichan uwu:

steam simps are wild
"if you don't want to support corporate greed then only buy on the platform that had and honestly still has a near monopoly on the pc gaming market"

Steam believed in the market when Epic games said it was "done". They never even apologised for their words but acted like they're "saviours".

[Gisborne]

Първоначално публикувано от Ron Stoppable:

Първоначално публикувано от ValentB:

Steam believed in the market when Epic games said it was "done". They never even apologised for their words but acted like they're "saviours".

Apologize for not wanting to release a game to the PC for a few years? Really? Because PC gamers are entitled to games from them?

I can't imagine being offended by something extremely tiny as that.

When did so many of gamers become similar to SJWs?

So heres the problem.

FF7 comes out on PS4, Sony hold off PC because sony is super insecure about its branding and they want to make sure they milk as much of that £70 on consoles with as little work done as possible.

Stage 2 they release on PC after a long time. semi insecure that they have milked every possible person they can in the world who wants to buy FF7.

They release on EGS with an exclusivity deal for TENS of millions because of their insecurity about not selling any copies on PC. now they have milked EGS for 6 months they finally decide to launch on steam, after all, who's left?

They are preparing to release the 2ND game, and announce all the above stages will play out again... when now they have a PC player base they should just launch day 1 on PC.

This is why.

[ValentB]

Първоначално публикувано от Ron Stoppable:

Първоначално публикувано от ValentB:

Steam believed in the market when Epic games said it was "done". They never even apologised for their words but acted like they're "saviours".

Apologize for not wanting to release a game to the PC for a few years? Really? Because PC gamers are entitled to games from them?

Apologise for calling all PC gamers pirates and brushing off PC market.
They wouldn't have to if they stayed on consoles (should have).

[amathy]

Първоначално публикувано от DAZ:

Steam isn't a monopoly they simply had no competition. EGS have all rights to exist but they give nothing to consumers so why bother spending money there.

definition
monopoly
the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service

Steam largely had no competition because whenever a competitor tried to pop-up they'd fail, or just exist as a far afterthought like gog, because Steam had such a stranglehold on the market that users weren't willing to switch and publishers will mostly focus on distributing their games where the most potential purchases are unless they get paid for contractual distribution

Първоначално публикувано от Gisborne:

EGS is worse than steam as it is forcing console exclusivity in the PC marketplace which has always been a FREE ecosystem.

Pre-EGS the "FREE PC marketplace ecosystem" was de facto Steam exclusive