So what is Epic online services?

[D3va]

So what is it, because everyone seems to be making a big deal out of it.

[Milkdust]

Originally posted by D3va:

So what is it, because everyone seems to be making a big deal out of it.

Malware.

[_(´ཀ`」∠)_Unity1]

So you can play with your friends that are on different platform.

[D3va]

Originally posted by vjerabc:

So you can play with your friends that are on different platform.

I know its about the cross play or online play in general. Does it run constantly on the background even when the game doesnt run? or it just runs while you play the game? Because if its just a service for this purpose who cares.

[Traveller]

Originally posted by D3va:

Originally posted by vjerabc:

So you can play with your friends that are on different platform.

I know its about the cross play or online play in general. Does it run constantly on the background even when the game doesnt run? or it just runs while you play the game? Because if its just a service for this purpose who cares.

It only runs when the game is open.

[Milkdust]

Originally posted by Eiswolfin:

Originally posted by D3va:

So what is it, because everyone seems to be making a big deal out of it.

It's like SteamWorks but has the added benefit for cross platform and cross store functions like cross play, cross cloud saves, cross acheivements. Epic offers it for free and doesn't require the game to be sold on EGS.

They key to effective malware is to make its onboarding process as friction-free as possible.

[Nightsbane]

Originally posted by D3va:

So what is it, because everyone seems to be making a big deal out of it.

It's malware , literal ♥♥♥♥ / spyware .

[DYMAXION]

Originally posted by Sleezure:

Originally posted by Eiswolfin:

It's like SteamWorks but has the added benefit for cross platform and cross store functions like cross play, cross cloud saves, cross acheivements. Epic offers it for free and doesn't require the game to be sold on EGS.

They key to effective malware is to make its onboarding process as friction-free as possible.

The game engine itself is made by Epic...

[D3va]

Yea i am gonna ignore the comments that write malware or spyware. Every company spies on you.

[Nightsbane]

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[Traveller]

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[OrochiTabris]

So much software is friction-free when it comes to installing. Double-clicking a file, or clicking an install button, and then clicking a few prompts to get the process going is barely a step towards inconvenience from it being done automatically.

If you really think about it, everything is malware. Do you personally know the creators of the software you use? And even if you do, how certain are you that they aren't eyeing your deliciously sellable data?

And that's just the data you offer now from your PC. No one reads those agreements that pop up before you're even allowed to install that software you already paid for. You're probably handing ownership of all aspects of your life to publishers. Bank accounts. Your pets, or family members. Future children. They probably already own your DNA.

The safest option is to delete any accounts that offer the option, microwave all of your storage media, melt down your PCs and any devices using similar technology, and abandon everything digital.

We should never have come down from the trees.

[Milkdust]

Originally posted by Eiswolfin:

Originally posted by Sleezure:

They key to effective malware is to make its onboarding process as friction-free as possible.

That explains why Steam is malware. Thank you.

But even then, you affirmatively choose to download, install, and sign up for Steam.

EOS is delivered as a Trojan-horse payload that nobody asked for.

[Fynnpire]

Malware = Malicious Software. Is it malicious? No. Are you a moron? Most certainly yes.

[Milkdust]

Originally posted by Eiswolfin:

Originally posted by Sleezure:

But even then, you affirmatively choose to download, install, and sign up for Steam.

EOS is delivered as a Trojan-horse payload that nobody asked for.

Cross play has been growing in demand, Epic saw the demand and providing such services to make it easier. So yes, people did ask for it.

What you people should be doing is instead of demanding the industry not progress, you should be demanding that Valve competes with EOS by upgrading SteamWorks to have cross store/platform functionalities and offer it for free.

Nobody wants to cross-play with Epic, and implementing a payload full of Chinese malware to do so is the opposite of "progress."

[Boboscus]

Originally posted by Eiswolfin:

Originally posted by Sleezure:

But even then, you affirmatively choose to download, install, and sign up for Steam.

EOS is delivered as a Trojan-horse payload that nobody asked for.

Cross play has been growing in demand, Epic saw the demand and providing such services to make it easier. So yes, people did ask for it.

What you people should be doing is instead of demanding the industry not progress, you should be demanding that Valve competes with EOS by upgrading SteamWorks to have cross store/platform functionalities and offer it for free.

Cross platform is complete garbage, look at any game ever made with it, saves get corrupted left and right, most sane players instantly turn that ♥♥♥♥ off when booting the game for the first time. Why in the hell would I want to play with someone on a console to hinder my enjoyment with ♥♥♥♥♥♥ loading times or ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ connection?