Desperate to fight Steam, Epic burns money like firewood – but admits the Epic Games Store kind of sucks and "there's still a ton of work to be done" with "long overdue features"
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I don’t think Alan Wake II will ever come to Steam. It is published by Epic Games.
Oops, sorry. To be clear I bought Alan Wake 2 on Epic
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Surely with the money they burn they could have fixed up the store by now?
Nonono… It must take… At least five more years. Mhm yes.
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I like the idea of competition, but there is no excuse for the Epic Game Store being so awful. It could have been rebuilt from the ground up many times over in the years since it launched. It’s abundantly clear that Sweeney has no intention of improving it or giving consumers the features they actually want.
Can you imagine if the CEO actually cared? Like if they opened up the store and went
SWEET JESUS FUCKING MONKEYCUNTING CHRIST THIS IS HOT GARBAGE WHO DID THIS
They’d fix it in a week.
But, likely, since it’s been, like… What… 6.5 years ago? Yeah. The CEO either likes it or doesn’t realize how bad it is that the only thing most people interact with is so bad that it’s insulting. And that isn’t even hyperbole, it is actually disrespectful that they expect consumers AND PROFESSIONALS to be okay with that.
Edit: steam competes with free and wins - epic competes with free and loses.
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Maybe if they spent more money making it a good experience that respects customers and developers alike and less on bribing platform exclusives they would be better?
I’m probably in the minority but platform exclusives actually make me AVOID your platform. I hate this type of bullshit.
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Desperate to fight Steam, Epic burns money like firewood – but admits the Epic Games Store kind of sucks and "there's still a ton of work to be done" with "long overdue features"
The Epic Games Store is just now pushing preloading and gifting
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Desperate to fight Steam, Epic burns money like firewood – but admits the Epic Games Store kind of sucks and "there's still a ton of work to be done" with "long overdue features"
The Epic Games Store is just now pushing preloading and gifting
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Sucks to suck.
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Maybe if they spent more money making it a good experience that respects customers and developers alike and less on bribing platform exclusives they would be better?
My personal favorite platform is GOG simply because it offers actual ownership instead of a crippling dependency on their ecosystem. My second favorite is Steam because it has games GOG doesn’t. I’m not sure why I would want EGS beyond the free games, which are frequently not of interest to me anyway.
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Yeah but they must appease shareholders with quarterly profits. Also Tim Sweeney wants to buy moar land.
As someone who has worked in tech their entire career, it’s deeply depressing and infuriating how correct this is.
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Desperate to fight Steam, Epic burns money like firewood – but admits the Epic Games Store kind of sucks and "there's still a ton of work to be done" with "long overdue features"
The Epic Games Store is just now pushing preloading and gifting
GamesRadar+ (www.gamesradar.com)
“We’re also putting great focus on ongoing launcher improvements that will make the store feel great to use,” Allison added (my hottest tip: remember my freakin’ login!).
Oh I thought I had this issue because of some layer of lutris/proton but everyone gets regularly disconnected? Hahahha (Never bought a game on Epic. And obviously not playing Rocket League anymore.
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Forcing me to agree to have my data used for training AI was the final straw for me. Almost 10 years since i bought the game and they pull that shit, imagine that with any other product, you go to start your car one morning and get a popup that says that you can’t drive it anymore untill you agree to be spied on. Insane.
Completely agree with this, and also fully expecting to see that with cars too. I’ve heard of some models with onboard computers and displays showing people ads at traffic stops, it’s wild as is. But I’m certain all those CEOs and owners fully believe we should just own nothing and be happy. Everything should be rentals or subscriptions to fully cement their parasitism. And then they act surprised when people feel crushed and desperate. I my humble opinion they should fuck all the way off.
