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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"

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    Lemminary
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    #41

    First, make it load way faster. Your app is second to everything I want to do.

    Second, if I click on a game in my library, I don’t expect it to install in one single click. Even Steam has the decency to ask what I want to do. Maybe I want to remember what the game is about first.

    Third, I expect you to update your client automatically instead of badgering me with restarting the app manually.

    There, you made it 80% better for me with that.

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    • B binturong@lemmy.ca

      Better not miss if you’re gonna come swing at the great. As a former Rocket League enjoyer who had Epic games shit up the game I bought BEFORE they got the rights; I say it’s physically impossible for Epic to fuck far enough off, but they can fuck themselves all the way to the event horizon of off and stare whistfully at the off that cannot be fucked. Forever.

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      spookex@lemmy.world
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      Neat, another former RL player.

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        Jakob Fel
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        I’m not fundamentally AGAINST the EGS but Epic is not a good company and saying that they have a ton of work to do is the understatement of the century.

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        • Jakob FelJ Jakob Fel

          I’m not fundamentally AGAINST the EGS but Epic is not a good company and saying that they have a ton of work to do is the understatement of the century.

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          fredselfish@lemmy.world
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          I use Epic for the free games, any games I want to buy either on Steam or independent website. I don’t buy games on Epic.

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            owljfien@lemm.ee
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            #45

            Only person in my circle who used EGS for anything, had their card cancelled by their bank the next day for suspicious activity

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              ledericas@lemm.ee
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              #46

              have epic tried using thier assets as fuel for the fire? besides epic, ubisoft is another bad one they got so desperate at one point they had to use a apple tv show to promote thier propaganda(mythic quest) a totally unfunny show, and it just rubbed people the wrong way, despite being made by one of the ISAIP founders, who was using that show for personal motives.

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              • L Lemminary

                First, make it load way faster. Your app is second to everything I want to do.

                Second, if I click on a game in my library, I don’t expect it to install in one single click. Even Steam has the decency to ask what I want to do. Maybe I want to remember what the game is about first.

                Third, I expect you to update your client automatically instead of badgering me with restarting the app manually.

                There, you made it 80% better for me with that.

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                dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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                They could also just say “screw this” and invest in the excellent Heroic Games Launcher (just like CDPR/GOG did to some extent).

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                • P pogodem0n@lemmy.world

                  I don’t think Alan Wake II will ever come to Steam. It is published by Epic Games.

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                  chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz
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                  Guess I’m just never playing it, then.

                  So many thousands of amazing games I can play instead.

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                  • Rob BosR Rob Bos

                    Their active hostility toward Linux users has put me off them pretty much permanently. If they made a big push toward Linux support, I might look at them more favourably.

                    They clearly don’t want me as a customer: fuck 'em.

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                    driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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                    #49

                    Even with all the support steam gives to linux, linux isn’t even 3% of steam.

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                      kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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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?

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                      • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brD driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br

                        Even with all the support steam gives to linux, linux isn’t even 3% of steam.

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                        emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de
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                        3% of steam would be a huge boost for the epic games store though.

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                        • B binturong@lemmy.ca

                          Better not miss if you’re gonna come swing at the great. As a former Rocket League enjoyer who had Epic games shit up the game I bought BEFORE they got the rights; I say it’s physically impossible for Epic to fuck far enough off, but they can fuck themselves all the way to the event horizon of off and stare whistfully at the off that cannot be fucked. Forever.

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                          qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de
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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.

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                          • fredselfish@lemmy.worldF fredselfish@lemmy.world

                            I use Epic for the free games, any games I want to buy either on Steam or independent website. I don’t buy games on Epic.

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                            duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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                            I use to buy games from Epic, but they decided to disown the Unreal franchise.

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                            • K kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone

                              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?

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                              musubibreakfast@lemm.ee
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                              It really sucks, I have the second Alan Wake game on there but I can’t really get into it.

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                              • C commander@lemmy.world

                                They released EGS Android game store without a library view, still none. They’re really bad at making a good first impression. PC it’s been 7 years. 7 years of bad impressions

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                                jayandp@sh.itjust.works
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                                They released EGS Android game store without a library view, still none.

                                WTF, you’re right. I’m actually in shock. Just, how? How do you not have a way to view purchased content? That’s App Store 101.

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                                • P pogodem0n@lemmy.world

                                  I don’t think Alan Wake II will ever come to Steam. It is published by Epic Games.

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                                  overload@sopuli.xyz
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                                  Oops, sorry. To be clear I bought Alan Wake 2 on Epic

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                                  • mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone

                                    Surely with the money they burn they could have fixed up the store by now?

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                                    scmstr@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                                    Nonono… It must take… At least five more years. Mhm yes.

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                                    • B blametheantifa@lemmy.world

                                      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.

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                                      scmstr@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                                      #58

                                      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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                                      • K kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone

                                        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?

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                                        madcaesar@lemmy.world
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                                        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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