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Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy... and then it's only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can't it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It's so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic... which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.
I get it being annoying... But why is it such a deal breaker? If the game is good, why not just install it, play the game, leave it when you're done?
The other storefronts have some cool features (namely gamepass for xbox and all of steamworks and the app stuff for steam), but it doesn't really matter if the game doesn't use em.
Speaking for myself, if it's Epic only, it means I have no assurances as a customer that they're going to keep letting me play the game on Linux. If I bought Alan Wake II, I'm doing so knowing that they don't support my operating system and could break compatibility with Wine with any random update. If that happens on Steam, I can reasonably expect a refund if it was previously Verified, and because of the verification system, they also have an incentive not to break compatibility. So if I play Alan Wake II some day, it'll be because it was a free giveaway on Epic, because I'm not paying for that.
Now this is a good reason.
And random note, but I didn't get a notification for this reply?
Sorry I forgot to send it, won't happen again, boss.
What do you mean, are you on some client that has notifications disabled by default?
Genuine fediverse noob here.
The guy you're replying to was joking, saying they are in charge of your notifications.
Lemmy notifications depend on the client you're using. I'm using Sync which is far from perfect with push notifs, usually they only pop up when I open the app.
I am just using the browser UI, and just mean the notifications on the site.
Sometimes I get a reply with no notification even within Lemmy, and someone else said this happens to them too.
I think sometimes they're just slow, so you may have clicked into the thread before it found out you needed a notification. I'm not an expert though. It's just a guess based on personal experience.
Its happened to me after a full day too.