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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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Steam, Epic, GOG, it’s all the same to me. I’m not gonna fanboy over one platform and miss out on a game. That’s just ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Steam does provide good general dev services
GOG preserves games and let's you own game files without pesky DRM
What does Epic do besides developing UE5 and harrassing the PC platform with exclusivity deals?

Other dev-specific platforms like EA amd Uplay get a pass because they publish only their own games.

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon 3 points 14 hours ago

This is it right here. Do not fanboy platform. Competition is very very important in this kind of market. But epic games is just the worst of all worlds.

Release on GOG, I'll buy it. If not, release on steam. Otherwise 🏴‍☠️

[–] [email protected] 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not harassing me. I’ve bought Epic exclusives, and I’ll continue to do so if it’s a game I want to play. I always buy GOG first, Epic second (for exclusives), and Steam last, for anything else. This isn’t a problem for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Well this may be a just-you-and-someothers problem the general audience (on lemmy at least) disagrees.
I am fine if devs sell on epic but not if it's arbitrary exclusivity.
I have bought on EA and uPlay but I would never consider them again if they pay (for example) Take2 if they would exclusive sell GTA6 on the EA store.

[–] zexyqag 11 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I think don't it's as much fanboyism over steam and more unfanboyism over epic games

[–] AustralianSimon -1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm sorry but Epic is owned by Tencent. This means at any point in time, China's Government can enforce trojans to be installed into your PC. Maybe not as relevant for you if you are not in a position of interest.

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/29/751116338/china-intercepts-wechat-texts-from-u-s-and-abroad-researcher-says

It is known PC Launcher exclusives actually hurts the company and the game's popularity.

https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-games-store-exclusives-apple-lawsuit/

While Steam is certainly not the good guy, they are not owned by a known Government organisation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

China can’t force Trojans to be installed on your PC. The fact that you believe that nonsense tells me you’re a fucking idiot.

[–] AustralianSimon 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Mate, if you are dim enough to think an update can't contain malicious code I have a heap of bridges to sell you.

Given you probably don't understand software security but it's fairly common attack vector.

https://www.hackerone.com/knowledge-center/supply-chain-attacks-impact-examples-and-6-preventive-measures

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 minutes ago

I know an update can contain malicious code, I’m saying you’re an idiot for thinking Todd Sweeney is going to go to prison so that China can steal data from a bunch of fat sweaty dudes.