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What's up with Epic Games? (self.games)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ElPussyKangaroo to c/games
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I can't seem to find that one comment explaining the issue with them...

But for the sake of promoting conversation on Lemmy, what's the issue with Epic, and why should I go for Steam or GoG?

Note: Piracy is not an answer. I understand why, and do agree to a certain extent... But sometimes, the happiness gained by playing something from a legitimate source is far greater ๐Ÿฅน... coming from someone who could never ever afford to purchase games, nor could my parents... Hence I've always played bootleg, or pirated games.

TL;DR

What's wrong?

  • Their launcher has a terrible UI AND UX.
  • They make exclusive deals with studios to prevent other platforms from getting games. (Someone mentioned that Steam did the same thing in their infancy. Also, I have another question; why is it ok for Sony and Microsoft to make exclusive games for their consoles but not ok for these PC platforms to do so?)
  • They have been invested in by a Chinese company, Tencent. (Someone mentioned that it isn't that big of a deal, but idk.)
  • They are actively anti-linux for some reason.
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[โ€“] cottonmon 101 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I posted about this in another thread, but Epic also bought exclusivity for games that were crowd-funded then had the option to have the game on Steam removed or you'd get the Steam key after the exclusivity period expired. This pissed off a lot of people.

[โ€“] ElPussyKangaroo 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow. That's understandably frustrating.

[โ€“] cottonmon 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, this caused A LOT of controversy back then. As far as I know, Epic has stopped doing this and has pivoted a bit more into funding game development (i.e. Alan Wake 2.) That being said, that gave Epic a terrible reputation when they initially launched EGS.

[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are still doing it. I'm still waiting for dead island 2 to come to steam because it's a 1 year timed exclusive on epic

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

They still sign exclusives, they don't do it with crowdfunded projects that promised a Steam release anymore.

[โ€“] cottonmon 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I meant with crowd funded games. I'm aware that they still buy exclusivity. Though from what I know they pay indies less compared to what they used to pay.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't know this. Which games did it?

[โ€“] cottonmon 8 points 1 year ago

I don't actually know all the games that did this, but the most famous examples are Phoenix Point and Shenmue 3. I already read that Outer Wilds was another one that took the exclusivity deal.