Honestly I know people here are against Epic, but Google Play is such garbage that I welcome the epic store on Android.

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    I have well over 300 games on Epic Games Store. I have played zero. I don’t know why I keep getting the free games every week, but Steam is where I keep buying. Eventually, I’ll play something on there.

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      I’m the same way but use heroic games launcher even on windows if that is what you run. Its lite on CPU and you have access to epic gog and epic. if you like the games you played then by them on steam then.

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        Heroic works great on my steamdeck, too. How I’ve played several games from gog or free epic games on it.

        I rigged up origin on the SD before there was an easier implementation to do it, though. That was like a 94 step nightmare, but Assasins Creed Black Flag runs great.

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      I only ever played hades which I bought for €5 when it was still €15 or more on steam. But even them I just added it as a 3rd party game to steam lol.

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      I’m counting on Linux support becoming better. Although I guess Heroic Games Launcher is almost there already.

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    2 years ago

    Yeah, what we really needed in this world was Epic Games doing anything ever.

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    As a gamer for over 40 years, I don’t play games on my phone. I find it boring, monotonous, and repetitive, along with the ads, gatcha mechanics, and whatever trash they’re pushing. If I want to play a game, I’ll use my desktop or Switch.

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      I play shattered dungeon.

      Game boy emulators.

      TIC-80 and PICO8 games.

      Native android Final Fantasy VI.

      There are some good options for phone gaming.

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        No seriously I had to install an Epic Games app to get Fortnite on Android a while back.

        Have I seriously had a virus on my phone this whole time? Am I that dense?

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          I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a launcher before and they’re releasing a “Store” now that Google and Apple have been slapped with anti-trust lawsuits. I think your best bet would be asking the folks at the Epic forums.

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            Did a little research and it looks like that’s exactly what it was, just an app that existed to update the few first party titles they had

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    The bastards actually built what looks to be a nice platform. I can’t wait to install a different launcher for every app on my phone!

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      Better to have competition than relying on the same launcher for every app. Monopolies are convinient but actually really bad for you.

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        Yes but here’s the thing. I bought my iPhone because it’s damn simple. I don’t like spending time on my phone, simple is efficient. I’m envisioning a future where I have a folder full of wallet apps because every debit/credit card institution creates their own. All circumventing the privacy restrictions Apple forces on their AppStore. Truly the consumer has lost in this situation. If I didn’t want to use the AppStore - I would have bought a different phone.

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        Maybe the EU will eventually extend these rules to the iPad. I’ve already tried installing from the epic website and the process is not that bad.

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    Not even joking, if they honor their cut rates for Unreal Engine from the PC Store this will be very big.