- cross-posted to:
- pcgaming@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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No tux no bux
I love this XD
And we all know what the asshole at the top thinks of linux. So, pass.
Watch me not give a fuck 6.5x faster.
They already lost me when they told me I couldn’t play a downloaded game without an internet connection. DRM free is the only way.
Wait what!? Well fuck that lol
I have never understood why Epic did not make a decent store. They can absolutely compete if they actually tried. They have close to zero things going for them in terms of user experience or price. Quite the opposite.
A lot if people, myself included mainly care about price and drm. So Steam is not something I care about, just price or GOG.
Epic has a negative UX in terms of their store. GreenManGaming, Fanatical etc, has vastly better stores. Why is Epic wasting enormous amounts of money on giveaways, when most people see no reason to buy from them?? I prefer not using their store, not because Steam is better, but because Epic truly sucks.
A lot if people, myself included mainly care about price and drm. So Steam is not something I care about, just price or GOG.
I’m with you. Although if the game is only on Windows, I’d rather be on Steam to make the Linux compatibility automagic.
I’ve had a great experience with Heroic for this purpose. Generally just as easy to configure as Steam, compared to Bottles or some strange Lutris script
I forgot about Heroic, I’m checking it out now, thanks!
I have this preference as well but it’s not too important for me. I care mainly about the price and if I can actually own the game. So if I pay 50% more I don’t buy on GOG but 10% 20 sure. Otherwise it’s just wherever I can get the cheapest.
It’s claiming to be 6 times faster, and then it’ll turn out to be an Electron app.
Don’t get me wrong, I hope otherwise…
They didn’t get people into their store by literally giving up free games.
They are not getting people in with q UI redesign.
If what they claim is true then they’re actually doing a good job. It’s just that even with the significant advancements… I don’t trust them. They should be working on their PR as well. More lawsuits in favor of consumers like the Apple lawsuit they had would help move people over.
Will this be like the v1 roadmap where they continuously delayed many features until they gave up and privated the entire Trello board?
But now they have AI to do all the hard implementation work! Choo choo, here comes the slop train!!
- I lose access to the email I’ve had since 1997.
I try to reset my login credentials. The website is caught in a loop. I open a tech support issue explaining that I just need to change my email.
I get sent an automated reply being told email changes use the automated system…the one caught in the loop.
I post a reply to my ticket saying I can’t use the automated system. It’s stuck in a loop.
I get sent an automated reply being told to use the automated system.
I search google for an 800 number. I find there is no 800 number.
2026 I still haven’t changed my email address. I also haven’t bought a single game. I claim the free ones, snd I can still log in for now. But I just know eventually it’ll say something like “For security purposes we’ve emailed you a code” snd that email will go to my lost email address. And I will have lost the whole account. So I’m not spending money on games I could lose next week.
So Epic, you want sales? Step 1, let me change my login email.
Step 2…well, you’re still fucked. Steam is a juggernaut in their space.
But at least you gained 1 potential customer. Though lets be real.this 3 year wait has left a pretty bad taste im my mouth. I’m not sure if regaining my account would prompt me to buy from a company making me wait this long.
If it exists on GOG or Steam, I can’t imagine wanting it on Epic.
Aren’t user reviews one of the things that were on their original roadmap back when they first launched egs?
Don’t worry, they’re just two weeks away!
how is that even something that needs to be on a roadmap? it’s such a basic feature, the fact that it isn’t already there is insane
Look, I don’t know why you’d release a product that’s severely lacking compared to your competition but I also don’t know how you couldn’t sort this out in 10 years. Epic is a special company.
I’ve been rapidly barrelling toward a DRM-free-only self-hosted future, and part of that is DRM-free books. In an attempt to get out of Amazon’s clutches, I looked for where I can buy DRM-free books, like Project Hail Mary. The answer I came up with was: nowhere. Everyone is following the same playbook. Why would I buy from your store if you’re doing exactly what Amazon is doing? I’m already shopping on Amazon, and I want something better.
(The answer is that I can break the DRM on other stores, but I can’t on Amazon. When it’s this difficult to get DRM-free books, I wouldn’t blame people for resorting to piracy.)
Why on earth would I buy from Epic if I have any other option? What are you doing better?
Yeah, GOG is at least offering DRM-free games. That gives them one big plus over Steam and is why I maintain a library on both.
On the other hand, I can’t name a single thing Epic does better than Steam and GOG.
Free games
At the cost of having to play them through the Epic Launcher? Nah, too rich for me, boss.
I’ve only been getting comics from bundle sites since they give you epubs and PDFs. Kind of a necessity for a non-Amazon eReader.
I appreciate my Kobo eReader though, and it’s possible their online store will be DRM-free? Or, it could be per-book; when I put my own up, they had a checkbox to turn on DRM which I left off.
Kobo is where I ended up buying from, because I can break the DRM there, but it wasn’t trivial to figure out. For comics, I use Global Comix; they seem to be universally DRM-free, at least what I’ve seen so far. Failing that, Google at least tells you on a per item basis what the DRM situation is for books and comics.
Needs more invasive AI features
I hope it doesn‘t break Heroic launcher somehow.
Oh it probably will.
That’s probably the point.
Once fortnite money dries up they will close up the store and you will lose all your games.
Pass.
I’m not even touching the storefront of AI and NFT shilling that Epic games aspires to be. Sweeney can fuck himself
