It’s always been shit. I know they were scum and were trying to bribe people to use the epic launcher with free games. Fuck that shit. I’ll never touch their app. You know something is bad when they’re enticing you with free things and that’s all they have to offer
Their theory was that the thing preventing people from using something other than Steam was that the rest of your games were on Steam already. So from that perspective, it made sense to do what they were doing. The way they tried to outdo Steam was by being better on the supply side to the companies providing the games to their store. For some reason, it never occurred to Epic to make their store better for the consumer by doing something to improve the lives of the customers who buy the games.
I thought Epic giving away games to build a library made sense, but as I was reading your comment it occured to me that although I’m fully invested in Steam, I’ve bought more games on GoG (10+) than Epic (0) just because I trust GoG more. It is the same with Steam. I feel comfortable with buying games there not because my library is already there, buy because I trust Steam not to fuck me over.
Valve and GoG look out for their customers and gamers. Epic look out for their shareholders.
I collect epics free games just to cost them money. I played 1 game (a short hike) and otherwise I have around 400 games that have never even been downloaded. Never going to give them a credit card
They all look out for shareholders. But the way to protect your business long term is to always compete for your customers’ dollars by trying to be better. Steam always has new features to solve new problems. GOG sells DRM-free games so that you don’t have to trust them. Epic only has Fortnite and Alan Wake II.
It’s always been shit. I know they were scum and were trying to bribe people to use the epic launcher with free games. Fuck that shit. I’ll never touch their app. You know something is bad when they’re enticing you with free things and that’s all they have to offer
Their theory was that the thing preventing people from using something other than Steam was that the rest of your games were on Steam already. So from that perspective, it made sense to do what they were doing. The way they tried to outdo Steam was by being better on the supply side to the companies providing the games to their store. For some reason, it never occurred to Epic to make their store better for the consumer by doing something to improve the lives of the customers who buy the games.
I thought Epic giving away games to build a library made sense, but as I was reading your comment it occured to me that although I’m fully invested in Steam, I’ve bought more games on GoG (10+) than Epic (0) just because I trust GoG more. It is the same with Steam. I feel comfortable with buying games there not because my library is already there, buy because I trust Steam not to fuck me over.
Valve and GoG look out for their customers and gamers. Epic look out for their shareholders.
I collect epics free games just to cost them money. I played 1 game (a short hike) and otherwise I have around 400 games that have never even been downloaded. Never going to give them a credit card
They all look out for shareholders. But the way to protect your business long term is to always compete for your customers’ dollars by trying to be better. Steam always has new features to solve new problems. GOG sells DRM-free games so that you don’t have to trust them. Epic only has Fortnite and Alan Wake II.