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[–] Deceptichum 192 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

If Epic could actually provide a better service, they would be seeing customers and developers actually want to use their platform.

Instead they try to lock games behind exclusivity deals and bribe customers with free games and they still fail.

So what do they do instead of fixing their own problems? They go after everyone else who’s actually successful.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'd love it if they had a comparable service, because competition is good for the consumer, but they just don't.

Steam has had a relative monopoly for two decades, and we're lucky they've been customer friendly. But if something were to happen to Gabe, or Valve decided to go public or something, we're screwed.

[–] Deceptichum 55 points 9 months ago

The fact that everyone else is shit isn’t Valves problem, it’s theirs.

And we are fucked when something eventually changes with Valve, but we’d have been fucked this whole time without them.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When Gabe dies, we're SO fucked.

[–] Dindonmasker 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

There will be a time where Gabe will no longer be there. Hopefully someone as good as him is ready to fight the good fight.

I wonder if Gabe would go as far as doing a Halliday move like in ready player one.

I feel like that's a bad idea cause it's gonna be a sweaty cheater that would crack the thing and fuck everyone up.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (4 children)

If Epic could actually provide a better service, they would be seeing customers and developers actually want to use their platform.

Doubt

Gog is objectively giving you more value for your money but even cdpr had to release the Gwent standalone on steam eventually because people didn't buy it enough - once it was on steam it sold more than in a year on gog in weeks

People don't look at the alternatives at all - unless it's a AAA game with an exclusive deal

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (16 children)

Gog is objectively giving you more value for your money

What value do they give you exactly?

The games are mostly priced the same, they don't have integrated modding support, no input remapping, no remote play, no in-home streaming, no steamcmd for server operators, no VR client, no Linux client and no Steam Deck support.

The only thing they do give you is no DRM, but nothing stops a developer from adding a DRM-free game on Steam.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (8 children)

They ruined a game I loved and I will never forgive them.

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[–] [email protected] 117 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Tim Sweeney is literally the biggest fucking cry baby I’ve ever seen.

I won’t touch anything Epic because of such a man child he has become.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I don’t care about his crying as much as I’m annoyed they won’t make anymore Unreal games

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Hey if him being a giant baby keeps giving me free games let the manbaby cook.

Mankind Divided is free right now btw

[–] CaptainEffort 52 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not worth me being a statistic that they can sell to investors imo. Fuck Epic.

Besides, that game’s been on sale for less than $5 on Steam.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

"As you can see, a whole bunch of people joined our service, downloaded games we paid literally millions for from our servers and didn't give us money" isn't a good pitch.

[–] brbposting 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It’s not, no. Would you imagine they would pitch free players as potential future customers?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Mankind Divided is free right now btw

It's not free. The point is to get me to make an account on Epic and install their stupid launcher. That isn't free and I'm tired of people claiming things are "free" when in fact they exist to get you to sign up for another service. It's not free-as-in-air.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, on Linux (e.g. my Steam Deck), I can just install Heroic Launcher and don't need their stupid launcher whatsoever.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Gabe Newell gives me Hedonism Bot vibes in the image from this article

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Gabe: Hello Handsome, might you procure my services?

Me: What do I have to do?

Gabe: Nothing sordid I assure you. Simply open your wallet, ever so gently, while I humiliate Tim Sweeny

~opens my wallet~

Gabe: Save it for the Steam Sale

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago (1 children)

that picture of Gabe is fucking peak IDGAF

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is he holding a bowl in his hand or is it just me LMAO

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It's a steam deck. (and a phone)

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[–] macisr 44 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Oh Sweeney having a tantrum, when hasn't that happened monthly since like 10 years ago? Sweeney if you want more money than what you're already making, then fucking make better products man. Fucking asshole trying to win the game by crying to daddy government and having fits. It would be one thing if he was a small guy being treated unfairly, but this dude is in the elite as well, his company is a big name in the game, but he cries as if he was small potatoes being treated unfairly by big corpos. Fuck off, corpo trash trying to pass as a small boy. If there's a thing more annoying than a corporation being an asshole is an asshole corporation trying to pass as a victim.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (30 children)
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[–] nanoUFO 16 points 9 months ago

The whole wolfire thing is very confusing.

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