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None of those sounds like a very bad user experience. A very bad experience is games disppearing different games appearing after purchasing something else, gam

by vinger 6y ago

None of those sounds like a very bad user experience. A very bad experience is games disppearing different games appearing after purchasing something else, games not working, memory usage too high..etc No user reviews, no easy help button for noobs, no cloud save, only recently got achievements, can't crush a friends party. all sound like little nice to haves that don't add much value. Does it allow me to find/play the game? Everything else takes time away from playing.

throwaway3699 6y ago
Then, no offense, but you might not understand the market very well. Achievements and friends are table stakes these days. Games are primarily a multiplayer experience with friends so platforms absolutely need those things before locking games as exclusives. This would be like shipping an OS without internet access to end-users.
- gknoy 6y ago
  It likely depends on your friends or the games you play. I don't think my friends care to know that I am playing the Witcher, Cyberpunk, Battletech, Mechwarrior, or Jotun. Friends might care to know that I'm online, and be able to message me, but to be honest Discord or other social networks (Steam, Blizzard) already cover that. I've actually been quite happy with GOG's interface, for example.
- Negitivefrags 6y ago
  I actually think it is you who doesn’t understand the market. Nobody cares about centralised achievements any more, and most people don’t particularly like having different friends lists for each service. People would rather organise a game through something like Discord that is entirely seperate to the store ecosystem.
  - throwaway3699 6y ago
    Hmm, maybe achievements aren't as popular as I once believed, but I do think there's unnecessary friction to joining a friend's game with Epic's half baked model. It's one of those things that nobody notices until it's missing. I'm not saying you need a full social network on every platform, either.
- lapetitejort 6y ago
  > Achievements and friends are table stakes these days. Nintendo must have missed this.
  - Arainach 6y ago
    Nintendo's online services are, and always have been, a disaster.
  - throwaway3699 6y ago
    In fairness, Nintendo consoles were always designed around couch co-op, and that is a big failing of the biggest PC platforms.
- vinger 6y ago
  An OS doesn't ship with internet access. You may get internet as a separate service later and connect it to your computer which has an OS. I'm not sure you understand the market. If saving to the cloud is a must have feature your game will provide it. Ditto for multiplayer. No one is refusing to play a game because the platform you purchased the game on doesn't have an easy help button.

by vinger 6y ago

throwaway3699 6y ago

Then, no offense, but you might not understand the market very well. Achievements and friends are table stakes these days. Games are primarily a multiplayer experience with friends so platforms absolutely need those things before locking games as exclusives. This would be like shipping an OS without internet access to end-users.

gknoy 6y ago
It likely depends on your friends or the games you play. I don't think my friends care to know that I am playing the Witcher, Cyberpunk, Battletech, Mechwarrior, or Jotun. Friends might care to know that I'm online, and be able to message me, but to be honest Discord or other social networks (Steam, Blizzard) already cover that. I've actually been quite happy with GOG's interface, for example.
Negitivefrags 6y ago
I actually think it is you who doesn’t understand the market. Nobody cares about centralised achievements any more, and most people don’t particularly like having different friends lists for each service. People would rather organise a game through something like Discord that is entirely seperate to the store ecosystem.
- throwaway3699 6y ago
  Hmm, maybe achievements aren't as popular as I once believed, but I do think there's unnecessary friction to joining a friend's game with Epic's half baked model. It's one of those things that nobody notices until it's missing. I'm not saying you need a full social network on every platform, either.
lapetitejort 6y ago
> Achievements and friends are table stakes these days. Nintendo must have missed this.
- Arainach 6y ago
  Nintendo's online services are, and always have been, a disaster.
- throwaway3699 6y ago
  In fairness, Nintendo consoles were always designed around couch co-op, and that is a big failing of the biggest PC platforms.
vinger 6y ago
An OS doesn't ship with internet access. You may get internet as a separate service later and connect it to your computer which has an OS. I'm not sure you understand the market. If saving to the cloud is a must have feature your game will provide it. Ditto for multiplayer. No one is refusing to play a game because the platform you purchased the game on doesn't have an easy help button.