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The issue with Epic is the pure lack of features (user profiles, reviews[^1], community forums) , and no Mac/Linux support. ^1: I doubt reviews are ever coming

by judge2020 5y ago

The issue with Epic is the pure lack of features (user profiles, reviews[^1], community forums) , and no Mac/Linux support. ^1: I doubt reviews are ever coming since it would mean bad games would get fewer sales; Imagine how many more sales Cyberpunk 2077 has gotten on the Epic store as no potential buyer sees the negative reviews for the game.

Mindwipe 5y ago
The Epic launcher supports Macs. There's not much software that supports Macs, but there's increasingly little on Steam too that runs on a modern version of MacOS too because of Apple's decision to abandon the space.
Talanes 5y ago
I've had to struggle with Epic just to delete a game at times. And the giant tiles in the library are already a pain to navigate through with a library 1/20th the size of my Steam library. I could live without features if the core functionality was nailed in, but it's just not there. The only people I know using it as a broad Steam replacement are doing so ideologically: they want a competitor to exist so they use it even if it's worse.
eulers_secret 5y ago
The other issue is Epic's buying exclusivity for certain titles on PC - even after they were announced as available on other online stores. These bribes, especially since Epic wasn't involved during development, upset a lot of folks.
- baud147258 5y ago
  it's not (wasn't? I don't know if they still do it) as much as making games exclusives to Epic as making sure they aren't released on Steam; I'm pretty sure Epic's head honcho said something to that effect and a few games which had deals with Epic also released on the Microsoft store
- account42 5y ago
  Right, they did that even for some crowd funded games. And for others it has meant that the Linux version was delayed until after the excusivity deal was over (e.g. Metro Exodus) or removed (Rocket League).

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The issue with Epic is the pure lack of features (user profiles, reviews[^1], community forums) , and no Mac/Linux support. ^1: I doubt reviews are ever coming

by judge2020 5y ago

Mindwipe 5y ago
The Epic launcher supports Macs. There's not much software that supports Macs, but there's increasingly little on Steam too that runs on a modern version of MacOS too because of Apple's decision to abandon the space.
Talanes 5y ago
I've had to struggle with Epic just to delete a game at times. And the giant tiles in the library are already a pain to navigate through with a library 1/20th the size of my Steam library. I could live without features if the core functionality was nailed in, but it's just not there. The only people I know using it as a broad Steam replacement are doing so ideologically: they want a competitor to exist so they use it even if it's worse.
eulers_secret 5y ago
The other issue is Epic's buying exclusivity for certain titles on PC - even after they were announced as available on other online stores. These bribes, especially since Epic wasn't involved during development, upset a lot of folks.
- baud147258 5y ago
  it's not (wasn't? I don't know if they still do it) as much as making games exclusives to Epic as making sure they aren't released on Steam; I'm pretty sure Epic's head honcho said something to that effect and a few games which had deals with Epic also released on the Microsoft store
- account42 5y ago
  Right, they did that even for some crowd funded games. And for others it has meant that the Linux version was delayed until after the excusivity deal was over (e.g. Metro Exodus) or removed (Rocket League).