makyo comments on Epic Games chief Tim Sweeney claims 'Valve has held gaming back for years'

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

No exclusives, great sales, great ui - yeah just terrible for gaming

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[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There are a few exclusives, a few steam games, a few are not. But Epic made a walled garden, forcing devs to move to their platform. But steam has Alyx, Aperture Desk Job, Dota 2, CS2, Arma's, Garry's Mod, Rust, Tower Unite, Project Zomboid, Rim World. There are probably a few more.

But Epics launcher sucks ass, and has never been updated for over 10 years. I bet you still get flash banged when grabbing the free games. I have not opened it in over a year.

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Aperture Desk Job, while somewhat entertaining is intended to teach you how to use a Steam Deck. I don't know how it works off the Steam Deck, I never tried. If they haven't developed it to work elsewhere, I could see it having a negative impact on their reputation. If they have, releasing it on other platforms could only help them.

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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago*

Project Zomboid wasn't meant to be a Steam exclusive. It originally launched on Desura, an indie PC game store that folded a few years in.

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