No tux no bux

They already lost me when they told me I couldn't play a downloaded game without an internet connection. DRM free is the only way.

Took 7 years to have reviews? I dont fucking get it, like at all.

It’s claiming to be 6 times faster, and then it’ll turn out to be an Electron app.

Don’t get me wrong, I hope otherwise…

It was never about any of that. It's that Valve is a trustworthy company so far and epic is not. The only way at this point I would buy from epic store is if they offered DRM free copies.

Will this be like the v1 roadmap where they continuously delayed many features until they gave up and privated the entire Trello board?

And Linux support right?

Right?

I've been rapidly barrelling toward a DRM-free-only self-hosted future, and part of that is DRM-free books. In an attempt to get out of Amazon's clutches, I looked for where I can buy DRM-free books, like Project Hail Mary. The answer I came up with was: nowhere. Everyone is following the same playbook. Why would I buy from your store if you're doing exactly what Amazon is doing? I'm already shopping on Amazon, and I want something better.

(The answer is that I can break the DRM on other stores, but I can't on Amazon. When it's this difficult to get DRM-free books, I wouldn't blame people for resorting to piracy.)

Why on earth would I buy from Epic if I have any other option? What are you doing better?

Aren't user reviews one of the things that were on their original roadmap back when they first launched egs?

Steam: Good featureset, good Linux support, large library, probably going to be around in 10 years.

GOG: Offline installers, some explicitly DRM-free stuff, much easier to avoid unwanted updates of games, no need for a launcher.

Matrix: Specialized niche wargaming stuff, some physical media, can avoid unwanted updates, no need for a launcher.

What does Epic bring to the table?

Every additional store I deal with brings some hassle, and especially for online stuff, if it goes away, so do my games.

Needs more invasive AI features

I hope it doesn‘t break Heroic launcher somehow.

Watch me not give a fuck 6.5x faster.

2023. I lose access to the email I've had since 1997.

I try to reset my login credentials. The website is caught in a loop. I open a tech support issue explaining that I just need to change my email.

I get sent an automated reply being told email changes use the automated system......the one caught in the loop.

I post a reply to my ticket saying I can't use the automated system. It's stuck in a loop.

I get sent an automated reply being told to use the automated system.

I search google for an 800 number. I find there is no 800 number.

2026 I still haven't changed my email address. I also haven't bought a single game. I claim the free ones, snd I can still log in for now. But I just know eventually it'll say something like "For security purposes we've emailed you a code" snd that email will go to my lost email address. And I will have lost the whole account. So I'm not spending money on games I could lose next week.

So Epic, you want sales? Step 1, let me change my login email.

Step 2......well, you're still fucked. Steam is a juggernaut in their space.

But at least you gained 1 potential customer. Though lets be real.this 3 year wait has left a pretty bad taste im my mouth. I'm not sure if regaining my account would prompt me to buy from a company making me wait this long.

If it exists on GOG or Steam, I can't imagine wanting it on Epic.

I have never understood why Epic did not make a decent store. They can absolutely compete if they actually tried. They have close to zero things going for them in terms of user experience or price. Quite the opposite.

A lot if people, myself included mainly care about price and drm. So Steam is not something I care about, just price or GOG.

Epic has a negative UX in terms of their store. GreenManGaming, Fanatical etc, has vastly better stores. Why is Epic wasting enormous amounts of money on giveaways, when most people see no reason to buy from them?? I prefer not using their store, not because Steam is better, but because Epic truly sucks.

They didn't get people into their store by literally giving up free games.

They are not getting people in with q UI redesign.

I'm not even touching the storefront of AI and NFT shilling that Epic games aspires to be. Sweeney can fuck himself

Dear Tim. Give up already.

If what they claim is true then they're actually doing a good job. It's just that even with the significant advancements... I don't trust them. They should be working on their PR as well. More lawsuits in favor of consumers like the Apple lawsuit they had would help move people over.

"Promise"?

I actually don't care in the slightest about play profiles, reviews, etc. Most of Steam is just useless bloat to me. The problem with Epic is how damn laggy it is.

Imagine what the epic store would look like if instead of spending all that time and money suing stream, they used it on their launcher

Classic case of too little, too late.

Get fucked Epic. Get epically fucked.

User reviews, huh? That only took, what, 7 years?

Once fortnite money dries up they will close up the store and you will lose all your games.

Pass.

Still shite

Cool but can they make it so when I buy the game, it's in my steam library? No? Not interested.

Lol guess its nearly time to watch another epic dumpster fire.

I'm a little surprised they didn't wait until after all of the Valve monopoly suits to play out first, as if this is successful it will just undercut the argument against Valve.

Oh no, rival game stores realize that they need to be better than steam to compete against steam? Won't anyone think of the shareholders?!?

It's almost like their shitty games aren't enough to draw in sales. Almost like bringing down prices to where people are willing to pay them might actually convince people to spend money.

Weird.

With Discord losing some popularity recently, I think the best thing they could do is create some sort of hybrid platform with connected apps (ie your profile also having a snapshot of Steam, PSN, Bnet, Microsoft etc)

Maybe even partner with more niche games/companies

For as much as people like Steam, their storefront and app is a pile of simultaneously over and under engineered shit.

So I don’t think this will really accomplish much for Epic.

DRM platforms are DRM platforms. Epic, Steam, Uplay and what not - at least I don't care.

I wish Steam would remove all DRM. The big companies would not dare to oppose them with Steam's near 100 percent PC market share.

Honestly the thing I like about the Epic launcher is how basic it is. Making it faster is great but user profiles and personal recommendations I couldn't care less about.

The v2 launcher will supposedly open up 5x faster on average upon cold boots, while restoring it from the system tray will be 6.5x faster on average. That's a huge improvement, but keep in mind that Epic got these numbers from a ridiculous test bench comprised of a 32-core AMD Threadripper, an RTX A6000, and 128GB of RAM. Not exactly consumer-grade hardware, especially during these times.

So, we can expect, at best, 1.2x faster reponse. I bet it will still be a piece of shit unreal app that's little more than yet another electron