Epic is just so desperate now that it's gotten shamefully pathetic. Ubisoft and not even EA (who you might have expected this from) tried this anti consumerism, anti-competitive exclusive games crap on the PC. They will never see action from me and my wallet- never. It's like Valve and GOG have done all the hard work all these years, now another wannabe company wants in on the action.
@jarobusa: A monopoly by Valve on the PC isn't a bad thing, because unlike Epic and others they genuinely care for the platform, which is why it is where it is today - thank Valve and GOG for that.
@jarobusa: At least the monopoly by Valve and Steam are by guys who wanted the platform to grow because they actually love the platform. Epic doesn't care about the platform and its growth, they just want to make money and control it, just like EA, Ubi, Microsoft, and now Epic Games. None of them will ever offer what Valve or GOG offers.
@jsprunk: I'm talking about business practices, not about someone's online gaming etiquette. Trying to make PC games exclusive to a particular store in an effort to gain traction or credibility with gamers is definitely part of that, unless of course you yourself aren't familiar with the PC Gaming platform.
@speed45823: Seems like they're creating the toxic business practice of making games exclusive to their store. This should never happen on the PC at all. Valve ain't perfect, but they never tried to have exclusive rights to sell certain games, not to mention that Epic is linked to a particular country that I don't trust, and they had over 9 million Epic Games accounts hacked this year. Nah they ain't getting my credit cards involved in this.
One thing (if anything) that I have always loved about Steam is that there are no shareholders involved, just guys looking out for the platform.
No thanks Over 9 million Epic Game accounts hacked. Not getting in my wallet for so many reasons, and this is just one - want another? Exclusive games should not exist on the PC platform, that alone tells me how anti consumer this company can be by creating this store with its toxic practices. Steam isn't perfect but I prefer them and GOG. Plus I don't need another games launcher or another store wanting my credit card numbers.
Epic and Discord are good for competition, but they are quite silly at the same time. Epic simply can't take on Steam or GOG. Where was Epic when the PC platform wasn't as huge a platform as it is today, or when devs weren't bringing all of their third-party titles to the platform - they were too bust making Gear of War for Xbox that's where. Now the PC is the flavor because of Steam and GOG and now they decide that they want a piece. As far as I'm concerned it's much too late. Valve made Steam because Microsoft wouldn't and they got tired of the PC being ignored for various reasons compared to consoles, so they did something about it and they did it because they cared for the platform as does CD Project RED.
Companies like EA, Ubisoft, and now Epic just want to cash in because they're jealous of what Valve has done for the platform but it ain't genuine. Out of the three other stores that I mentioned EA has become okay now, they understand how to please PC Gamers much better today and they did have the foresight to include returns for purchases, so Origin I think is okay as well, but I don't visit them nearly as much as Steam and GOG. Japan has embraced the PC platform because of Steam alone. Hopefully their devs will start to work with GOG a bit more in the future.
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