Hurlshort Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 On 5/16/2019 at 1:24 PM, rustypup said: Personally, I've decided *not* to purchase because exclusivity is anti-consumer and a cruddy practice. Always has been. Always will be. (Not ignoring the fact the Epic is a horrendous experience). It's not exclusive from a hardware standpoint, so I don't really see how it is all that anti-consumer. Sure, there is a hassle involved with using a storefront that is different, but any computer that can run Steam or GoG can run Epic. Console exclusive is way more cruddy for consumers, as you have to actually buy something different if you want to use the software. As to the quality of Epic, that sounds more like an opinion. Looks a lot like Steam to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBento Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 5 hours ago, Hurlshot said: It's not exclusive from a hardware standpoint, so I don't really see how it is all that anti-consumer. Sure, there is a hassle involved with using a storefront that is different, but any computer that can run Steam or GoG can run Epic. Console exclusive is way more cruddy for consumers, as you have to actually buy something different if you want to use the software. As to the quality of Epic, that sounds more like an opinion. Looks a lot like Steam to me. It's absolutely NOT an opinion. Epic lacks many features present in Steam while having no feature that Steam doesn't have*. The EGS is OBJECTIVELY worse than Steam. Also objectively, Tim Swindley is lying trash. *unless you count having your account banned for participating on their sale (which they somehow managed to screw up, leading to various games being removed from the store) as a "feature" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Is the game going to run any differently because of those features that Epic lacks? I have no idea who Tim Swindley is, but again, does that affect the experience I will have with The Outer Worlds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daven Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 I love seeing how passionate some people can get about games, but couldn't care less about anything important. nowt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethics Gradient Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 11 hours ago, Hurlshot said: Is the game going to run any differently because of those features that Epic lacks? I have no idea who Tim Swindley is, but again, does that affect the experience I will have with The Outer Worlds? Tim Sweeney is the original author of the Unreal Engine, and majority owner of Epic Games. Whether to not his or Epic's involvement in The Outer Worlds even matters seems to radically vary on a person-to-person basis. As far as game functionality goes? It's single player, and very unlikely to have any substantial mods. Aside from not being able show your friend list that you're playing TOW, or brag about scoring some rare achievements, the only part of the steam architecture it really leverages is purchasing and installation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 2 hours ago, daven said: I love seeing how passionate some people can get about games, but couldn't care less about anything important. This is a forum for a fairly niche game developer, so I wouldn't expect a whole lot of 'important' topics to come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocoolnamejim Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 On 5/24/2019 at 6:53 AM, daven said: I love seeing how passionate some people can get about games, but couldn't care less about anything important. That's quite a broad statement based on.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daven Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 5 hours ago, nocoolnamejim said: That's quite a broad statement based on.....? Based one.. ma balls! nowt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocoolnamejim Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 4 hours ago, daven said: Based one.. ma balls! lol Fair enough. I'm guessing though that while some people are single-issue passionate, just because we're on a gaming forum and you don't see their passion on other subject doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daven Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Yeah fair point. nowt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmr531 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 (edited) I have a large library of games I have not played. I can hold out until its on steam Edited May 31, 2019 by johnmr531 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitron Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) Here's a new thing in Epic exclusivity. The famous indie studio Klei Entertainment are going to release the alpha of their upcoming game Griftlands exclusively on the Epic Games Store. But everybody who buys it there will get a free Steam key for the Steam Early Access release next year. https://steamcommunity.com/games/601840/announcements/detail/1610514097397241772 Quote Alpha and the Epic Game Store As with our previous games, we will be running an Alpha period in order to iron out the kinks. We have partnered with Epic to bring the Alpha of Griftlands to the Epic Game Store exclusively for one year, and will launch in Early Access on Steam next June. Early Access on Steam and Early Roadmap In June of next year, we will be releasing Griftlands into Early Access on Steam. Anyone who purchased on Epic will get the game on Steam for free, and vice versa. Come on, Private Division, you can do this. Edited June 11, 2019 by Infinitron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormerine Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 1:58 PM, Infinitron said: Here's a new thing in Epic exclusivity. The famous indie studio Klei Entertainment are going to release the alpha of their upcoming game Griftlands exclusively on the Epic Games Store. But everybody who buys it there will get a free Steam key for the Steam Early Access release next year. I did find this announcement amusing. In the past Klei released their alpha in a quite covert way - Invisible Inc. was purchasable via their website, and ONI was hidden on steam, with link available via official forums, and both games were released on steam in Early Access once Klei deemed them fun. So does Klei believe that Epic is enough to stop everyone but the most interested in the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToveriJuri Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 (edited) Sad news. I guess this is going to be first Obsidian game on PC i'm going to skip. Still undecided whether I'm going to buy timed exclusives even when they do come to Steam or really any other platform outside of Epic. Doesn't feel right rewarding exclusivity deals that way. Edited June 14, 2019 by ToveriJuri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daven Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 It's still out on PC. Does it really matter what you download it on...? You have to roll your eyes at some of the nonsense said about this. 2 nowt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToveriJuri Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Yes. if the only distributors for PC are companies you do not want to deal with or support with your money it matters a great deal what service you download it from. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringingyouthefuture Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Yes thank god that steam sucks so bad - why does the stupid thing give me trading cards ... honest what is that a feature? lol bring back retail stores and 3.5" floppy disks, I want to load 100 of them into me computer .... cry, cry I want all me games in one place, cry ... they will be, on your computer ... yes I think this post and people upset over steam is pretty ridiculous. “How do you 'accidentally' kill a nobleman in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest...” The Final Empire, Mistborn Trilogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormerine Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 22 hours ago, bringingyouthefuture said: cry, cry I want all me games in one place, cry ... they will be, on your computer ... At some point in the future GoG might allow us to pretend that it is the case:https://www.gog.com/news/bgog_galaxy_20b_all_your_games_and_friends_in_one_place_copy3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringingyouthefuture Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 I read that but you think it would be like the Amazon or Google of stores, just in the sense that it it aggregates? “How do you 'accidentally' kill a nobleman in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest...” The Final Empire, Mistborn Trilogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213374U Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 No. My understanding is that it'll simply access your all of your libraries (that you give it permission to) to launch titles you have purchased from other storefronts. All with one click through Galaxy's interface. No need to have other launchers installed, but your games won't really be on your GOG account unless you purchase them from GOG.com, just like it is now. - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daven Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 How would you lot feel if Cyberpunk was only released on GoG? Would you make the same comments about CD Projekt Red? nowt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBento Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 2 hours ago, daven said: How would you lot feel if Cyberpunk was only released on GoG? Would you make the same comments about CD Projekt Red? CDPR ACTUALLY MAKES CP2077. Nobody's complaining about 1st-party exclusives, because, even though they're still bad from a consumer position, everybody understands that makers putting it only on their store is fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 lol wut. People hated on Origin for having 1st party EA titles 'exclusively'. And they weren't even exclusive at the time, you could buy EA games pretty much anywhere- except Steam, because Steam was a special snowflake and wanted to dictate how they could be sold. There was extensive, vociferous and sustained complaining about Origin; people have just moved on to the Next Bad Thing now EGA has arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBento Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 People complained about Origin because Origin is... well, I'd call it crap, but the EGS has lowered the bar for an online store so much that I'm going to stick to "not good". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringingyouthefuture Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 (edited) Meh ... Steam still sucks just as bad, and they got developers by the cojones so any shake up could just as easily turn out positive. I mean GOG is stepping up just as a start ... who knows what is next, the optimist in me is like yeah **** finger to Steam, all positive. Edited July 4, 2019 by bringingyouthefuture sp 1 “How do you 'accidentally' kill a nobleman in his own mansion?" "With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest...” The Final Empire, Mistborn Trilogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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