I can’t seem to find that one comment explaining the issue with them…

But for the sake of promoting conversation on Lemmy, what’s the issue with Epic, and why should I go for Steam or GoG?

Note: Piracy is not an answer. I understand why, and do agree to a certain extent… But sometimes, the happiness gained by playing something from a legitimate source is far greater 🥹… coming from someone who could never ever afford to purchase games, nor could my parents… Hence I’ve always played bootleg, or pirated games.

TL;DR

What’s wrong?

  • Their launcher has a terrible UI AND UX.
  • They make exclusive deals with studios to prevent other platforms from getting games. (Someone mentioned that Steam did the same thing in their infancy. Also, I have another question; why is it ok for Sony and Microsoft to make exclusive games for their consoles but not ok for these PC platforms to do so?)
  • They have been invested in by a Chinese company, Tencent. (Someone mentioned that it isn’t that big of a deal, but idk.)
  • They are actively anti-linux for some reason.
  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    11 months ago

    A con for GOG is their site is slow as fuck. And god forbid you want to go back to a previous page, you’ll likely lose where you were looking 9 times out of ten. Especially so on mobile.

    Pros: Can be the only place you can get old games that would’ve been unavailable otherwise

    The older games are often really really cheap, especially during sales

    • cottonmon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Another con is that GOG versions are usually not updated as much as other versions are. It’s a shame, because I’d prefer to use GOG when possible.

    • Grass@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Gog also seemingly no 2fa other than an faq page with instructions that cannot be followed.

        • Grass@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Do you remember how to configure it? Last I checked I went through every account and settings page on the store site and seemingly separate customer service log in and no clear way to set it up.

          • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            Not a clue sorry. I’m personally not one to go out of my way to set up 2FA even though I know it’s good practice to do so (unless it’s work related, then I do)

    • Something Burger 🍔@jlai.luEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Steam’s, Epic’s, Ubisoft’s, Battle.net’s and whatever-EA’s-thing-is-called-now’s sites are also slow as shit. What is it with these platforms which prevent them from loading a webpage in less than 10 seconds?

      • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Sadly, it’s likely a lot of tracking. The kind that look where your mouse is and where you scroll and stop etc.

        • Something Burger 🍔@jlai.luEnglish
          7·
          11 months ago

          What tracking does Epic need? “According to our analytics, 100% of users scroll to the free games banner on Tuesday at 5pm CEST, then leave and don’t come back for a week. What a mystery!”

          • key@lemmy.keychat.orgEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            Oh thanks for the reminder, I hadn’t opened epic so I can scroll down to the free games banner in a while.

          • suction@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            You’d be appalled how much people in corporations earn for making these obvious observations…

        • ono@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          In Steam’s case, the slowness looks more like a side effect of it being a Chromium Embedded Framework application (similar to Electron) with a lot of extras bolted on. It’s just not built for efficient use of resources.