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I don't have a problem with Epic offering this. The problem is with publishers that take this offer. Bunch of greedy bastards.
Developers, or their MBA publishers? I HIGHLY doubt developers beyond indie studios benefit from this.
Any game that signs a deal with epic like this goes on my boycott list.
Actually a compelling deal for developers, wonder how many indie / AA developers will go for that instead of steam
I don't think I've spent any money on the Epic Launcher yet but I'm happy to see them try their best. Competition is good and needed.
The problem with Epics approach is theyre doing competition for devs, not compition for consumers.
Compition for content usually comes at the cost of consumer convenience or benefit (e.g the multitude of streaming platforms for movies and videos)
Exactly. This isn’t encouraging competition; It’s encouraging exclusivity. The two are diametrically opposed. If you’re competing over exclusives, you’re not really competing to make the best platform possible. It’s a race to the bottom, because Epic has consistently proven that they don’t care about the consumer experience. Their launcher is hot garbage, and they seemingly have no plans on improving it. Meanwhile, Steam has a best-in-class launcher and has been making improvements every single week.
If Epic focused on improving the usability and the feature set, I think they’d find gamers much more willing to give it a try. But when every single experience with a platform is bad, gamers are going to dig their heels in and refuse to use it out of spite.
They've mostly tried their best to make as much money as possible, not actually compete as a service, though, unfortunately.