• NeryK@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    The Epic Games Launcher is so far behind on features compared to Steam it’s not even funny. Epic chose not to try and compete with Steam on that front and to try and force users onto the platform with exclusivity deals and sweeten the deal with free games.

    The one user-centric killer feature Epic has in their stack IMHO is the built-in multiplayer crossplay. Except it’s not even exclusive to their store ironically (you do need an Epic account for it though).

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      2 months ago

      Epic chose not to try and compete with Steam on that front

      Forget competing, they lack even the basics.

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        2 months ago

        What do you consider basic that it’s still missing? To be honest I’ve felt content with it as a game launcher for a while now, but I admittedly don’t use it that often either.

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            2 months ago

            I kinda understand it not being a priority; even if they dedicated the resources to both create and adequately maintain Linux support, I imagine very few of the games on the platform have native support anyway. Sure, many would work (to varying degrees) with the various bags of tricks available, but it’s still an extra step of compatibility that’s sort of beyond their immediate control.

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              2 months ago

              Fuck off. They paid to remove support for Linux from Rocket League because their launcher doesn’t support it.

              Existing games that had Linux support already.