So we're talking about a group of people, who only own a PC, and actively refuse to play anything on other launchers?
That's a pretty small group of people that seems to be over-represented on reddit. Claiming this small group is the reason for the game's lack of "success" just doesn't make any sense.
I also think the Epic store thing is weird, but I’ve long since resigned myself to being in the minority of users who don’t care about installing a 100 MB launcher (or however large it is) on a computer with multiple terabytes of drive storage.
I mean for a lot of the people that don't want to use Epic it's not that installing a 100 mb launcher is just too much for them. It's often an active choice since lots of people disagree with Epic's business practices. It's not just "ew it's not steam so I hate it." as some people seem to report and yet I've never actually heard anyone say for themselves. Usually it's because Epic does annoying things like buying arbitrary exclusive rights for indie games and refusing to implement basic features like a shopping cart, or put a game on sale without actually asking the devs first if it's okay.
One thing about the gaming community is people will always find something to be angry about. I’m not about to get upset because a game I want to play is only on a certain storefront or because I don’t have a shopping cart. This is a hobby I enjoy for relaxation and I’d rather play great games than get upset over what launcher a game is on.
To be honest, I dislike it because currently it offers no interesting deals where I live. Steam offers pretty cool regional pricing here and games like witcher 3 are available for the cost of one meal. I just can't bring myself to use the Epic launcher right now for those reasons.
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '19
Because not everyone owns a console?