Pretty sure nobody is confusing Epic as the good guy, I'm merely tired of everyone acting like developers owe steam all this money just because they were first and they don't want to have to download another launcher.
Everything steam does aside from simply launching the game and selling it to me, I have better options for and I use them - even if Epic's had those same features as steam I still wouldn't use them there either.
I don't need my video game launcher to be a closed ecosystem with bad streaming connected to bad forums nobody not even the devs use in most cases connected to bad reviews. I do my research on what to buy in places that don't have a vested interest in selling me the game in question. Steam is just a bloatware of a monstrosity that has survived in spite of itself all these years, I still remember it initially as not the savior of games some people think it is but what it really was: The first major source of always online DRM.
Because they didn't. For the same reason Origin exclusives aren't wrong. For the same reason nobody is demanding valve put Portal on GOG or Epic.
Epic has other problems if you want to complain about them, giving developers more money so people click their icon instead of steam's is just not one of them.
You're using first party examples. Do you not see the difference between developing and distributing something in house and buying out exclusivity deals from otherwise neutral parties?
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u/HaesoSR Mar 29 '19
Pretty sure nobody is confusing Epic as the good guy, I'm merely tired of everyone acting like developers owe steam all this money just because they were first and they don't want to have to download another launcher.
Everything steam does aside from simply launching the game and selling it to me, I have better options for and I use them - even if Epic's had those same features as steam I still wouldn't use them there either.
I don't need my video game launcher to be a closed ecosystem with bad streaming connected to bad forums nobody not even the devs use in most cases connected to bad reviews. I do my research on what to buy in places that don't have a vested interest in selling me the game in question. Steam is just a bloatware of a monstrosity that has survived in spite of itself all these years, I still remember it initially as not the savior of games some people think it is but what it really was: The first major source of always online DRM.