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Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy... and then it's only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can't it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It's so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic... which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Steam does provide good general dev services
GOG preserves games and let's you own game files without pesky DRM
What does Epic do besides developing UE5 and harrassing the PC platform with exclusivity deals?

Other dev-specific platforms like EA amd Uplay get a pass because they publish only their own games.

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is it right here. Do not fanboy platform. Competition is very very important in this kind of market. But epic games is just the worst of all worlds.

Release on GOG, I'll buy it. If not, release on steam. Otherwise 🏴‍☠️

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tbh at least UE is doing incredible work

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Absolutely true.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s not harassing me. I’ve bought Epic exclusives, and I’ll continue to do so if it’s a game I want to play. I always buy GOG first, Epic second (for exclusives), and Steam last, for anything else. This isn’t a problem for me.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well this may be a just-you-and-someothers problem the general audience (on lemmy at least) disagrees.
I am fine if devs sell on epic but not if it's arbitrary exclusivity.
I have bought on EA and uPlay but I would never consider them again if they pay (for example) Take2 if they would exclusive sell GTA6 on the EA store.