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Subject: Re: Epic Games app and their gd Store page
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 05:20:03 -0000 (UTC)
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JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote at 08:26 this Saturday (GMT):
> On 02/08/2024 17:33, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> This is a problem that has been pointed out to Epic for YEARS, and yet
>> they don't do anything about it. User reviews? Nope. Forums? Nada.
>> Workshop? Missing. Streaming? Not here. Screenshots? Why bother? Being
>> able to launch directly into your library, bypassing the store-front?
>> Fuck no!
>> 
>> So it is obvious that Epic isn't unaware of these issues. They
>> certainly don't lack the skill or resources to build something better.
>> The only conclusion is that they just don't care. None of that is
>> important to them. Hell, why should they want you to PLAY the games?
>> Just BUY them; that's all that is important.
>
> That's the part I really don't understand, if they want to rival Steam, 
> or at least take a large share of the market, then you'd think they'd do 
> at least some research into why Steam is so successful and come up with 
> the answer that it's because it's more than just a store front as it 
> also has lots of other useful features and Steam keep adding to them to 
> try and create a better experience.
>
> It just comes across as if we throw enough money at it then everything 
> will be fine.


Gaben, despite his faults of not making sequels, knows damn well how to
/provide something good that people like/, which feels rare nowadays.

excluding the recent botched games
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