In April 2018, long before EGS was announced.they bought campo Santo. I'd say that counts as an investment.
In April 2018, long before EGS was announced.they bought campo Santo. I'd say that counts as an investment.
Like I said earlier, competition from many storefronts. Epic is just the latest one.
I appreciate how the goalposts have moved from "Epic is going to take over the game store space due to Valve's complacency" to "Well Epic is responsible for all the advancements Steam's made recently so yay".
Like I said earlier, competition from many storefronts. Epic is just the latest one.
Can we please stop pretending that Epic invented competing with Valve?The article seems in line with what many have said all along: competition is good.
Can we please stop pretending that Epic invented competing with Valve?
Shit is annoying as fuck at this point.
We get enough of that with Tim Sweeney pretending the "new multi-store world" is somehow due to EGS, when Epic is merely one of the latest (and one of the least impressive) competitors in the PC games market.
That really was bizarre. It was utterly unprompted:
It is extremely disappointing that someone of Schreier's repute, who's written numerous articles and even a book on the nature of crunch in the industry, wouldn't re-evaluate or at least put aside their bias when commenting on a company using a portion of its revenue to treat its employees like actual human beings.
Both obviously. But I am sure they wanted more developers. Especially with the need to push VR and Facebook pushing their store.Valve bought Campo Santo... because of competition from say GoG and Origin? What??
Or maybe Valve saw talent in that team after releasing the critically acclaimed Firewatch which would have been the most likely reason...
I suggest you re-read what I posted and respond according to the contents vs whatever arguments you're making up.
Do you have articles to share from publications that state that EGS would lead to Steam being dethroned ?
Putting Sweeney's ludicrous claims aside, It's a reasonable argument to make that EGS has put up a more effective fight than most other would-be Steam rivals.
this man understands.This competition argument is nonsense. What did EGS mean for the average steam consumer? There were some games that were delayed 6-12 months on Steam. How does that benefit the consumer? EGS giving free games doesn't help make steam better. EGS paying games to not come to steam doesn't make steam better. Steam is so obnoxiously far ahead of EGS on basically every single thing that there is no real way EGS can apply pressure to it.
Seriously, how has this "competition" made PC gaming measurably better?
Putting Sweeney's ludicrous claims aside, It's a reasonable argument to make that EGS has put up a more effective fight than most other would-be Steam rivals.
Same exact reply. I've only played subnautica, only it was for a brief period of time.And I've not played a single one of those free games they've given away. Ooh, apart from Subnautica. That was amazing.
It's delusional rambling that doesn't even attempt to prove its initial claim.That's a very well written article. Hard to disagree with several of the points written in it.
This competition argument is nonsense. What did EGS mean for the average steam consumer? There were some games that were delayed 6-12 months on Steam. How does that benefit the consumer? EGS giving free games doesn't help make steam better. EGS paying games to not come to steam doesn't make steam better. Steam is so obnoxiously far ahead of EGS on basically every single thing that there is no real way EGS can apply pressure to it.
Seriously, how has this "competition" made PC gaming measurably better?
People are fascinating in a way. Some people can tell you right in the eyes that "Valve did all these stuff in less than a year thanks to Epic" and at the same time tell you "Epic cant have a storefront up to 2009 standards because it takes time to make features".
So if I get it right:
-Epic needs a decade to implement basic standard stuff.
-Valve developped a new library, streaming, coop remote play, a new AAA VR Half Life game all under a year thanks to Epic.
The shilling is strong.
Effective, how? What did all of this lead to?Putting Sweeney's ludicrous claims aside, It's a reasonable argument to make that EGS has put up a more effective fight than most other would-be Steam rivals.
Putting Sweeney's ludicrous claims aside, It's a reasonable argument to make that EGS has put up a more effective fight than most other would-be Steam rivals.
Putting Sweeney's ludicrous claims aside, It's a reasonable argument to make that EGS has put up a more effective fight than most other would-be Steam rivals.
It's amazing how often this completely vapid remark pops up about the EGS.I've had absolutely no issues with the epic launcher.
Competition is good for us all.
the only thing the EGS truly achieved was allow companies like ubisoft and rockstar to push their own launchers harder than ever.
They're laughing their way to the bank.
It seems that gaming "journalists" really how what do they have to do to get some clics.
A lot of us called this was going to happen before Ubisoft's numbers confirmed it.
A year in, the Epic Games Store's fight against Steam has made PC gaming better for everyone.
It's amazing how often this completely vapid remark pops up about the EGS.
"It downloads the game."
"I will ignore the countless others that do have issues."
And then capped off with the ubiquitous, "Coooompetition."
Yeah, your know what? Competition is good! EGS doesn't offer any of it though.
Like I said earlier, competition from many storefronts. Epic is just the latest one.
Hard hitting journalism right thereFor every game Steam's lost though, it's gained another. That's the most surprising story of 2019, and it feels like the competition from Epic is at least somewhat responsible
I think its obvious that more competition for content leads to needing more original content to differentiate yourself.What does purchasing Campo Santos has to do with the other storefronts? You saying they don't acquire any staffers when they first launch Steam and before any competitors appear?
Yeah, I'm sure if we ever get a fourth Metro game it's because of Epic, fantastic.If we ever get a Control 2 or another Metro game, chances are Epic's Fortnite cash had something to do with it.
Yeah same here lol. EGS has been all right. People on r/pcgaming and r/fuckepic are lunatics.
What about all the people here?Yeah same here lol. EGS has been all right. People on r/pcgaming and r/fuckepic are lunatics.
The titles they released in the past years doesn't indicate that they are trying to differentiate themselves.I think its obvious that more competition for content leads to needing more original content to differentiate yourself.
2018 called, they want their post backI didn't know people were having awful issues with the epic store. I cant say it's something I've searched for because for me it's done the job of being a window I click play on and the game boots.
Same for origin etc.
I've used steam since it came out and I remember the hate that platform got fir the first few years but I never had issues, really. I love steam and it is my goto platform on PC.
I'm not saying epic is perfect, far from it but it's not been too bad for me personally and if anything I do believe that it will push valve to improve steam at a greater tick rate than they would normally.
Yup, he has lost all my respect this year.He made fun of the DARQ dev on twitter for not taking the EGS money. Never looked at him the same since.
He seems to have obvious blindspots (that being the whole of PC gaming) but instead of acknowledging that, he just chooses to stay ignorant, discredit any criticism as a "hate group" and seemingly can't stop himself from chiming in with nonsensical takes.