Re:Epic vs. Steam: the console war reimagined on the PC
by marc3842h on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @09:31PM
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While I do agree that Steam needs a competitor, Epic hasn't been the one I have hoped for.
Steam has been doing many great things for the industry including the pushing of VR as well as the huge support of Linux gaming - I haven't seen Epic do anything like that.
Instead all I've heard from them were exclusivity deals such as Metro Exodus which not only disappointed many players (See the whole preorder fiasco as mentioned in the article) but seems to turn the whole game industry into what the streaming industry currently is - which I highly dislike.
I will not support the way Epic goes about being a Steam competitor unless they actually become one, with decent features and improvements on their platform as well as more contributions to the industry as a whole.
Re:Epic vs. Steam: the console war reimagined on the PC
by wpdev_63 on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @11:37PM
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Steam is still laggy after being out for more than 10 years. One would think they could get their head around async loading of the images to stop the jank but here we are.
In their defense, epic's client pretty much just came out and has the same issues as well.
Steam has been doing many great things for the industry including the pushing of VR as well as the huge support of Linux gaming - I haven't seen Epic do anything like that.
Instead all I've heard from them were exclusivity deals such as Metro Exodus which not only disappointed many players (See the whole preorder fiasco as mentioned in the article) but seems to turn the whole game industry into what the streaming industry currently is - which I highly dislike.
I will not support the way Epic goes about being a Steam competitor unless they actually become one, with decent features and improvements on their platform as well as more contributions to the industry as a whole.
In their defense, epic's client pretty much just came out and has the same issues as well.