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Re:Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update by majora2007 on Friday November 17, 2023 @02:38PM (#38308966)
Well it's not exactly trivial to build a software as extensive without just being a rip-off and having the share of games at launch. Gamers are extremely picky and it costs tons to build out a scalable system. This is where Epic failed. Sure they gave me a ton of free games, but their UX was horrible that I just never went to it and stayed within Steam.
Re:Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update by omgmajk on Friday November 17, 2023 @05:21PM (#38311292)
Epic launcher actually randomly crashes my display window manager from time to time, I just can't have it running in the background as I do with Steam.
Re:Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update by account42 on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:55AM (#38346178)
No, the software part really is trivial compared to getting developers and gamers on board. Epic failing at it is an anecdote, not proof of anything.