125
Epic is giving away 17 games as part of its holiday sale (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
108 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Epic Games plans to give away 17 free games during its annual holiday sale for the Epic Games Store, the company announced on Wednesday.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] [email protected] 82 points 2 years ago

I won't support any store that sabotages Linux on purpose. Just earlier today I read a lame excuse for them to not support Linux with Fortnite despite only needing to click a single checkbox. Of course, it's easy not getting tempted since I don't have a windos system to begin with.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Bad take.

I'll remind you that Steam needs SOME competition in order to actually get better, and I can't think of anyone else able to do it (Microsoft has kinda already tried and failed). Remember when Steam suddenly addressed long-standing issues with the client and storefront a couple years ago? That was because the EGS appeared.

I'll also remind young folks that the Internet was extremely negative regarding steam when it was new. Yes, I've been on Steam for 20+ years.

Tldr: EGS is fine. Relax.

Edit: clarity

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

Also a bad take. Competition is good, and a proper competitor to steam would benefit us all, but users don't have to support them just on the basis of them being competitors.

I agree "EGS is bad because I want only steam" is silly, but if it's a worse experience for the individual user or if they perceive it's involved in non consumer friendly practices, it's perfectly normal they are not supported.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

I fully support a good competitor to Steam like GOG. It may be less convenient than Steam but it has one key feature that no other shop has: no DRM.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

This is the best way forward. If GOG had more games it would change the industry. More companies need to partner with them.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

GOG still has that niche of the "old games." Can't think of anywhere else I could get DOS games from my childhood that also come with patches and updates to make them work on modern systems.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Games that are sold on GOG are usually also DRM free on steam. Sometimes the steamworks DRM is required, but that's so easy to trick that the games can still be considered DRM free.

The only thing GOG does is pre-filtering for DRM free only.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Do not rely on that.

Case in point: Arkham City.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Except that Valve revamped Steam loads of times before anyone else was even competing with them. The biggest was when The Orange Box launched and they had added better Friends support as well as literally all the community features and achievement systems. EGS didn't launch until 2018. Origin didn't launch until 2011.

load more comments (25 replies)
this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2023
125 points (78.8% liked)

Games

39617 readers
1416 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Rules

1. Submissions have to be related to games

Video games, tabletop, or otherwise. Posts not related to games will be deleted.

This community is focused on games, of all kinds. Any news item or discussion should be related to gaming in some way.

2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

No bigotry, hardline stance. Try not to get too heated when entering into a discussion or debate.

We are here to talk and discuss about one of our passions, not fight or be exposed to hate. Posts or responses that are hateful will be deleted to keep the atmosphere good. If repeatedly violated, not only will the comment be deleted but a ban will be handed out as well. We judge each case individually.

3. No excessive self-promotion

Try to keep it to 10% self-promotion / 90% other stuff in your post history.

This is to prevent people from posting for the sole purpose of promoting their own website or social media account.

4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

This community is mostly for discussion and news. Remember to search for the thing you're submitting before posting to see if it's already been posted.

We want to keep the quality of posts high. Therefore, memes, funny videos, low-effort posts and reposts are not allowed. We prohibit giveaways because we cannot be sure that the person holding the giveaway will actually do what they promise.

5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

Make sure to mark your stuff or it may be removed.

No one wants to be spoiled. Therefore, always mark spoilers. Similarly mark NSFW, in case anyone is browsing in a public space or at work.

6. No linking to piracy

Don't share it here, there are other places to find it. Discussion of piracy is fine.

We don't want us moderators or the admins of lemmy.world to get in trouble for linking to piracy. Therefore, any link to piracy will be removed. Discussion of it is of course allowed.

Authorized Regular Threads

Related communities

PM a mod to add your own

Video games

Generic

Help and suggestions

By platform

By type

By games

Language specific

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]