I get that Steam is where everything and everyone is at. And that the user experience and functionality is best there BUT having another player to try an compete with Steam is a good thing, right?

If anyone can try, it’s the Fortnite Bank.

So, why the hate?

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    Here are my reasons:

    • no Linux support - Heroic works, why doesn’t Epic do what GOG do and revenue share w/ Heroic?
    • exclusivity deals, which reduces options outside of EGS
    • Epic’s anticheat works on Linux, but their own games that use it don’t, that’s a pretty big slap in the face

    I certainly want more competition to Steam, but that competition needs to do something other than exist for me to use it. GOG is that, and if they properly supported Linux, they’d get most of my gaming money. But they don’t, so they only get some of it.

    Yeah, this probably reads like a Linux fanboy post or something, but I’ve been using Linux longer than Steam supported it with its client, and I’ll still be here if Steam leaves. It’s my platform of choice, and a vendor needs to meet me here if they want my business. Valve did, so they get my money. I honestly don’t need much, I just need games to work properly on my system.