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Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy... and then it's only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can't it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It's so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic... which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Other than Fortnite, what game is only available on Epic?

Edit: Thanks for the responses!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

MW5 and Satisfactory amongst others were limited to Epic for years.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Metro, borderlands, basically any game that Epic pays to have exclusivity on for the first 6 months after release.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

During their early access days Hades and I believe Satisfactory were only on Epic.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Steam, Epic, GOG, it’s all the same to me. I’m not gonna fanboy over one platform and miss out on a game. That’s just ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (9 children)

I'm sorry but Epic is owned by Tencent. This means at any point in time, China's Government can enforce trojans to be installed into your PC. Maybe not as relevant for you if you are not in a position of interest.

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/29/751116338/china-intercepts-wechat-texts-from-u-s-and-abroad-researcher-says

It is known PC Launcher exclusives actually hurts the company and the game's popularity.

https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-games-store-exclusives-apple-lawsuit/

While Steam is certainly not the good guy, they are not owned by a known Government organisation.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think don't it's as much fanboyism over steam and more unfanboyism over epic games

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