Tim Sweeney is known to hate Linux, enough so that he thinks doing anything for it is a waste of time and resources. Even if it would be trivial to provide Linux support, I would never bank on him green lighting it.
Apparently creating a sub-par version of Steam is a bigger crime than advertising on privacy and then saying "but we'll just say think of the children so we can catch the dissidents of the regime anyway."
But Epic is pretty cool. I got Civ VI for free. The less money I have to give to these corporate vultures, the better.
Even if Epic were not cool. Competition is better than no competition. If you are an Intel or AMD fanboy, and you want the other to go out of business, you are a moron.
I believe the hatred comes partly from the whole Tencent owns part of Epic thing.
I do want Intel to go out of business, but I'm not an AMD fanboy. (Intel tweeted "We believe in a future that is female"). Saying that, I did pick up AMD shares on the last dip. Probably won't hold for long, I feel like I'm indirectly helping the enemy by having them.
Yes. Epic dared to challenge the golden boy Steam.
People LOVE monopolies because corporations managed to get them personally invested (emotionally and financially) into their little walled-garden eco systems.
I still don't get why people love Steam. Valve does everything EA does with their first party titles ($200 skin for your AR, anyone?) but gets no attacks for it. You can't even say they aren't woke, because community bans turn into a full account ban if you get enough.
I won't deny, the EGS is a worse platform and it's filled with woke garbage because those companies know their shit won't sell and took Epic's money, but it's not the Antichrist.
I won't give Epic money but I will buy from other store platforms like GOG, Itch.io, Indie Gala, and DLsite. Also Valve provides more with their platform such as forums, user reviews, easy access to modding, and several other things.
Many gamers have all their eggs in one basket. They have do defend Steam no matter what because they'll lose all their games when Steam goes tits up.They are so heavily invested in that platform they have to keep convincing themselves it was the right choice.
IMHO all this griping about exclusives, Tencent, etc. is primarily because they are afraid a big competitor could threaten Steam, and a threat to Steam is directly a threat to their libraries and decisions.
A lot of posts about Epic today from me. A huge day for everyone, regardless of what you think about Tencent, Epic or Fortnite.
This opens the door to further challenges and a return to apps made for the wrongthinkers.
Why is this downvoted? Do people hate EPIC so much that they will side with Apple?
Tim Sweeney is known to hate Linux, enough so that he thinks doing anything for it is a waste of time and resources. Even if it would be trivial to provide Linux support, I would never bank on him green lighting it.
Apparently creating a sub-par version of Steam is a bigger crime than advertising on privacy and then saying "but we'll just say think of the children so we can catch the dissidents of the regime anyway."
And many, many other things.
But Epic is pretty cool. I got Civ VI for free. The less money I have to give to these corporate vultures, the better.
Even if Epic were not cool. Competition is better than no competition. If you are an Intel or AMD fanboy, and you want the other to go out of business, you are a moron.
I believe the hatred comes partly from the whole Tencent owns part of Epic thing.
I do want Intel to go out of business, but I'm not an AMD fanboy. (Intel tweeted "We believe in a future that is female"). Saying that, I did pick up AMD shares on the last dip. Probably won't hold for long, I feel like I'm indirectly helping the enemy by having them.
Yes. Epic dared to challenge the golden boy Steam.
People LOVE monopolies because corporations managed to get them personally invested (emotionally and financially) into their little walled-garden eco systems.
I still don't get why people love Steam. Valve does everything EA does with their first party titles ($200 skin for your AR, anyone?) but gets no attacks for it. You can't even say they aren't woke, because community bans turn into a full account ban if you get enough.
I won't deny, the EGS is a worse platform and it's filled with woke garbage because those companies know their shit won't sell and took Epic's money, but it's not the Antichrist.
I won't give Epic money but I will buy from other store platforms like GOG, Itch.io, Indie Gala, and DLsite. Also Valve provides more with their platform such as forums, user reviews, easy access to modding, and several other things.
Because it holds their games hostage.
Many gamers have all their eggs in one basket. They have do defend Steam no matter what because they'll lose all their games when Steam goes tits up.They are so heavily invested in that platform they have to keep convincing themselves it was the right choice.
IMHO all this griping about exclusives, Tencent, etc. is primarily because they are afraid a big competitor could threaten Steam, and a threat to Steam is directly a threat to their libraries and decisions.