Epic vs steam - have your thoughts changed?

[smogsy]

Over past year a bit I have started to use epic store more and more now have 50± games on there with around 400 on steam
Epic store thoughts
Upsides:
Easier to find games
Cheaper for most part
Instant critic scores open critic
Cleaner dlc add on buttons

Downsides
It certainly lacks community / friends support but I don't use those anymore.
Epic taking bit longer to load,
Setting section is bit meh from user experience
Quick launch could do with work


What's your thoughts now?

 

[smogsy]

It's just a bare bones store/launcher. Can't really compare them really. Only reason it has any traction is the exclusive deals

Steam stuff I use
- game organisation
- workshop
- discussion
- guides / community stuff
- reviews
- single launcher so it's easier to find what game I have

you can compare them, they are both store fronts.

to reply to your list
- game organisation - neither did steam to recently
- workshop - neither did steam till around 5 years ago
- discussion - agree
- guides / community stuff - neither did steam still few years ago
- review - EGS has open critic Ratings & link to opencritic site on every page - https://opencritic.com/game/1055/rocket-league agree no user reviews though

i see the EGS store as steam at the beginning of its life. bare bones, thats fine it took steam 10+ years to get where it is today.

steam needs a massive overhaul in visual and coding department.

EGS 3 processes 1 parent - 150MB
Steam - 9 processes no parent - 380MB

not saying EGS is perfecent by any means, but EGS has lot of years to catch up to feature set/bloat that steam has. I hope they dont add half the stuff you listed though

these are pointless on steam platform: most of the guides/discussions are terrible
- discussion - agree
- guides / community stuff - neither did steam still few years ago

 

[smogsy]

Not really directly aimed at Epic launcher, but it's just so annoying having games spread out over so many launchers. I just can't be assed to open them all up regularly to see what I'd like to play. Then games purchased just sit there not played
Steam is the only one that I open on a weekly basis, but it was just the first to be good so has that advantage. Even if Epic matches them feature for feature I will still most likely never have as many games on that platform

It's like the browser wars all over again, but different. Sorry you can't visit this page as it's only allowed to run on Opera. OMG

i add all my games too steam (as non steam game) so steam has my entire libary

 

[smogsy]

There also the fact that there is Steam exclusive games that people seem to be willing to ignore? And it isn't just on Epic, the devs and publishers of said game also are doing the same since its an agreement.

They have ability to say no we want to support all store fronts. They aren't? Yet it just Epic getting blamed and people willing to forgive developers/publishers to buy on steam still a year later?

very true.

personally i dont mind what store i buy from or if its exclusive. i buy the game not the store. i created this thread as i know a lot of people were Eurgh epic. but at the end of the day

They are
* Giving developers more money by their cut usage
* buying mass amount of games to be given away
* Trying to upset steam with competition.
* deliverying cheaper prices in most places than steam.

even if you dont like epic they got be comended to even think about trying to take share away from steam.

at the end of the day its steam that has caused this launcher mayhem by taking 30% for years without really much to show for it from developers side. which is why ubisoft/ea all started doing their own to get more money for there work.

i wouldnt want 30% of my programming work to go to a Distrubtion platform. 30% is a huge cut.

in other areas
just-eat used to take 15% now they charge 30% & some takeaway can no longer manage & again last year or two we seen mass amount of do it yourself order online stores.

 

[smogsy]

Yeah I've started ordering food direct from restaurants now. It generally the food cheaper because they not covering the Just Eat cut or it is same price but they not loosing 30% anymore so fair play if its reasonable price.

Not to add Just Eat is the worst. I have been trying ti get a refund for a month on food that didn't turn up and then this Monday finally got an answer and they gave credit on their app and don't refund service charge or delivery charge when those things never happened to charge for! Mental and they got no communication ability.

to get a refund its 2 buttons on the app after the time get help with your order - refund -> missing item(s) reason -> instant money back.

so much so people are doing it to get free food as just eat refunds entire order even if 1 item is ticked as missed
i now a few resturants near me struggling because of it

im terrible for food though i know most of the just eat drivers & Deliveroo by name... but have started going direct if PP is a option

 

[smogsy]

I did that and got nothing back and they reviewed it which took them 4 weeks to respond by email and then they said refund to credit to account as requested (it wasn't as no way to select such option) and 5 days later I still don't actually have the credit back. Also when you select refund you select what was missing and they refund the items missing so unless you decide to click all then yeah that on the person scamming but it a pain when want a genuine refund.

With that I go to my local Indian enough I get an xmas and bday card every year so...

its fully automated now and has been for a few months odd.