I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store?
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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?
Epic makes their money off microtransaction stores and they bought exclusive rights to a bunch of titles a while back, meaning you could ONLY play them on Epic.
There are worse companies, though.
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For unplayable, Rocket League had very good Linux and macos native builds.
Epic required them to delete support for those operating systems as part of the acquisition of PsyonixOh yeah, I didn't think about that. That's super gross.
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Because in 2025 people get info about games they are buying from the app store instead of twitch or YouTube or the game devs website. Give me a fucking break dude.
The only way I know anything about the games I buy is by reading the store page. If I have to go looking for the dev's website, it's because something has gone wrong.
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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?
so thats what this drama ive been seeing on reddit as well.
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with epic games store. People think just because everyone on the internet told them not to like it so they have to not like it. It's a store. It sells you games then when you click on the game it opens so you can play. That's it literally that's all it does same as steam same and Xbox. Just like stores in real life I buy things where the price is the best which sometimes means I buy on epic or steam depending on the sales.
After reading your comment I'm not sure if it's just me, but I tend to not buy where owner of the store treat me like shit. Neither in real life nor online.
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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?
The other platforms on PC, for example Steam, itch, gog, all do better things.
Itch really supports game jams, which in turn supports smaller devs and puts out a lot of unique stuff, much of which is free. They also allow devs to choose what percent itch gets with even zero as an option.
Valve is a massive contributor to open source projects and the game dev community. They have contributed a ton to SDL which is used to make many games and engines, and Proton is rocketing wine development forward. Steam also allows adding non-Steam games and even lets you run them with Proton just as easily as Steam native games.
GoG is DRM free, enough said. That in and of itself is one of the most pro consumer stances.
The only plus for Epic is they give out free games, no other redeeming qualities or features.
Don’t forget the beauty of PC is that it’s an open platform, and Epic does nothing to support that.
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The other platforms on PC, for example Steam, itch, gog, all do better things.
Itch really supports game jams, which in turn supports smaller devs and puts out a lot of unique stuff, much of which is free. They also allow devs to choose what percent itch gets with even zero as an option.
Valve is a massive contributor to open source projects and the game dev community. They have contributed a ton to SDL which is used to make many games and engines, and Proton is rocketing wine development forward. Steam also allows adding non-Steam games and even lets you run them with Proton just as easily as Steam native games.
GoG is DRM free, enough said. That in and of itself is one of the most pro consumer stances.
The only plus for Epic is they give out free games, no other redeeming qualities or features.
Don’t forget the beauty of PC is that it’s an open platform, and Epic does nothing to support that.
Not only that, but they made the platform ever so slightly less open when they bought a bunch of games just so that they could remove them from other stores. They garner hatred because they don't try to gain a competitive edge by being good or unique in some way, they're just making gamers who aren't willing to download their launcher suffer.
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Because in 2025 people get info about games they are buying from the app store instead of twitch or YouTube or the game devs website. Give me a fucking break dude.
When I'm browsing, it's my first stop. I want to see the minimum specs to estimate how well it'll run, how the devs market their game at a glance, year of release, rating, etc. Then if it looks interesting it's time for external reviews.
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The only way I know anything about the games I buy is by reading the store page. If I have to go looking for the dev's website, it's because something has gone wrong.
I would recommend doing more research before buying, but I'm a kinda a cheap bitch
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I would recommend doing more research before buying, but I'm a kinda a cheap bitch
I feel like I get a pretty good idea of what a game is like from reviews and discussions.
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I feel like I get a pretty good idea of what a game is like from reviews and discussions.
Oh, I must have misinterpreted you. That's about what I do.
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Oh, I must have misinterpreted you. That's about what I do.
Haha, no problem.
