Patrik Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 i wouldn't personally call it loss, they have gained lot of users by doing that and also were able to compete with companies that are decades older than them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 8 hours ago, Patrik said: i wouldn't personally call it loss, they have gained lot of users by doing that and also were able to compete with companies that are decades older than them The thing is - those users only are around for the free games. The point of the strategy was to lure them in with the free games and then convert them to loyal customers which isn't the case because these same people still prefer to buy their games off Steam or some other platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 15 minutes ago, killamch89 said: The thing is - those users only are around for the free games. The point of the strategy was to lure them in with the free games and then convert them to loyal customers which isn't the case because these same people still prefer to buy their games off Steam or some other platform. ah i get your point now, well, they gotta think about another plan then :/, a company with such a huge budget on hand should sure be able to compete, not take the first position, but atleast gathers the popularity it deserves killamch89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 23 minutes ago, Patrik said: ah i get your point now, well, they gotta think about another plan then :/, a company with such a huge budget on hand should sure be able to compete, not take the first position, but atleast gathers the popularity it deserves The problem is, they aren't trying to offer anything unique that Steam doesn't and just paying developer's more money isn't going to make most of them convert to Epic games. The Epic games store itself has hard been upgraded since its release back in 2018 and is still lacking some basic functions that Steam and other stores have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Also the thing with EPIC is that they have less discounts compared to the steam and gog. You would find lot better developer support with the steam and gog too. That is not the case with the EPIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 12 hours ago, killamch89 said: The Epic games store itself has hard been upgraded since its release back in 2018 i gotta confirm this point, it's also buggy a little bit, like for example, when i browse it on my laptop (that's still using windows 7) there are lot of graphical issues and when having the store open (and not minimized) that increases the GPU's utilization killamch89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 On 4/25/2021 at 8:58 AM, Patrik said: i gotta confirm this point, it's also buggy a little bit, like for example, when i browse it on my laptop (that's still using windows 7) there are lot of graphical issues and when having the store open (and not minimized) that increases the GPU's utilization I encountered that bug before when it was first released and occasionally it does tend to freeze my computer for a couple of seconds and mine's a powerful gaming desktop. I've had games that we 99% downloaded suddenly go back down to 0% for no apparent reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 2 hours ago, killamch89 said: that we 99% downloaded suddenly go back down to 0% for no apparent reason. that bug still actually exists, it happened to me while doing the premium edition of GTA V, the launcher sometimes refuses to resume downloading and deletes the downloaded files from his cache and restarts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 EPIC has also added the apps now. So you can download gaming tools, browsers, and other apps including ebook readers. It seems EPIC is now taking the google and apple by their horns. China at it's all full strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 17 hours ago, Patrik said: that bug still actually exists, it happened to me while doing the premium edition of GTA V, the launcher sometimes refuses to resume downloading and deletes the downloaded files from his cache and restarts... This is one of the main reasons why I would never switch from Steam to Epic - too many problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I think the issue would be more of reliance on the EPIC. I can't imagine making use of the Chinese store for something serious. I don't want to get my data being read by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
