killamch89 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I read an article a couple weeks back about Epic Games opening their own store to compete with Steam and their platform has a bigger incentive over Valve's - the developers get way money from the sales of their games. What do you think of this move by Epic Games? Will it rival Steam's platform for indie developers over time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UleTheVee Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 That they should be more concerned abou their lawsuits and Privacy Policies which literally are against consumers and that Discord is doing it better than the Epic Games Store is. There. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 38 minutes ago, UleTheVee said: That they should be more concerned abou their lawsuits and Privacy Policies which literally are against consumers and that Discord is doing it better than the Epic Games Store is. There. Yeah, I heard about the lawsuit for the Carlton dance and the Epic Games Store just launched in December so let's give it a couple months before we start calling it a failed project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UleTheVee Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 40 minutes ago, killamch89 said: Yeah, I heard about the lawsuit for the Carlton dance and the Epic Games Store just launched in December so let's give it a couple months before we start calling it a failed project. JUST the Carlton Dance one?! LOL. Dude, there have been more than 4 lawsuits from a huge variety of angles. Epic Games is estimated to lose millions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 31 minutes ago, UleTheVee said: JUST the Carlton Dance one?! LOL. Dude, there have been more than 4 lawsuits from a huge variety of angles. Epic Games is estimated to lose millions Epic Games also makes millions daily so I am sure they will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthHazard Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 3 hours ago, UleTheVee said: JUST the Carlton Dance one?! LOL. Dude, there have been more than 4 lawsuits from a huge variety of angles. Epic Games is estimated to lose millions It depends on how the courts see it I guess. I'm not sure how the law works for this because it's dancing and I'm not sure they can copyright dances. Plus, what makes it so that Carlton gets the money from Epic. Since it was on a TV show, should the TV show not then get the money since the dance could technically be theirs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 2 hours ago, DarthHazard said: It depends on how the courts see it I guess. I'm not sure how the law works for this because it's dancing and I'm not sure they can copyright dances. Plus, what makes it so that Carlton gets the money from Epic. Since it was on a TV show, should the TV show not then get the money since the dance could technically be theirs? I think it's the company that aired Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air that sued so yeah it's the owner of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UleTheVee Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 7 hours ago, killamch89 said: I think it's the company that aired Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air that sued so yeah it's the owner of the show. Also, Discord is offering a 90/10 cut now. So yeah, that proposition from Epic Games fell out of the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 13 hours ago, UleTheVee said: Also, Discord is offering a 90/10 cut now. So yeah, that proposition from Epic Games fell out of the water. I see your point now. I'm not sure Epic Games can offer a better deal than that - How do you even compete with that? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I think EPIC game store may turn out to be a good steam alternative. As in many games are being released exclusively for the EPIC. So that can get pretty effective and stronger in the due time. If more games and platforms join the store, then it can get pretty strong on that note too. I guess we learn from our experience though. Not all the time this can be a good option there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 16 hours ago, skyfire said: I think EPIC game store may turn out to be a good steam alternative. As in many games are being released exclusively for the EPIC. So that can get pretty effective and stronger in the due time. If more games and platforms join the store, then it can get pretty strong on that note too. I guess we learn from our experience though. Not all the time this can be a good option there. Like the Metro Exodus deal, I was looking forward to getting it but this store exclusivity policy by Epic Games is really grinding my gears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UleTheVee Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 On 1/31/2019 at 11:45 PM, skyfire said: I think EPIC game store may turn out to be a good steam alternative. As in many games are being released exclusively for the EPIC. So that can get pretty effective and stronger in the due time. If more games and platforms join the store, then it can get pretty strong on that note too. I guess we learn from our experience though. Not all the time this can be a good option there. 8 hours ago, killamch89 said: Like the Metro Exodus deal, I was looking forward to getting it but this store exclusivity policy by Epic Games is really grinding my gears. Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 There is also anthem deal which costs 15$. I don't know how many hours that deal will remain. So maybe they may close it or may move to another store online. So far I think anthem deals running all over the web. It seems like a good game so kind of obvious there are going to be discount for the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 On 2/2/2019 at 2:00 AM, UleTheVee said: Nuff said. Epic Games store is pretty sub-standard to be honest. I thought they'd concentrate on improving the functionality of their platform but it is a mess right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 On 2/2/2019 at 12:30 PM, UleTheVee said: Nuff said. Too early to make the comparison. I mean how many years STEAM is in market and how many years EPIC game store is in market? I am sure slowly they will add more features and try to compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
