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General discussionWhat are the reasons why somebody would buy a game on Epic Games Store instead of Steam, Gog?(26 posts)(26 posts)
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Posted August 14, 2020
"Steam has convenience, trading cards, badges."
these are so useless, I wish they were not there at all
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nightcraw1er.488: The Google AI spam bot is strong today, 8 inane questions on the main page alone.
better than the lame forum "games" spam
Post edited August 14, 2020 by Orkhepaj
Posted August 14, 2020
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GeraltOfRivia_PL: "Steam has convenience, trading cards, badges"
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AB2012: I've always found that stuff to be useless gimmicks on any store. I mean the last time I wore a badge or "traded cards" with other people, I was still at Primary school...
Not saying it's a good thing, quite possibly the opposite actually, but Steam's trading cards are more than use(and harm)less gimmicks, since you can sell them for wallet money. Mostly for small change only, but some people amass significant sums in the long run.
Posted August 14, 2020
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Orkhepaj: "Steam has convenience, trading cards, badges."
these are so useless, I wish they were not there at all
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nightcraw1er.488: The Google AI spam bot is strong today, 8 inane questions on the main page alone.
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Orkhepaj: better than the lame forum "games" spam
They're not entirely useless. Bought a few games selling those "pointless" items.
Posted August 14, 2020
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Orkhepaj: "Steam has convenience, trading cards, badges."
these are so useless, I wish they were not there at all

better than the lame forum "games" spam
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darthspudius: They're not entirely useless. Bought a few games selling those "pointless" items.
hmm , do they buy em? dont you only get 0,01$ for each?
Posted August 14, 2020
a few months ago, the epic version of some batman game was DRM free unlike the steam version.
likely, this will change once they manage to implement their own version of store wide DRM. we can only their store remains in early access for longer that star citizen
Posted August 14, 2020
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: - EGS has given out way more free games and a way higher quality of free games than any other stores have. So buying from EGS is a nice way to show some gratitude for all the free stuff that they have (and continue to) very generously given away to consumers.
I don't think the reason EGS gives away so many free games is pure generosity.
Posted August 14, 2020
To me the only purpose a store front and a launcher serve is to allow me to play the game. So as a user I couldn't possibly care less what the store is. Although I would prefer to buy games from storefronts owned by the developers that made it, so that the revenue goes to them instead of the middle man.
Posted August 14, 2020
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: - EGS has given out way more free games and a way higher quality of free games than any other stores have. So buying from EGS is a nice way to show some gratitude for all the free stuff that they have (and continue to) very generously given away to consumers.
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ConsulCaesar: I don't think the reason EGS gives away so many free games is pure generosity.
who cares ,they give them thats all matters , every other store is in for the money , epic gives back the most atm
oh and ?12% money taken from devs compared to 30% steam does , how much does gog take?
Post edited August 14, 2020 by Orkhepaj
Posted August 14, 2020
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Drew22881: To me the only purpose a store front and a launcher serve is to allow me to play the game. So as a user I couldn't possibly care less what the store is. Although I would prefer to buy games from storefronts owned by the developers that made it, so that the revenue goes to them instead of the middle man.
You're still paying the middlemen that provide the infrastructure that allows the developer to sell their games online. It's just less obvious who they are.

I'm sure you don't buy your bread directly from the person who planted the grain, and is that a bad thing?

"middlemen" have been an integral part of human civilization since forever.
Post edited August 14, 2020 by teceem
Posted August 14, 2020
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GeraltOfRivia_PL: What are the reasons why somebody would buy a game on Epic Games Store instead of Steam, Gog, etc.?

I am just curious cause to me there is absolutely no reason for me to ever buy games there. I have an account there to claim the freebies, but i never intend to spend any money there.

Steam has convenience, trading cards, badges.

GOG is DRM-free, has offline installers (i dunno what people see in them, but they are a thing).

Both of these platforms have achievements and cloud saves for some games. And contrary to epic, they have a forum.

Say, Cyberpunk is releasing (besides consoles) on Epic, Steam and GOG. If you buy it on Steam, you get (probably) trading cards etc. on GOG, you get the game DRM-free and you support CD Projekt.

Why would anyone purchase it on Epic?
Not many, but here's a few.

A few reasons:
01. B/c Epic has the cheapest price for a said game - whether it's flat-out best price or a $10 coupon/promo makes it cheapest there by far.
02. Said games on Epic Store is (unfortunately) exclusive to Epic for X amount of time - i.e. 6 months, 1 year, whatever.
03. B/c they have many DRM-FREE titles over there, even to the point where big name games that haven't been DRM-FREE anywhere else - i.e. Batman Arkham collection has No DRM around it.
04. Ubi games basically still only need UPLAY here - you link your Ubi account to Epic Store...and then you just do the download and everything via UPLAY. No need to deal w/ Epic Store again for a linked-Ubi title.
Posted August 20, 2020
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Drew22881: To me the only purpose a store front and a launcher serve is to allow me to play the game. So as a user I couldn't possibly care less what the store is. Although I would prefer to buy games from storefronts owned by the developers that made it, so that the revenue goes to them instead of the middle man.
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teceem: You're still paying the middlemen that provide the infrastructure that allows the developer to sell their games online. It's just less obvious who they are.

I'm sure you don't buy your bread directly from the person who planted the grain, and is that a bad thing?

"middlemen" have been an integral part of human civilization since forever.
As a matter of fact, I prefer to buy my bread fresh from a local bakery. :)

To your broader point, middlemen typically offer convenient access to goods and services in the real world, at a price. In the virtual world, that's largely a non-issue. And while, yes, you still pay for the infrastructure, without a storefront separate from the developer, that's one less cook in the kitchen.
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