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In response to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney waging war on Steam, Larian's publishing lead says, 'Giving everyone everything for free might bump numbers but doesn't create a viable storefront' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 88 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I haven't spent a single dollars on EGS, only collecting the freebies since it launched.
I do buy games on GOG whenever possible, as their core mission (make classic games DRM-free) is appealing to me.

[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

For real GOG supports actual game ownership. Steam supports game flexiabilty of OS with all their linux support (and now arm!). I Patron/Librepay indies/foss devs. EGS's biggest proclaimed difference is that offer less to devs/customera and offer big studios better margins.

Like why the hell would this convince me?

[-] Localhorst86@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Same. But not only that, I know a few instances where I played a free epic game, liked it and went ahead and bought the game on steam or GOG.

[-] gustofwind@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Yeah I don’t even see gog and steam as direct competitors (obviously they are)

classic games I expect to run standalone thru a .exe exclusively bought on gog

games with integrated multiplayer/social stuff exclusively bought on steam

That’s basically the entire market 🤷‍♀️

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