• M. Orange@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    It’s important for the same reason that UX research is a pretty important field nowadays: you wanna make your software/platform/whatever as easy and pleasant to use as possible.

    Alternatively, Epic lacks a value proposition. Having games spread across multiple platforms is inconvenient. Most consumers value convenience, so they’re going to stick with the most convenient (read: the most dominant) option unless they have some reason not to. For example, as messy and crappy as GOG’s storefront is, they’ve managed to differentiate themselves from Steam first by focusing on making old games playable and then focusing on a DRM-free and more curated catalog. What does Epic offer other than doing the same things Steam does but less well and in a different app?

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      1 year ago

      What does Epic offer other than doing the same things Steam does but less well and in a different app?

      I’m not going to count, but by my best guess I have now 100+ games on EGS that I haven’t paid a penny for. For me that’s a rather large incentive to have the EGS client installed on my PCs. And once I have both installed anyway, I don’t see any difference between buying on Steam vs. Epic. I just use whatever is cheaper at the moment.

    • jet@hackertalks.com
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      1 year ago

      Exactly this. I buy on gog when I can, just because it’s awesome what they are doing .