Sure, GOG technically exists, but that’s a very niche audience. It’s amazing for what it is, but when new AAA games come out, you won’t see them on GOG. It’s great for retro games, and it’s basically a monopoly on getting DRM free exe files, but I wouldn’t say GOG is even trying to compete with Steam.
Epic IS trying to compete with Steam, but…they’re just SO bad at it. I’ve heard that Epic’s free games do little more than act as a consequence free way to be demos for people who later buy the game full price on Steam.
So, Epic is another option to Steam…but, is that it? That’s like saying Coke has plenty of competing colas, except Pepsi doesn’t exist, and RC Cola is technically competition that nobody chooses. That’s Epic. The RC Cola of gaming.
There is something to be said by the lack of what comes out on it may have to do with GOG’s adherence to providing DRM-free, offline installers. The same publishers and devs not putting stuff on GOG but release it everywhere else are often the ones most paranoid of piracy, going so far as to not even announce if they use Denuvu or some other wildly disliked, aggressive DRM until release day or the day before.
This is not against GOG, btw, but the developers and publishers that don’t release there, specifically, while releasing to most other platforms.
Epic could be a better competitor if instead of giving out free games they would invest that money in actually getting their client and store up to speed with the competition. They still don’t have reviews on their store.
I wouldn’t say “enormous choice”.
Realistically it’s either Steam, or Epic.
Sure, GOG technically exists, but that’s a very niche audience. It’s amazing for what it is, but when new AAA games come out, you won’t see them on GOG. It’s great for retro games, and it’s basically a monopoly on getting DRM free exe files, but I wouldn’t say GOG is even trying to compete with Steam.
Epic IS trying to compete with Steam, but…they’re just SO bad at it. I’ve heard that Epic’s free games do little more than act as a consequence free way to be demos for people who later buy the game full price on Steam.
So, Epic is another option to Steam…but, is that it? That’s like saying Coke has plenty of competing colas, except Pepsi doesn’t exist, and RC Cola is technically competition that nobody chooses. That’s Epic. The RC Cola of gaming.
brutal.
(pretty accurate, but brutal)
That’s not really fair, though. Some people actively prefer the taste of RC Cola to other sodas.
And there are also people that prefer Epic game store for some reason. All five of them.
Contrary to the name, they also have good NEW games, too.
Yeah, but he’s got a point. The GOG new game library is much smaller than on Steam.
There is something to be said by the lack of what comes out on it may have to do with GOG’s adherence to providing DRM-free, offline installers. The same publishers and devs not putting stuff on GOG but release it everywhere else are often the ones most paranoid of piracy, going so far as to not even announce if they use Denuvu or some other wildly disliked, aggressive DRM until release day or the day before.
This is not against GOG, btw, but the developers and publishers that don’t release there, specifically, while releasing to most other platforms.
Epic could be a better competitor if instead of giving out free games they would invest that money in actually getting their client and store up to speed with the competition. They still don’t have reviews on their store.
Xbox/Windows? GoG?
…so you just didn’t even read the comment you’re replying to then.
So downvote and move on, instead of being an ass and cluttering up the discussion with shit that doesn’t matter.