Honestly, I’d be home with that if they had Linux support. They don’t, so I mostly buy from Steam. Apparently Heroic now gets a kickback (probably small) from GOG for sales, but that’s a pretty lazy “Linux support” if you ask me.
I literally didn’t make a Steam account until they had a Linux client, and now I’ve spend a ton of money there. It’s not hard to get my money, you just need to not be outright hostile to me. That’s why I have never and probably will never buy from Epic.
Yup, I install through Heroic but launch through Steam on my Steam Deck, for controller support alone, it’s not worth going through Heroic directly. On desktop, I’ll play directly through Heroic though.
Valve created a fantastic entertainment product that people voluntarily choose to use. Who would you want to turn something people already love into something completely different? Counterproductive - especially when direct distribution is essentially free and universally accessible.
Feel free to start a competitive game store. There’s a reason why gog, origin or epic hardly make a dent on Valves bottom line.
Gog has its niche. Others didn’t even try. “Look at exclusives” from Epic doesn’t even look like trying
Even within its niche gog Galaxy still lacks a lot of features steam has, like communities, mod support, Linux support, and a few others.
Honestly, I’d be home with that if they had Linux support. They don’t, so I mostly buy from Steam. Apparently Heroic now gets a kickback (probably small) from GOG for sales, but that’s a pretty lazy “Linux support” if you ask me.
I literally didn’t make a Steam account until they had a Linux client, and now I’ve spend a ton of money there. It’s not hard to get my money, you just need to not be outright hostile to me. That’s why I have never and probably will never buy from Epic.
I tried heroic on my steam deck and it’s okay but I wouldn’t use it over Steam’s UI which says a lot.
Yup, I install through Heroic but launch through Steam on my Steam Deck, for controller support alone, it’s not worth going through Heroic directly. On desktop, I’ll play directly through Heroic though.
The cost of freedom is still far more valuable than that to some, and that’s its niche.
Yeah, the solution is obvious, break the Valve monopoly into 40 smaller companies and put Gaben in prison.
Removed by mod
“And here is my hard drive dedicated to game launchers and storefronts.”
We could run just the game and nothing else.
Valve created a fantastic entertainment product that people voluntarily choose to use. Who would you want to turn something people already love into something completely different? Counterproductive - especially when direct distribution is essentially free and universally accessible.