r/Steam • u/Haunter777x • 11h ago

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How out of touch can you be as a company, this is embarrassing

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u/StarKieeeeee 11h ago edited 11h ago

That's a real post?

I mean, any vibe coded launcher can't be worse than their own current launcher

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u/Haunter777x 11h ago

Somehow it's real, almost didn't believe it myself

https://x.com/EpicGames/status/2110369347592229333?s=20

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u/StarKieeeeee 11h ago

Dam, they managed to release a beta with half the features of a launcher that has a tenth of the features Steam has

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u/ReaDiMarco 51 11h ago

Oh wow they removed features.

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u/Mayion 11h ago

what features did they even have to remove in the first place

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u/baardvark 11h ago

Paying customers

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u/DaEnderAssassin 64 11h ago

He asked for features they had, not didn't have.

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u/TheGloomyWoodpecker 11h ago

Does Epic have paying customers? I thought it was for collecting free games that I forget about and buy on Steam.

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u/OctoMiku01 10h ago

Most people probably just buying vbucks for Fortnite. Well for most people it's probably just a fortnite launcher.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 9h ago

People are buying games on epic, because epic is now giving skins for Fortnite if you buy games on epic.

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u/hardolaf 9h ago

That's not what data from game companies is showing.

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u/skylernetwork 7h ago

Most people open Epic's launcher for Fortnite and/or Rocket League (For those who were too late to get it on Steam.)

The rest, in my experience (friend group, online friends, random strangers online who cared enough to share) are just opening it to check which game they're giving out during the given rotation, maybe claiming them, and never downloading them for some reason.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 5h ago

I was more stating that people are only spending money on games from epic games for “free” Fortnite skins. But using Epic regularly is purely for those reasons you stated.

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u/skylernetwork 5h ago

Oh that's fair indeed yeah

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u/jsc230 10h ago

Same

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u/SaveusAlex 8h ago

Honestly, I buy a good bit on Epic. If they have the better price, I go to them. Usually I compare during sale times. Granted I'm also someone who doesn't care about social features, achievements, trading cards and all of that. I just want the game to launch and work. So I'm willing to trade Steams features for a better price on EGS.

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u/Fernis_ 11h ago

The didn't have that before either.

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u/baardvark 9h ago

Touché

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u/That_Service7348 11h ago

Probably the cart.

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u/aVarangian 9h ago

oh they already had a cart?

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u/That_Service7348 7h ago

Took them like 5 years, but they added one recently.

Started thinking they should do controller support too last year, but that probably just got pushed back another 5 years with this.

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u/MoonAttempt 11h ago

Reviews.

Oh wait Epic doesn't even have that.

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u/ChimpieTheOne 11h ago

usability

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u/JackSprat47 11h ago

They removed the ability for bots to add you as a friend. Hopefully.

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u/_Bisky 10h ago

Would be hillarious if they removed the shopping cart again xD

Other then that the launcher spamming you with fortmote friend requests you ignore

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u/nagi603 131 9h ago

QA pass for their stuff. ohwait, never had it.

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u/doelutufe 9h ago

Probably being able to install and play games. Of course buying still works.

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg 10h ago

We removed all the windshields, seats, battery, and most of the electronics from your car. It's now 30% faster than before.

Is it horrible to drive? Yes. Will we ignore criticism as we continue to fuck up? Absolutely.

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u/_Bisky 10h ago

Removing the windshields would likely severly increase drag and thus slow down the car

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg 10h ago

Not at really show speeds. Which is the comparison to only measuring startup time.

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u/_Bisky 10h ago

Tbf i took "30% faster" as litterally 30% faster top speed. Not 30% faster 0 to 100

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u/Yamatocanyon 5h ago

Drag isn't really an issue when your car isn't going anywhere because they took the battery out.

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u/OhagiC 7h ago

Removing the drag from 4 points of contact with the road will make the car 400% faster, yes?

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u/Dennarb 10h ago

Yes, but it launches faster!!!