alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoIn 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1297arrow-down16
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkIn 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.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up81·edit-21 day agoI 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.
minus-squareLocalhorst86@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoSame. 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.
minus-squaregustofwind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 day agoYeah 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 🤷♀️
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.
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.
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 🤷♀️