Launching it as an Epic Exclusive on PC sure didn’t help.
Yep. Heard great things about the game, but I’m waiting till it’s on steam to get it. I refuse to give Epic a dime. Exclusivity deals hurt consumers.
So you don’t play any games that use Unreal?
I meant I don’t want to give the Epic Store a dime.
You do realize Epic owns Unreal. The store, game engine, both are giving the same people money.
“I’m not going to give Nestle a dime of my money!” While eating Hot Pockets.
Yes, I do realize the money goes to the same place. My argument is not that Epic should go bankrupt. My argument is that I don’t want to encourage or support the Epic Store.
“vote with your wallet” - my vote says I approve of unreal but disapprove of epic store.
Remember that next time a game is exclusive to Windows
Okay?
2 wrongs don’t make a right. That said, Microsoft does this much less frequently than Epic and mostly just with first party games.
Here’s a list of Microsoft Store exclusives. I don’t see a whole lot of triple A games on there.
Starfield was on Steam at launch, as was Halo Infinite. Microsoft has been moving away from exclusivity. But how dare they keep Solitaire all to themselves, right?
I thought I read Microsoft will launch all PC games on steam going forward.
The store doesn’t matter, exclusivity is platform based (the OS)
That’s not a money reason or a store related reason. That’s really on the developer. Mac is a different architecture. Often times Mac versions require extra development.
Linux is gaining more ground not because of a store or the developers themselves, but because Proton makes the windows versions of games run on Linux.
My argument was about exclusivity deals, not technical compatibility.
Yeah, the store doesn’t matter
If it’s on a platform (os) then it’s on the platform
If you want to complain about exclusivity it would be mac vs windows vs linux vs freebsd vs xbox vs Nintendo vs PlayStation
I pirated it because Epic Games. What an absolute banger of a horror game. Legit in my top 3 favorite games of all time. They’ll get my $ when they come to steam, if they do.
Now watch 505 launch Control 2 on steam and just roll in money.
Epic is literally taking a shotgun to their own leg.
I bought this game on EPIC games because I wanted to play it. I bent over backwards to get this thing to run well because I wanted the full experience. I built a windows PC just for it.
It’s a pain playing it on Linux I’m basically forced to run a modified pirated version of a game I paid for to get a consistent experience.
I hope that maybe they will release a complete edition of Alan Wake 2 on steam when Control 2 finally hits because this is the kind of game that people want access to the back catalogue to theorize about.
Epic lol
That’s a shame bcz this game was absolutely amazing. I played it on ps5, and I was floored by how good it was.
