Agent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1254arrow-down1external-linkGearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”arstechnica.comAgent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square115fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareHiddenLychee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoI think I lost this analogy. What are the condiments in this metaphor?
minus-squareScafir@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·4 months agoI don’t know so much about EGS, but probably some of the following (most of which I don’t use very often, I hope I recall correctly) Refunds Family sharing of games Sharing games for other local users Being able to lend games Remote Play (with friends) Remote Play (stream for a local machine) Linux support through proton probably more?
minus-squarePlzGivHugslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-24 months ago Workshop, providing mod hosting/browser/framework for API controller configuration tools Better storefront with decent discovery and better search (Although this wouldn’t be a condiment in the anology) Passable social tools (IE voice chat) Game streaming to friends Cloud saves Relatively good review system Item marketplace and trading
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoFree cloud backups of save files is really nice. Free hosting of screenshots, too. Free forums (though they tend to suck. I guess that’s like they only have basic yellow mustard or something, in this metaphor)
I think I lost this analogy. What are the condiments in this metaphor?
I don’t know so much about EGS, but probably some of the following (most of which I don’t use very often, I hope I recall correctly)
Free cloud backups of save files is really nice.
Free hosting of screenshots, too.
Free forums (though they tend to suck. I guess that’s like they only have basic yellow mustard or something, in this metaphor)