Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy… and then it’s only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can’t it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It’s so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic… which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I wish Valve would get off their ass and make games again so they’d have a proper engine to rival UE5.

    Half of Epic’s gamestore wouldn’t exist if this was the 2000s when people were flocking to the source engine because it was free and heavily modded

    • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      They have a rival it’s called source 2. That’s what CS, Dota and hl:Alyx used.

      • Chozo@fedia.io
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        9 days ago

        Sure, but pretty much nobody but Valve is using Source 2 for anything, though.

        • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 days ago

          Yeah because it’s still in development and not yet available. S&box is one of the “games” already using it in the background. When it releases to the public, it’ll be just as popular as Source was - especially with the pricing strategy of “the only thing you need to pay for it is the steam fee” which is what, $100 per game?

          • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orgEnglish
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            9 days ago

            A $100 deposit you get back if you actually sell your game and make money off of it. Technically not even a fee.

      • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        9 days ago

        I mean, they have Source 2, but to call it a rival before it’s even made it to third-party developers (Facepunch is effectively second party) is a bit of a stretch.