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>>Sporkt+(OP)
Steam gets all my gaming budget, as I really try to stick to Linux.

If it ain't on steam, I don't play it, and they don't get my money.

>>mkatx+I9
It’s sad to me that you and many others have this opinion, which is fine, but Valve takes a significant tax from small companies while gamers, a cheap demographic, complain about the price of games.

Games don’t need to be on Steam to be good.

>>andrew+Gb
The issue kinda is on Linux we’re playing windows games. There is significant work done by valve on that proton compatability layer, so a lot of people on Linux want to support that. Without that us Linux users have a lot harder time gaming.

There are some other launchers for epic games and gog (heroic game launcher I’ve used). It worked for me for a the couple games I tried (gloomhaven and disco elysium) but I’m using the proton wine I which I think was put out there by valve/steam.

>>acomje+yh
I would never support Epic as Sweeney is openly hostile towards Linux.

>>happym+yo
He’s openly hostile to gamers. If anyone thinks he does what he does for gamers and companies you would be a fool. He’s only trying to steal market share to line his own pockets. He can’t even compete with a quality product. Epic game store is probably the worst store to exist.

>>throwa+Hp
> If anyone thinks he does what he does for gamers and companies you would be a fool.

Same with Gabe? Neither are running charities. They made tools that helped enable creators. But always keep in mind that it's money first, and creativity second.

>Epic game store is probably the worst store to exist.

Given all the PC platforms that have come and gone I always find this to be an odd take. EGS makes the grave sin of uhh...

- exclusivity windows which may or may not be permanent (which every store does)

- they don't make features fast enough for the power users

Like... am I missing something here? Or am I just much better versed in what Origin, the Ubi Store, Rockstar's store, and Window's own game store's negative aspects?