While Steam is by no means perfect, and can be a bloated, dated looking mess sometimes… it’s nearly 18 years old. I wouldn’t mind other launchers so much if they weren’t absolutely atrocious in their design philosophy.
EPIC GAME STORE HATE SOFTWARE
You can still play it on PC, so what does it matter if it’s on Steam or Epic?”įirst, let’s talk about platform features and software design.
Some of you will say, “well a launcher is just a launcher. I feel the same way about gaming platforms, and especially those which are available on PC. I’m paying for one or two at most–and then I will find the shows and movies that are otherwise unavailable, via other means–or just not watch them. I’m certainly not paying for 6 or more subscription services. Even in a big city, you rarely get more than 2 or 3 options that are worth anything.īeen a while since I’ve made a good South Park reference. It’s expensive, riddled with advertising, and sectioned off into “packages” which very intentionally kill consumer choice, because we really have no options when it comes to service providers.
EPIC GAME STORE HATE TV
This is why millennials and younger generations ditched TV in the first place. This is exactly what we were trying to avoid. What was once a $8/month sub, has become $80-100/month, which is basically what we were paying for cable in the before times. Most of these have exclusive content which was at one point, (or even still, depending on what country you’re in) on Netflix.
When before, you just had Neflix and Hulu, now there’s also Amazon Prime, HBOMax, Disney+, CBS All Access, CRAVE, Crunchyroll, and a host of others. Music remains fairly available across most platforms, but movies and TV shows are being more and more sectioned off as they were when they were on cable and network television. Yet, as we’re all well aware, these days it’s become less simple, at least for film and TV. Plus, now I’m at least giving something back to the artists. Suddenly, I can buy any song for $0.99, or just pay a monthly subscription and get a huge library of content that I can access anywhere at any time. So when iTunes, Netflix and Spotify came along… it was a breath of fresh air.
EPIC GAME STORE HATE DOWNLOAD
Hard to beat that kind of value.īut as some of us will remember, quality was often lacking, and there was always a risk you might download something illicit, or harmful to your computer. Not only did it change the price of a $20 CD or DVD to free, but it also made it incredibly easy to find anything you were looking for. (More so the music industry, but that’s not particularly relevant). Napster and other early file share programs were credited with killing both the film and music industry. Get ready for a long rant about why exclusivity is bad.įirst, let’s talk a bit about film and music.īack in the late 90s and early 00s, digital piracy was all the rage. I wasn’t going to go in on this today, but fuck it, we’re here, so let’s do this. I know, I may have already lost some of my audience due to my language, or because I might be coming across as a Steam fanboy (I am, a little), but just hear me out: exclusivity on a platform that should and can be open (like PC) is a cancer that burdens the consumer with less choice, more complication and ultimately, encourages piracy.
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