inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoEpic Games unveils Launcher V2 in re-attempt to topple Steam, says redesigned storefront is up to 6.5x faster — promises player profiles, user reviews, universal controller support, and much morewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEpic Games unveils Launcher V2 in re-attempt to topple Steam, says redesigned storefront is up to 6.5x faster — promises player profiles, user reviews, universal controller support, and much morewww.tomshardware.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square92linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareRamRabbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYeah, GOG is at least offering DRM-free games. That gives them one big plus over Steam and is why I maintain a library on both. On the other hand, I can’t name a single thing Epic does better than Steam and GOG.
minus-squareErr(()).unwrap()@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAt the cost of having to play them through the Epic Launcher? Nah, too rich for me, boss.
minus-squareMagnificentSteiner@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoMany games are DRM free on Steam too. Cyberpunk 2077 for example. The Steam DRM is at the publisher/developer’s discretion, not Steam’s. Steam DRM itself is also trivially bypassed which is surely intended.
minus-squareLemmyEntertainYou@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoFWIW a lot of games on Steam are also entirely DRM-free it’s just not overly obvious without checking on PCGamingWiki.
Yeah, GOG is at least offering DRM-free games. That gives them one big plus over Steam and is why I maintain a library on both.
On the other hand, I can’t name a single thing Epic does better than Steam and GOG.
Free games
At the cost of having to play them through the Epic Launcher? Nah, too rich for me, boss.
Many games are DRM free on Steam too. Cyberpunk 2077 for example. The Steam DRM is at the publisher/developer’s discretion, not Steam’s.
Steam DRM itself is also trivially bypassed which is surely intended.
FWIW a lot of games on Steam are also entirely DRM-free it’s just not overly obvious without checking on PCGamingWiki.