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Cerebralbore101 on 06 January 2020
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CladInShadows said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

1. EGS has always online DRM, meaning that once the servers for a game go down your game is unplayable. So you are forced to choose between an always online DRM version of a game, or waiting a year for it to finally hit Steam. 

2  Also, it's really inconvenient to have multiple launchers. GoG, or Steam, or I'm not buying your game.

1. Incorrect. EGS does not have an always online DRM.  There's an offline mode, just like steam.  Any DRM is set by the publisher on a per game basis, just like steam.

2. Multiple launchers comes down to personal preference.  GOG 2.0 helps alleviate that.  I find it a small price to pay for the roughly 70 free games they've given me.

1. I got Subnautica for free on EGS. Couldn't play it in offline mode, after being disconnected from the internet for 24-48 hours. My roommate who had the game on Steam could play it in offline mode just fine, after being offline for 48 hours. If it's on a per game basis, then why could my roommate play it on Steam, after a 24-48 hour period of being disconnected, while I couldn't? The same thing goes for Borderlands 3 on consoles. Why isn't there always online DRM for Borderlands 3 on consoles, but you can't play the game in offline mode in the EGS? 

2. Most people prefer having their games on Steam, due to achievements, friends lists, etc. People should be free to buy the game from whatever store they want. If Epic owned their own studios and made first party content exclusively for their store that would be fine. But forcing people to use your store if they want to play a 3rd party multiplat on PC is just stupid. 

Edit: Anyway having multiple stores, and having to navigate DRM policies or EULAs hurts PC gaming overall. Things were much better when everything was on Steam and those other stores were purely optional.

Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 06 January 2020