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ampersandrew, do games w I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store?
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Typically, when Steam handles the matchmaking, it’s peer to peer. But in general, they also sort of broker the connection between you and the other player or server. Street Fighter 6 runs its own servers and matchmaking, but if Steam cuts out, I lose my connection to them.

ampersandrew, do games w I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store?
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GOG is competitive for my dollar. DRM-free is a compelling proposition, and they’ve got an excellent refund program. There are a lot of things they could stand to do better, but those two things alone give me an actual reason to shop there over Steam.

ampersandrew, do games w I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store?
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It’s a lot of cutting out for about a minute, but that’s just enough to interrupt a fighting game match. If it was once per week at a predictable time, that might be okay, but it’s been happening more and more lately when it used to only be on Tuesdays.

ampersandrew, do games w I'm a console gamer so, Why the hate on the Epic Games Store?
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As a customer, why would I ever shop at Epic if the game is also available on Steam and typically has more features? Epic doesn’t solve any problems for me and actively introduces others, like a lack of Linux support. Do I want to play Alan Wake II? Of course I do. Am I going to buy it when they could push an update tomorrow that breaks compatibility with my operating system and offers me no recourse as a customer since it was unsupported in the first place? No, I’m not.

There are things worth solving that Steam does poorly (if they also support Linux customers). Finding out if my multiplayer game will be playable without external servers is a nightmare; DRM sucks, and I want none of it; Steam’s multiplayer/friends network has more downtime than is acceptable; Steam Input should be a platform agnostic library; etc. Instead of solving those problems, they made the store enticing for suppliers (publishers) but not customers. If I’m shopping someplace other than Steam, it’s GOG and not Epic.

ampersandrew, do games w Obsidian’s Avowed 2025 Roadmap Includes New Abilities, Weapons, New Game Plus, And More
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Are you under the impression that Metal Gear Rising is an Obsidian game?

ampersandrew, do games w Obsidian’s Avowed 2025 Roadmap Includes New Abilities, Weapons, New Game Plus, And More
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Do you think there’s any stopping the industry’s shift to digital at this point? Because we just saw another quarter where we went even harder in that direction.

ampersandrew, do games w Obsidian’s Avowed 2025 Roadmap Includes New Abilities, Weapons, New Game Plus, And More
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Well, playing through the first KC:D now, I can tell you it was rough to go from Avowed’s combat to KC:D’s, but that’s okay, because KC:D has other strengths. When development gets restarted, it’s not because it was shaping up into a better game than what we ended up with.

ampersandrew, do games w Microsoft's Xbox Handheld: Switch-Like Dock and Multi-Platform Support
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Every time you buy a PC, you’re buying a platform that Microsoft couldn’t care less if it sells at all, and that’s all this will be. It will be supported by Microsoft as any other Windows PC, for better or worse.

ampersandrew, do games w Microsoft's Xbox Handheld: Switch-Like Dock and Multi-Platform Support
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Allegedly, it’s an improved Windows experience so you get the compatibility without having to use a desktop operating system on a handheld game machine. So, you get Game Pass and kernel level anti cheat games with a UX similar to the Steam Deck (ish). And besides, “everything is an Xbox”. They don’t care how many of these things sell as long as you’re on Game Pass or buying their games.

ampersandrew, do games w Obsidian’s Avowed 2025 Roadmap Includes New Abilities, Weapons, New Game Plus, And More
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I finished the game already, but the biggest quality of life update is being able to use Soul Pods to dispel illusions so you’re not more or less locked in with Yatzli while exploring in the later Acts. Set your expectations appropriately, and Avowed is a hell of a game, but it’s got more in common with Dark Souls or God of War than it does Fallout: New Vegas or Skyrim.

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ampersandrew, do games w ‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game
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I’m not following your argument. You’re perfectly capable of having the rug pulled out from under you with a native Linux build too.

ampersandrew, (edited ) do games w PlayStation Executive Jade Raymond Leaves Studio She Founded
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Negative hundreds of millions of dollars. But the point still stands that they believed this was a rational way to make a boatload of money. With hindsight, we’re all geniuses, but yes, this was a stupid move.

ampersandrew, do games w Sony considers further price rises, as it braces for £500m tariffs impact
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If they have to compete, which it looks like they will in some capacity, then it’s totally possible.

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