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Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal games (www.gamedeveloper.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/games@lemmy.world
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The Unreal series may have been shelved years ago, but Epic is letting its first two installments live on through the Internet Archive.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk -3 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

As much as I like them I don't think you can call them a competitor.

I've seen games that are available on both platforms that sell hundreds of times more copies on Steam simply because of steam's reputation.

A competitor actually has to be able to compete.

[–] szczuroarturo@programming.dev 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Im pretty sure gog is more popular than epic games . Alghtough i might be biased due to my country of origin.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

My experience with GOG is that it is a fringe option, at least in the combined North American (USA+Canada) culture. Plus, the unfortunate reality is that in many cases GOG's principles preclude it from being a genuine competitor to Steam. Insisting on being DRM free means half of released games never go to the platform, so it will always be the secondary "better if" option.

I worry about Steam's functional monopoly on PC game access. It hasn't been an issue so far, because it has remembered that it is, first and foremost, a service, providing consumer protection through a generous refund policy and supporting devs with easy access to simple matchmaking and anti-cheat systems. But without a healthy competitor, it would be easy for Steam to start milking it's users and developers alike.

[–] szczuroarturo@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Im pretty sure gog does have some games with drm.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Really? I thought their whole thing was that they sell DRM-free stuff exclusively