That’s fair. I view it as just business. It certainly doesn’t affect me or any c...

therouwboat · on Nov 7, 2023

It does affect some consumers, without valve and proton, I would probably not be playing many games.

zirgs · on Nov 8, 2023

Proton works for non-steam games too.

scbrg · on Nov 8, 2023

> It certainly doesn’t affect me or any consumer.

  $ ./EpicInstaller-15.17.1.msi 
  bash: ./EpicInstaller-15.17.1.msi: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

Turns out Epic doesn't work on my platform of choice. Apparently it does affect me. Certainly.

eddythompson80 · on Nov 8, 2023

Neither does steam on my opened router. This is a nonsensical argument.

scbrg · on Nov 9, 2023

No it isn't. I can play lots of games on my machine. I can't play, specifically, Alan Wake 2, since it's unavailable for purchase either standalone or an a platform that supports Linux.

Of course it's their choice where to release it, but saying, specifically, that it doesn't affect any consumer is just plain wrong.

rstat1 · on Nov 7, 2023

It does effect you. Its a reduction of choice that benefits no one.

And since there's a vastly bigger audience on Steam vs the Epic Store, I don't really think that split matters as much as people would have you believe.