i think the competition would be good for consumers and devs, but i think they're going to have a really tough time establishing any kind of foothold. valve knows that too

never will

people wont trust a game on epic only..... no reviews

and it's epic

and it's their own launcher

you know if discord makes some big moves and smart changes they have a decent position to set up as a distributer

but they wont

that's not a the biggest problem since you can google reviews (including the steam reviews) but yeah it's part of the polish and the extra stuff which adds value to the store front that new ones don't have.

already fed up with the deviation on launch platforms as it is

maybe discord could, better not though

not with something so intertwined with politics

i refuse to buy through discord

fuck them

fuck that, buy a game on discord, get yeeted, no game?

exactly

do discord even act politically?

new ones are just selling games but they're missing the social aspects and a lot of the trust. discord has the social stuff but who knows what their policies are. with steam i know where i stand

i got yeeted for posting donut earth in flat earth discord server

idk they yeeted us.

fuck discord

tbf maybe rightly lol

i know i can get a game refunded if the played time is under a few hours. i don't think epic even offers refunds atm

well obv the ToS would change if they became a distributer

oh they do now lol

idk I just don't bother

They banned a bunch of political servers a while back

they just ripped the steam refund policy

Epic does offer refunds to a degree

no guarantee of that ruger

until they stick it down

literally posted y/day

Steam has 2 hours played and 2 week limit

there ya go

dam u tencent

well they already sell games and the tos hasn't changed

So You're fucked if you pre-purchase a shite game

btw this is no fucking different to how most digital distro's did it back in the day

well, good ones

pro tip if someone wants to play a quick/short multiplayer game that you aint gonna play again: buy it, then refund it the same day you stop playing

i've done that a load and they've never refused it lol