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Nothing more disappointing to me than seeing a game I might enjoy... and then it's only available on PC on Epic Games store. Why can't it be available on Epic, Xbox game store and Steam? It's so annoying, like you have no choice but to use Epic... which I would literally do ANYTHING not to use.

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Two games I anticipated came out on Steam only, so I asked the developers if they planned to sell on alternative platforms and they did, but considering the game isn't full done yet (they released it in Early Access) Initially I was annoyed, but after their response (they want to focus their effort on the game before adding the extra burden of managing multiple update channels) I understand why they did, on top of being a small team.

I decided to wait for one (came out on GOG on v1.0) and for the second one I decided to buy it on Steam right away since there's still a lot of work left.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Do epic and gog even have early access avenues?

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gog does. The game manor lords is in early access on gog.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/manor_lords

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

GoG does, dunno about Epic.