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Epic Games Store August Feature Update - Cloud Saves, Humble Bundle Keyless Integration, and More
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This place lol. It's quite embarrassing how hyperbolic some people are over video game launchers
That's a strong ass update, lot of good stuff in there
I wonder why they held it all for August, though? Was some of this stuff done beforehand and they just held it for end of summer?
I wonder why they held it all for August, though? Was some of this stuff done beforehand and they just held it for end of summer?
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I'm just having fun with the plethora of actual, real comments people make about a harmless game launcher.
Please have some respect for the people who bought Tetris Effect on EGS and literally had their childs murdered for that.
I wonder if this means we'll get a Humble Epic Store Bundle at some point. Humble Store is a bit pointless because Epic Store games are exempt from the discount you get for having Monthly.
I wish PC Gamepass did that, I ahve to dig into windows store to see if a game has paused downloading or just plain vanished if I reset my PC.
What?
People are angry precisely because there are plenty of ways to improve it. It shouldn't have launched in the state it was.
I'd like sources for the people that have said this, given a "plethora" they should be easy to find. Otherwise it's just another run of the mill epic thread strawman nonsense.
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You mean if you hard restart? Do you use the PC Xbox application? If you pause a PC Gamepass download and close the app and shut down your comptuer the download is still there when you started it back up. I did this this morning for Forza.
Hmm, I wish I remembered if I pre-loaded Griftlands or not. I know I downloaded it one day prior to when it was set to release, but I didn't have the time to play, so I'm not sure if they just released the game earlier or they opened it for pre-load. Probably the former.
I just report the posts honestly, not really into tell people why people have a problem with steam for the 1000th time. it comes off as trolling from them really.
Is there much of a point for other stores to do keys? Wouldn't devs get a smaller cut by selling anywhere else?
Am I the only one who doesn't understand why preloading is important? For me it's like RGB lighting. I don't get it.
I mean, good that Epic updated the store but asskissing for Steam?? Other launchers on PC had these features and more presently. Even Nintendo of all companies has some features Epic didn't get but just now for their console.
I'm curious to know if Epic are taking a percentage (perhaps their usual 12%) from these sales, and what if any restrictions they are putting on retailers stocking Epic games.
We know that Valve don't charge anything, and have a broadly laissez faire approach to how developers or publishers can use Steam keys, but we don't know much about how Epic do things. All we know from Epic is that there seems to be some restrictions on discounts etc, far fewer retailers stock Epic store codes, and it looks to me more like retailers deal directly with Epic rather than on Steam where Valve are more hands off.
I'm guessing that the reason that a huge number of other stores exist is because they offer some kind of value to customers and developers/publishers.
Just look at the list of stores that Ubisoft have worked with
A lot of them have a focus on a specific region.
It seems that currently Epic is not supporting any kind of wide range of stores. This stuff they are doing with Humble is good, but it would be beneficial all round if they had a way of supporting a larger number of stores. I'd be interested in any solution that either made their keyless implementation relatively open to other retailers, or one that allowed for free flow of keys similar to what Steam offers. Or both.
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If you don't have great internet, it can take 2-3 days or more to download a game
Preloading helps mitigate that, it's beneficial
They basically listed all the things they did
These two responses one after another are funny
I give litteral 0 fucks about preloading. But yeah downloading 100GB isn't easy for everyone. Calling it like "RGB lighting" is dumb af.
Also preloading exists since 2004 but whatever.
Yes, yes you are.
Edit: even if it's useless to reply to such a post in a serious manner - here we go:
Customer side: preloading helps a lot if you have a slow internet bandwith or data caps
Developer side: you can push small incremental updates until the very last second
Platform side: it helps to split your required traffic if not all customers want to download the game on the exact same minute / hour or day which can easily cause your whole network to come crashing down or lower the overall bandwith that is accessable for each user (aka "slow downloads")
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"Hi, I'm a spoiled buffoon who can't empathise with those less fortunate than me"
It really isn't some brand new feature.
Well no they didn't actually. Humble had to stop using that system because it relied on OAuth, and OAuth had a couple CVEs come out for it so Valve gutted their entire system to an in house system.
So Humble couldn't use the system anymore.
That is just an excuse for someone who wants a fight to begin with, man.
I get it, but it didn't even make it half a page before people had knives out, and this is a thread about software updates.
for ppl with slower dl speeds and data caps, sometimes it helps them plan around.
I've heard ppl talk about strain on servers as well, but afaik most corporation would be using cloud servers that shift depending on demand
someone mentioned to me in a separate thread that the load for dling BL3 on release day wouldn't even compare to the load from just releasing a Fortnite patch
Couple steps forward but a giant step back with the Humble Bundle Keyless "feature". Unless of course they let you choose to get a key which I highly doubt.
Not everyone has super fast Internet and it takes a while to download
Humble has its own mechanism for gifting keys, so it is less of an issue there. It will be a real problem in places without that.
Hah. This is a feature I do not want. Jesus I already know my hobby is an extreme time waster. I don't need a reminder :)
I think it would help if moderators where way more strict with this. EGS has been a hot topic for a while and it's gonna stay like that for the foreseeable future. I mean I see tons of trolling against people with legit concerns, even with some "just another launcher" stuff in this topic alone.
I imagine they have a particular contract with Humble that's separate from their typical contract, when I see the threads for their weekly free games I usually see someone mention that they were previously available in bundles or humble monthlies. but that's just conjecture ofc
It's good that they're continuing to update EGS I guess. But it's not an incredible update by any stretch but better than nothing.
I don't doubt that EGS will eventually become ~competitive with its featureset, but I expect it to take time. It's been six months and this is where we're at.
The user/customer experience has hardly been a priority to Epic.
I don't expect my primary issue of increased pricing to ever disappear.
Borderlands 3 was effectively dropped down to normal Steam key range when it was 20% off on GMG that one time.
I assume that was GMG taking a sizable loss and don't reckon that will be particularly common. Ditto for Epic's sale, which may have been a singular occurrence for all I know.
The user/customer experience has hardly been a priority to Epic.
I don't expect my primary issue of increased pricing to ever disappear.
Borderlands 3 was effectively dropped down to normal Steam key range when it was 20% off on GMG that one time.
I assume that was GMG taking a sizable loss and don't reckon that will be particularly common. Ditto for Epic's sale, which may have been a singular occurrence for all I know.