>Announced on March 14, the Trello board shows a large list of features that are coming to the Epic Games Store. These features will hit the store in waves, with some features being 1 or 3 months away and other features coming in 6 or more months.
>The first new features that Epic plans on adding in the next few months include the ability to search by genre, a store page redesign, improved DLC support, and cloud saves. Coming later in the next 4 to 6 months, Epic wants to add user reviews, wishlists, additional currencies, play time tracking, and an overlay.
>Beyond 6 months, Epic is planning on adding achievements, a shopping cart, automated refunds, and gifting games to other users.
real talk, have there been any developments since tim sweeny's first reddit response to the illlegal collection of steam data? or is "we swear we are only collecting friends and not sending anything to headquarters until you give permission" still where we're at? has media picked up on the story? rumors of lawsuits yet?
It almost feels like they were pressured by circumstances to do this, rather than organically committing to this, because of this was an organic decision then surely we would have had something like this much sooner. Also, the fact that some of these are being paraded as achievements of progress rather than missing features that should have been there in the beginning is just sad. But at least they are trying, better than just perpetually dripping one or two features at a time.
William Phillips
no shit. tim is on record saying that the feature lacking store was perfect as is.
Angel Perry
>Shopping cart 6+ months >Wishlists 4-6 months
Shouldn''t these be super easy to implement? Why are they medium and longterm goals?
Charles Lopez
FREE TIBET
Adrian Miller
they have other more important stuff to focus on right now
Juan Williams
Fuck off chang, nobody buys your plebbit tier deflection.
Jonathan Walker
>link >3 paragraphs >gay tag line Exact same format as those posts from that shill that has posted 200 of these threads since December. Still not installing your shitty spyware, chinky.
Gabriel Anderson
Stop fucking linking kotaku you asswipe.
Benjamin Carter
lmao so now we have early access stores as well as early access games. No thanks botnet.
Noah Gray
>Mid Term (4 - 6 months) >User Reviews OH WHAT'S THAT, I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T NEED USER REVIEWS BECAUSE THEY HURT THE DEVELOPER'S FEELINGS
Hey noobcakes, you’ve posted enough threads that you should know to pastebin kotaku.
Jace Johnson
>Why would they ship without this shit lmao same reason all other stores ship without every feature that Steam has you underage smoothbrain. They take dev time to develop, and dev time costs money. you want to ship without the non-essential features first so you can start getting users and money. > Also they're still gonna pay people to be on Epic exclusively they're not paying people in the way you think they are. they're called minimum sales quota deals. they are helping the devs, and it is actually an investment by Epic.
Elijah Rivera
Is there a reason to like the Epic Store other than zoomer Fortnite-induced stockholm syndrome and holding certain games hostage?
Dominic Cook
In light of recent events, I feel pretty vindicated about not liking this ChiCom bullshit launcher from the get go. 下げる
Andrew Ramirez
As long as Tencent or any Chinese shit is involved, no.
Fuck off.
William Nelson
at this point posting "chink", "chang", "bugman"/"bugmen", and "tiannamen" should be instant bans
>they're not paying people in the way you think they are. they're called minimum sales quota deals. they are helping the devs, and it is actually an investment by Epic. They're giving them a big pile of money then saying "any sales you make up until this number we take 100% of the money" so they are paying people in the way people think and they're not helping anyone since there is no residual income, once the pile is gone they're shit out of luck until/unless the games sell really well.
Justin Nelson
If you were familiar with Epic before the whole Metro thing then yeah you probably would've rooted for the Epic store because Epic was a good company. The exclusivity deals are also a shitty reason to also not like it, besides the metro exodus one because they literally ripped it off steam. Now after it being found out that they are illegally collecting every bit of your steam data without your permission no one should be able to like it though.
Jordan Roberts
not enough games to fill all popular genres
Landon Barnes
>they're not paying people in the way you think they are. they're called minimum sales quota deals.
Everyone knows what they're doing to pay out to devs. That's still a a fat sack of cash to devs for exclusivity (and usually it's to games that are almost done so they barely help development). An actual 'investment' by Epic would be them buying devs and actually taking the risk of completely funding new games
Joseph Wilson
sorry your internet is censored so much winnie the pooh
Ethan Bennett
leave winnie the pooh
Mason James
>literally censoring it tibet winnie the pooh etc
Alexander Miller
Free Tibet
Justin Thomas
>They're giving them a big pile of money then saying "any sales you make up until this number we take 100% of the money" learn how to speak english you retard. a minimum sales deal means that if the game's sales don't pass a minimum number of units then Epic will make up the difference in revenue. And yes, this is helping the devs. the devs are taking these deals because they project a decent chance that their game will flop hard. taking epics deal means that they have at least a safety net. if they do sell well and Epic doesn't have to pay anything that doesn't mean Epic didn't help out. Epic helped hedge against the unpredictable future and provide the devs with some security.
Hope you get filtered off by your communist surveillance state, Chink.
Zachary Lewis
oh, cool, it's nice to see Epic adding features to their store. Now then, when are they going to remove the feature where they try to steal my passwords/personal information/etc.
Angel Sanders
>learn how to speak english you retard. Are you fucking retarded or something? >if they do sell well and Epic doesn't have to pay anything that doesn't mean Epic didn't help out. That's exactly what that means you numbnuts.
William Russell
so is anyone going to answer my legitimate, non-shitpost question or is all Yea Forums can do is post "hurr chinaman" even though my question is against Epic?
Logan Ortiz
U WANT PREY GAEM
Justin Collins
>nothing but basic features >Six fucking months
How embarrassing.
Adrian Jones
You asked four questions chingchong-user.
Carson Gomez
nice damage control
Jaxson Cruz
no im not retarded >any sales you make up until this number we take 100% of the money this phrase makes 0 sense. this is why this is an 18+ board you underage faggot >That's exactly what that means you numbnuts. again, 18+ board. thats basic business.
Jonathan Moore
Don't pretend that it dindn't take a trillion years for Steam to add features.
Christopher Anderson
>a minimum sales deal means that if the game's sales don't pass a minimum number of units then Epic will make up the difference in revenue. That's exactly what he said you retard
Kayden Morales
Why couldn't the Ebin Game Store launch with all these features to begin with? You'd think that competing with Steam being their primary goal, they'd want to at least be on the same level with what they're up against.
I didn't know that adding more controller support, Proton, allowing Steam Link to work anywhere in the world (not just locally) and a new network API to allow devs to run dedicated servers weren't features
Jacob Peterson
China already blocks Yea Forums you fucking retard, the only Chinese who could possibly be posting here are evading that block or not in China. All you do with posts like these is shit up Yea Forums, you're not ejecting anyone.
>this phrase makes 0 sense "This number" is the minimum sales quota figure that'd be different for every deal, if they've paid you up front (which they have it's how the deal works) then you get no revenue for the copies you've sold that they've guaranteed since you've already gotten that money. Are you legitimately retarded or do you not know how the deal you're defending actually functions?
>thats basic business Do you not understand that if they take a huge chunk of money to finish a game forfeiting the bulk of the game's profits that there is no sustainable way the devs can make another game, so either they get stuck on Epic welfare for the rest of their lives which is unlikely, or they can't make any more games. How does this help a developer?
For multiplayer games Steam has some nice services that Epic isn't even close to replicating.
Connor Cox
Still not gonna use it. I dislike Chinese spyware that has actual proof that Tim Sweeney is a lying faggot and went ahead and scraped everything
Dominic Lee
Remember, since Epic compensates devs if they don't make sales, piracy is morally justified since not only do you not get chinese spyware, but Epic also foots your bill
Luke Martin
It also took a huge amount of work for steam to build trust.
Because they’re retards who aren’t trying to compete by satisfying the consumers. They clearly don’t recognize that steam isn’t their biggest competitor.
explain why it digs through a private steam file instead of using its api, dickhead.
Connor Fisher
They're an opt in review system for the publishers. Ie completely worthless.
Isaiah Green
It doesn't even matter. Lets say it's not blocked, lets say the filter exists, with how often you mongs attempt to trigger said filter, why the fuck wouldn't they just block this site? China has blocked things for less.
Jonathan Davis
I keep seeing this image posted with a defense of Epic. I am convinced there are definitely shills in addition to the usual shitposters
Asher Baker
>Now can Yea Forums stop crying? Who would even buy from Epic store if there's already so many other stores? Personally, I hate that Epic is trying to force it on us by getting exclusive with games but fuck it, I can wait a year for a mediocre game.
Angel Kelly
So what? Steam actually had to conceptualize those tools in the first place. Epic on the other hand is going to take ages in a glorified copy-paste operation.
Elijah Brown
So I'm completely justified pirating since Epic Games paid for my copy. Based Tim
Hunter Parker
i guess the roadmap doesnt include removing the spyware
Ryder Johnson
>Damage control on Yea Forums
Fuck off chinese garbage, go to play Diablo Immortal or something
Yes, if anything it's morally correct to pirate them as a means to lower the GDP of China and help free Tibet. If you buy Epic exclusives you're helping subjugate Tibet, you wouldn't want to do that right?
Easton Cook
>they get stuck on Epic welfare for the rest of their lives which is unlikely the fuck? you have no idea what you're talking about. They aren't stuck with Epic. their deal only is restricted to this one game. Yes, even with Epic making up the difference, if their game flops then they will have a hard time funding another game, they will be better off than if they didn't get any of epics money. i don't see how you can be so retarded. >forfeiting the bulk of the game's profits the fuck is this supposed to mean? they aren't forfeiting any money.
Jordan Campbell
i didn't say it didn't do that did i dumb esl-kun. That shitpost image doesn't show EpicGamesLauncher digging through your steam folder. it just shows EpicGamesLauncher being a normal piece of software
Jacob Reyes
I asked one question, "are there any developments?" and then specified with some examples of developments im looking for.
Jackson Adams
EL CHINO PUTO JAJAJA
Jason Martinez
>Epic store competition was meant to make Steam better >The only store improving is Epic Store to get on Steam level of service So before i can see some actual competition i need to wait another years? Nice
>Launch store with far less features than your main competitor ensuring you'll have to play catch up with them >Make big moves against them anyway what the fuck where they thinking? why not slowly build up your storefront to a respectable level before pulling risky shit? were they worried people would forget they exist once Fortnite stops being so popular? It's like a kid goes into PvP at a low level in an MMO, gets upset that he gets his ass kicked and then spends real money on powerful gear to compensate while he slowly levels to where he should be >RED BAD BLUE GOOD you did this a few threads back shill, you got blown the fuck out then too
Jose Brown
>i got blown the fuck out you wish dumb shitposter. the only responses I ever get are "hurr chang"
Jason Lopez
Half of this shit the should have been in the initial launch in the first place. But at the end of the day it's still Chinese spyware
Jacob Powell
Third party APIs change constantly and you have no control over them. Steam's config files, on the other hand, haven't changed in years.
Epic Games Launcher reads every steam file you have though and parses every bit of into a binary format though.
Jeremiah Parker
well said comrade, i love censorship as well. Fuck those democratic values their rotten society is based on, we will prevail Now excuse me i have a funeral to attend, my son died in an escalator accident last week
Lincoln Morris
Based
Andrew Taylor
And why exactly does the Epic Game Store scrape a fuckton more data than your friends list, including games played data and wishlists? How convenient that data like that would be useful for Epic trying to determine how best to fuck over Steam to poach its users
Parker Flores
Tim Sweeney thinks Steam only carries and sells Valve games, and that Epic is the first store to carry games from multiple publishers.
I wouldn't trust anything that comes from his deluded head.
Kevin James
>deleted like console wars. lol
Colton Cooper
>including games played data and wishlists what the fuck doesn't do this?
Juan Barnes
去你妈的 shill.
Levi Barnes
I'm pretty sure no other programs on my computer scrape Steam's data. Also Epic's own claims are that the data scrape it only for use when linking friends lists
Weird how a company releases some random PR drivel that they couldve done when they launched but instead waiting until they needed to bury some unsavory news about their product, next theyll be saying their product has come out as a homosexual man. tienanmen square poohs leave
Charles Powell
Instead of using Steam's invasive APIs that could lead to holes in the software and lead to unnecessary security leaks Epic is using a safer method of collecting your data that steam carelessly leaves lying around. on your computer that protects the consumer.
Asher Harris
is this Epic's official response or is this what you shills have come up with? either way lmao
Adrian Lopez
tfw just gonna buy all my games full price on steam now to spite the chinks
>achievements being 8 months away hahaha ohnono, They clearly don't know their audience, They should've launched with that shit.
Henry Sanchez
Tim said he doesn't want to user the api because it's a security risk. But he also thinks steam only carries valve games, so who knows what the fuck he thinks he's talking about.
Julian Wright
Is that live footage of Dante fighting aliens in the new dmc?
Thomas Moore
>No reviews >No voice chat >No community forums >No workshop >No screenshot sharing >No wishlist >No game tags >No discovery queue >No one-click online streaming >No h-games >No music category >No software category >No video category >No linux support >No mac support >No regional pricing >No payment option variety >No marketplace >No trading cards >No trading >No user profile customization >No achievements >No controller support >No family sharing >No overlay with browser >No client skinning support >No controller-friendly mode >No local network gameplay streaming >No cloud saves >No backup feature >No adding third party games to your list >No third party key registration >No reason to use Epic Store
calm dawn Ying Pink Chong, almost no threads on this board are actually about vidya If you want vidya go to page 10 and try to bump up some of that shit
Andrew Barnes
escalator references are always the best. where are the elevator references though?
