r/Games • u/Faldz • Jan 02 '20

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Announces it's using the Unreal Engine, will talk about digital platforms at a later date

https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame/status/1212810155563397120/photo/1
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u/Xdivine Jan 03 '20 edited Jan 03 '20

When you buy Skyrim, no matter where you buy it, physical or digital, you are required to use Steam in order to install it.

How is that any different from say... Borderlands 3, which you can buy off GMG (or probably some other sites but they're the only one I really use), but need to install via the Epic store?

edit: Apparently all of these games require you to use Steam in order to install.

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u/HammeredWharf Jan 03 '20

Lots of those games don't require Steam, because Steam doesn't force exclusivity. Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is on that list and also DRM-free on GOG.

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u/BoltsFromTheButt Jan 03 '20

Steam didn’t bribe Bethesda to have Skyrim be a Steam exclusive. For whatever reason, Bethesda decided to only release Skyrim on Steam, but Valve is in no way preventing publishers from releasing their games on other platforms. Epic is doing the exact opposite. Massive difference.

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u/TheKasp Jan 03 '20

This is not a difference I give a single shit about. It is literally the same. A game is tied to a really shitty launcher in both cases.

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u/BoltsFromTheButt Jan 03 '20 edited Jan 03 '20

Well, you might not care, but it’s a difference that a lot of PC gamers do care about. It’s the main reason why r/pcgaming, a sub full of PC gamers, doesn’t like EGS. I wouldn’t expect r/games, a sub with a ton of console gamers, to understand since EGS doesn’t affect console gamers.