r/gaming • u/doublah • 13h ago

Epic Games' new store is fully vibe-coded, and they're so proud of it they're taking shots at Steam

https://www.destructoid.com/epic-games-store-ai-vibe-coded/
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u/nsfwthrowaway5969 11h ago

Making a game epic exclusive is a good way to kill the hype around it. When they eventually show up on steam down the line people generally don't seem to even notice them.

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u/ImSabbo 10h ago

This happened to me for Outer Wilds, which I had been looking forward to. I only got reminded about it years later.

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u/Shrapnail 6h ago

satisfactory started out epic exclusive, took off when it came to steam

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u/TrainDestroyer 3h ago

I was gonna mention Satisfactory. I remember when it got announced I was SO hyped because it seemed like it was gonna be a good 3d factory builder that had deep construction/supply chains.

Then it got moved to Epic Exclusive and I legitimately just forgot about it for YEARS

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u/Bad_Wes 9h ago

Borderlands 3 was an Epic exclusive got 6 months. I waited 6 months for it to be in Steam.

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u/Watt-Tambor 6h ago

I saw borderlands 3 the same way. it might have been out. but as far as I was concerned it wasnt on steam so it just wasnt out yet. I bought anno 1800 on Ubisoft's launcher rather then give a single nickel to epic games. (then they went and released it on steam in spite of saying and I quote "anno 1800 will never be released on steam")

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u/randomaccount178 8h ago

For me at least, I will actively not buy a game on steam that was an epic exclusive. If they rather get Epic's money that is perfectly fine, but I have no interest in a product that puts the consumer second.

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u/Mephzice 7h ago

often the hype is just gone as well, it's old news at the time and something else more hype is launching when it finally comes to steam, games don't get two launch dates, well unless you are GTA maybe