this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024
282 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

68244 readers
4062 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Epic chose not to try and compete with Steam on that front

Forget competing, they lack even the basics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What do you consider basic that it's still missing? To be honest I've felt content with it as a game launcher for a while now, but I admittedly don't use it that often either.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For me it's the inability to set my status to "invisible".

It's not that I don't want to game with people, but sometimes I want to practice alone without being bombarded by invites.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Fair enough! I barely use its social side since most of the games I've played on there are singleplayer titles - honestly didn't even know that wasn't there yet!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Remote play together, local network streaming, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I guess our opinions differ, because I don't consider either of those to be "basics". They're nice features for e.g., Steam to have, sure, but they're not "game launcher 101" imo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

That's a fair take. We all have different priorities.

We use in home streaming nearly every day now, so it's a must have for me. Remote play together is critical for certain games as well.