Wunderbar
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It was so convenient the devs got lazy and stopped bothering.Do devs not run their own servers anymore? Is all of their networking shit through Steam somehow?
It was so convenient the devs got lazy and stopped bothering.Do devs not run their own servers anymore? Is all of their networking shit through Steam somehow?
This just increases the odd developers won't be making their own online "shit" and just slapping EGS online shit in their games on all storefronts Steam, EA's, Microsoft's, et cetera. Enjoy the ever increasing Chinese spyware presence.Forcing devs to make their online shit work across multiple stores is incline, but how did we get to a point that it wasn't already like this? Do devs not run their own servers anymore? Is all of their networking shit through Steam somehow? I don't get it.
This sounds like concern trolling to meThis just increases the odd developers won't be making their own online "shit" and just slapping EGS online shit in their games on all storefronts Steam, EA's, Microsoft's, et cetera. Enjoy the ever increasing Chinese spyware presence.Forcing devs to make their online shit work across multiple stores is incline, but how did we get to a point that it wasn't already like this? Do devs not run their own servers anymore? Is all of their networking shit through Steam somehow? I don't get it.
Steamworks is the de facto standard plug-and-play solution and works extremely well for Steam users exclusively but cross store/cross platform connectivity either requires a proprietary solution (often screwing alternative PC stores in the process) or Epic Online Services which handles everything Steamworks' multiplayer components do in addition to cross store/cross platform support. I can't even get mad about EOS being used in Steam games because they're providing something that Valve doesn't and seems to have no intention of ever doing. That's valid competition.Forcing devs to make their online shit work across multiple stores is incline, but how did we get to a point that it wasn't already like this? Do devs not run their own servers anymore? Is all of their networking shit through Steam somehow? I don't get it.
calls out Valve
I've amassed quite a few titles myself, some even worth trying (probably). Not enough to bankrupt them though.Am i the only one who gets all the free stuff but never install anything, just hoping handing out all this free shit will eventually starve them out? Lmao.
They almost had me by giving Nioh complete away, almost, but not quite. Still holding on not installing and playing anything on the Epic store, going strong for two years since a friend of mine tipped me off about all the free games shit, as i had no idea it was even happening.
Most devs don't even implement a proper controller api and rely on steam to do the job.Forcing devs to make their online shit work across multiple stores is incline, but how did we get to a point that it wasn't already like this? Do devs not run their own servers anymore? Is all of their networking shit through Steam somehow? I don't get it.
That's me lol. I've even got the thread where I got both of those from still open.Thanks to whoever saved some of this crap because I definitely couldn't find it when I went looking a couple years ago.
Reminds me of EA apologists defending the decision to shut down Visceral simply because Dead Space didn't sell as well as EA's sports games (and claiming it "wasn't profitable" when by budget and sales it clearly made back more money than it cost to make, aka there was a net profit).You all know Tim Sweeney's a dick now but did you know that he was always a dick?
That took a while to find buried in Google Groups' usenet archives, the original's gone completely. I stumbled across a repost by sheer luck.
Take note of the date: 24th of May, 2000. This was written and posted on the literal day Looking Glass went out of business. The staff were still at the office, drinking beers and clearing out their desks as he was writing this.
May the gods bless this fella with many such games.Lincoln Wichhurst Is your game on Steam??