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  • pivot_root@lemmy.world
    51·
    19 hours ago

    If Valve fails, we’ll have so many great alternatives, though!

    • Epic Games Store, with it’s… uh… better fee structure that benefits the publishers.
    • EA’s Origin, with direct access to the exact same Origin website but instead presented through an Electron app.
    • Ubisoft Connect, with the latest access to Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed games and related reskins sold under different IP.
    • Battle.net, with the feature to run partially-downloaded games and stream missing assets in on demand.
    • GOG, with real installers for its games that you can hoard to a hard drive sitting in your closet. (No sarcism. This one isn’t terrible)
    • The Microsoft Store, with its incredible ability to revoke your license for the Notepad.exe program that comes installed with Windows.

    Who needs a forum, mod portal, user reviews, or Linux support anyways?

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Battle.net, with the feature to run partially-downloaded games and stream missing assets in on demand.

      This one is actually a game changer if you play WoW for a bit every few years lol

      Game’s like 100 gigs by now, but you can get started after just a few gigabytes downloaded. Like 5 minutes on even my mediocre 150 mbps downlink.

      In contrast, it used to take me several hours to get into it on a slower connection before this feature.

    • MrQuallzin@lemmy.world
      4·
      18 hours ago

      Battle.net, with the feature to run partially- downloaded games and stream missing assets in on demand.

      This just brought back a wonderful memory of playing original Overwatch and my hard drive failing in the middle of a match. Out of nowhere character models were being replaced with floating blue orbs and sounds were missing, but I could still finish the match with what was loaded into RAM!