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I recently learned that you get free games with prime. I even got a decent title via that way, I believe. I wouldn’t know where to look it up though…
!freegames@feddit.uk is a great community to get notified. I've grabbed a couple thanks to posts from there.
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I do like steam
Valve can make some good calls, but do you guys -really- think enshittification is not coming for it ever? It's just a matter of time.
Valve is Augustus Caesar. A benevolent dictator that did much to improve the quality of life of his citizens, but still a dictator. They've centralized control over the PC gaming sphere and brought tons of legitimate improvements to the hobby. Now they have no legitimate competitors. Epic Games is a mosquito bite, Prime Gaming is nothing, GOG is the closest thing and even they're miles behind.
It only took a couple of generations to go from Augustus to Nero. I do not anticipate good things once Gaben retires/dies.
When Gabe dies, sure, enshittification will happen. In the meanwhile, enjoy Steam for what it is for now, but prepare with contingencies.
Who would've imagined given your disaster apps like the Appstore and your shitty "free app" giveaways. Even the FAQs you posted after shutting down the service were purposely vague and irresolute.
Of course I will consume digital products from you again! Said fucking no one.
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Do nothing. Win.
You can see why Amazon's efforts suck just by using it. That isn't to say I defend Steam, or Epic, or GOG, or UPlay, or Origin, or Battle.net, or Microsoft Store because they all suck. They suck for existing as separate things that all do the same thing but each eating 500Mb of space on my computer.
The ideal situation would be a federated platform where everyone shares a single sign on, everyone shares the same update, backup & restore mechanisms, everyone can join the same lobbies and matchmaking. But that's too sensible.
Or they stop trying to lock people in with exclusive games and instead attempt to actually compete by the quality of the service. I know it will never happen but I can dream.
I'll take all the free Amazon and Epic games. I've never bought a game from either one but they are 95% of my collection.
correction you never bought from epic, you've paid 15 a month for amazons.
nothings ever free if there's a subscription fee
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