I'd rather support some other dev with a purchase than pirate a game but i get why people would turn to it and it sucks that it seems to be on the rise thanks to Epic.
Yeah. That's one of the things I don't fully understand regarding people's reaction to the EGS.
There are so many other games, and developers around.
A game is exclusive to the EGS, and you don't want to support it? Buy something else.
I still believe people spend too much time, and give too much free publicity, to the games that are turning to exclusivity, while not giving any time to other developers and games, who don't pull this crap.
Some of these games, if they weren't exclusive, most people wouldn't even talk about them.
I'm not talking about the big ones, of course. But a few of the indie titles, if they launched on Steam, probably no one would talk about them.
Why this fixation with shitty practices, and shitty developers/publishers?
Instead of spending my time focusing on these, getting irritated or making negative remarks, I much prefer to spend my time, and money, on any of the many titles launching daily elsewhere, who don't pull this crap.
Recently, this thread was on page 4 of the forums. It was a week or more since anyone posted on it.
And frequently, it's like that.
Then, a game is announced as exclusive, and there's pages of people complaining and complaining.
You know what: that's free publicity, and visibility, to these games. Don't give them what they want.
Why not support good practices instead?