Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down111
arrow-up1273arrow-down1external-linkGearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”arstechnica.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoFor sure, but it’s not really the same functionality. You can play your games, but you can’t buy or redeem any others from Heroic or Lutris.
minus-squareqwerty@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIt has a store page, basically an embedded web browser, I redeem free epic games through it, don’t know about GOG but I’d imagine it works the same.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoIt’s still a third party solution. There’s no reason they couldn’t make a Linux client for Galaxy, and some people want to use the official launchers.
For sure, but it’s not really the same functionality. You can play your games, but you can’t buy or redeem any others from Heroic or Lutris.
It has a store page, basically an embedded web browser, I redeem free epic games through it, don’t know about GOG but I’d imagine it works the same.
It’s still a third party solution. There’s no reason they couldn’t make a Linux client for Galaxy, and some people want to use the official launchers.