Borderlands 3! Another high profile exclusive for the Epic Games Store!
The Borderlands 3 was just announced as another Epic Games store exclusive title (for it's first 6 months) and naturally the flame and runt against EGS was re-heated!
Yes, there are still a lot to hate on the new competitor store (and launcher even), but exclusivity shouldn't be one of them!
Some important features are missing indeed. Reviews or achievements for example do make a big difference for some players. That said, most people seem to forget that Steam's store has been around for over a decade while EGS hasn't reached half a year, yet it's already made a huge impact on the scene, even with the absence of some features.
Add to that the fact that, while still very early to believe that it will stay this way, the games on the Epic store get heaps more exposure than they would ever on Steam and you'll realize that even the reviews feature, is not as important... yet!
As for the Steam file shenanigans, if you give Epic a small benefit of the doubt and don't just roll with the hate wave, you will end up reading that the Steam file "scandal" was that, a scandal.
Sure, they cut some important corners. Yes, they shouldn't have. But if you dive a little deeper and make a more informative search, you will see that what was read from it, was actually what Epic said was read.
On to the actual point I wanted to make here.
We all love to hate exclusivity, because we've felt cheated by it at some point when we were eager for a new release, only to figure out it's only available on a console. The problem with those was that the price was immediately increased in multitude if you didn't already own the according one.
The PC stores war however, poses no such difficulty for the players in the least. Chances are, even if you are a Steam fanboy, you already had at least one more launcher on your PC, be it the Battle.net, Origin, Uplay or even Bethesda's one (and I'm most likely forgetting some important mentions).
In conclusion, I believe that the biggest problem everyone has against Epic Games, is their immense success and has nothing to do with actual reasoning. There are still a ton of things Epic can and needs to improve, but exclusivity hurts absolutely no one, other than it's direct competition!
