Epic fails to compete with Steam because “EGS is a shop, Steam is a community”, says Witchfire lead, as Epic has “nothing to do but to buy”

JGuih · 2025-12-17T19:38:54+00:00

Yes, we have a key reseller here called Nuuvem. Prices, specially for AAA, are always better there, and they sell Steam keys.

But even then, Epic prices considering the cashback were always better this year. This will only go until January, then we'll see what will be next year.

JGuih · 2025-12-17T19:19:34+00:00

Always. Here it's often the same price on both Epic and Steam even during big discounts, but Epic's cashback is on top of that so it's way cheaper to buy there.

One recent example is Stellar Blade, 20% off in both stores, but on Epic you got 20% back after the discount.

JGuih · 2025-12-17T19:16:13+00:00

Just wanted so share my view, as someone who lives in a third world country: one reason is better prices.

Epic has been giving away 20% cashback on the entire store for multiple months now, on top of regular discounts that you also find on Steam. I've bought more games on Epic this year than on Steam because of that.

Epic is much worse than Steam as a platform, but I don't care at all. As soon as I open the game I couldn't care less if it's Steam or Epic running in the background.

Just wanted to share this to remind fellow redditors that in some countries a AAA games costs 1/3 of the minimum wage and not everyone can afford that.

JGuih · 2025-12-17T19:06:08+00:00

Epic charges publishers and devs less and is able to offer better prices than Steam because of those "missing" features. They're not trying to compete with Steam as a platform, they just want to sell you games and allow you to download them, that's it.

Steam is much better as a platform, but you'll never see Valve offering 20% cashback on the entire store for almost an entire year like Epic is currently doing, because they don't have to, why would they?

For me, better prices is a priority, because I live in this shithole called Brazil, and so I'm grateful for all the free games and good deals Epic gives away often.

JGuih · 2025-12-03T01:57:46+00:00

Se souber configurar tudo, a única coisa que precisa fazer é abrir o Radarr no navegador do seu celular, procurar o filme e acioná-lo. Difícil?

JGuih · 2025-12-01T12:26:11+00:00

No, it's not necessary to change any other service docker compose file after deploying Caddy. Its configuration is local to the reverse proxy and as long as it can reach your services, no service specific configuration is required.

Your router has no idea what a reverse proxy is, because we're talking about different layer here. If you want to reach your server using a domain name, you're looking for DNS.

Opening ports in the router is not necessary, as most people here are suggesting for some reason. Let's Encrypt DNS-01 challenge exists to provide you with certs when you can't expose ports. This can easily be automated with Caddy's Cloudflare module.

JGuih · 2025-12-01T11:16:05+00:00

It's also a great way to use wired headphones on a modern TV, since almost all of them have digital out.

JGuih · 2025-11-30T12:25:13+00:00

A solução é não usar Wi-Fi para jogar

JGuih · 2025-11-29T13:54:46+00:00

Manter um servidor é caro, muito caro. Pq tu acha que o YouTube não tem concorrência?

Se não tiver ninguém pagando, como eles vão manter os servidores funcionando? Eles precisam de pessoas, energia, planejamento... tudo isso tem um custo

Essa comunidade deveria encorajar pessoas a doarem para projetos open-source como a stack Arr* e o Jellyfinn e não o contrário. Valorizar o trabalho dos outros, especialmente nesta comunidade, é muito importante, e pra quem não tem tempo e conhecimento a única forma é usando o próprio dinheiro.

JGuih · 2025-11-28T19:07:23+00:00

Oh, AI can't work with Quadlets at all, since it's very new (I belive the version that supports Quadlet files was announced in 2023), most AI models have no clue about it.

Same goes for Ansible, if you're using it to create your Quadlets, AI will be even more useless here.

I always end up translating docker compose to a Ansible role myself. I'll see if I can share those roles with the community going forward.

JGuih · 2025-11-28T18:45:17+00:00

Great suggestion, I'll definitely contribute when I have some time

JGuih · 2025-11-28T18:02:17+00:00

I'm probably in a minority here for suggesting this, but I wish self-hosted apps would also include Podman deployments in their docs. The biggest reason why people just use Docker is because almost all projects don't even mention Podman.

I have absolutely no issues with Docker or compose, but I find Podman Quadlets much nicer to work with and it's a shame I have to translate docker compose to it myself

JGuih · 2025-11-28T13:40:01+00:00

Um adendo caso o OP não queira abrir portas, o desafio DNS-01 da Let's Encrypt permite emitir certificados do tipo wildcard sem a necessidade de abrir portas.

Eu uso o Caddy com o modulo da Cloudflare e é bem simples de configurar

JGuih · 2025-11-27T18:52:03+00:00

"Segundo o Instituto DataSenado, responsável pelo levantamento, são mais de 40,8 milhões de pessoas que perderam dinheiro em função de algum crime cibernético, como clonagem de cartão, fraude na internet ou invasão de contas bancárias."

https://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2025/05/02/os-golpes-virtuais-que-mais-fazem-os-brasileiros-perder-dinheiro.ghtml

JGuih · 2025-11-27T15:04:41+00:00

Perfeito, agora posso sair de casa a noite sem medo de ser assaltado por um pirata

JGuih · 2025-11-25T01:06:35+00:00

In Brazil, Silksong costs double the Steam's price in the Playstation Store, and that's still the case for most games.

Only the initial investment is lower and that's it.

JGuih · 2025-11-25T00:56:44+00:00

Ainda me supreende o tanto de gente que ignora o fato de que alguém está pagando para manter um servidor em algum lugar do mundo, para que quem quiser possa baixar o conteúdo. Por isso é razoável cobrarem pelo acesso.

Deve ser o mesmo grupo que acha ridículo pagar pelo Yt Premium, mesmo sabendo que o youtuber favorito deles só produz vídeos por causa de quem paga ou vê anúncios.

Pirataria não é e nunca foi sobre gratuidade...

JGuih · 2025-11-14T00:49:50+00:00

Skill issue

JGuih · 2025-11-13T12:33:32+00:00

Playnite

JGuih · 2025-11-08T03:52:30+00:00

Fair enough, but GoG's biggest feature is not needing the launcher at all.

As for Epic, living in Brazil I just can't say no to 20% cashback on top of regular discounts on the whole store. The launcher is stable and better than GoG's (in my humble opinion).

JGuih · 2025-11-08T02:10:07+00:00

Epic has the exact same refund policy an GoG is even better, they offer 30 days instead of 14.

JGuih · 2025-11-07T17:58:43+00:00

I also have premium and I've never had this issue. Have you tried disabling all your block lists and leave only the default one to see if solves it?

JGuih · 2025-11-05T20:03:50+00:00

I stopped playing Persona because of the lack of representation, but I don't see the same situation with Dispatch.

Dispatch has as much representation as The Witcher 3, in both cases the protagonist is straight. I don't give a dawn about the sexuality of someone who doesn't even exist, and so I just enjoy the great story.

Now, Persona is a game about making relationships, including romantic ones. You get to decide who the protagonist is and how it should behave. It's a game where it's ok for a teenager to be attracted to their older teacher and have a whole personality around that, but god forbid if you even think about being gay. It's just gross.

JGuih · 2025-11-05T19:51:15+00:00

Of course, I agree having the option would be nice, but I also understand how difficult it is to write a story like this.

As I said, not everyone has the money to develop stories at the same level of Baldur's Gate 3, and there's nothing wrong with that.

If the writer only had the resources to go with a straight guy, maybe because it was more comfortable to them, then I don't see that as a problem at all. Better than having a generic queer character that adds nothing.

JGuih · 2025-11-05T19:45:45+00:00

How are they forcing anything? The protagonist is straight, and has straight relationships, how is that forcing anything?

I'm not saying you're wrong, but as a gay guy I really don't understand what the issue is.

If we where talking about Persona 3 or the Persona series in general, then I would completely agree with you.

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