Leaked Presentation Slides Show That the Upcoming Redesigned Epic Games Launcher Will Open Five Times Faster than the Current Version

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Epic has revealed numerous details for its upcoming redesigned storefront, including that its game launcher is getting a much-needed overhaul. Users have long criticized the game launcher for its slow opening times, not to mention at one point getting attention for its unusual processor usage in comparison to other launchers such as Steam or GOG, […]

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[GodisanAtheist]

Wow.

It's been *checks watch* 8 years since EGS launched and 23 years since Steam launched.

Problem is EGS is founded on contempt for gamers, with the belief that free games and exclusivity deals would be enough for gamers to choke down a dogshyte launcher as their primary PC storefront, and gamers proved them thoroughly wrong.

These changes are years late and millions of dollars short, and are only happening because the Fortnite mint is showing cracks in the foundations.

 

[Brian_B]

EGS is ... pretty bad.

Loads slow. Doesn't add any benefit, other than occasionally throwing a free game your way. Transactions occur slow. Nothing really great on there in the first place. I don't really know why I even have it installed, other than occasionally checking to see what free crap they throw out.

 

[Skillz]

Meh, I hope the EGS succeeds. It'll nice having another good game launcher.

Steam, in the early days, wasn't all that great either.

 

[MadMummy76]

It's been *checks watch* 8 years since EGS

It's been about 5 years since I opened EGS.

Meh, I hope the EGS succeeds. It'll nice having another good game launcher.

I hope it doesn't. Not after their slimey tactics and complete disregard for the user experience.

Hope for GOG to succeed instead.

 

[DrezKill]

It's been about 5 years since I opened EGS.

I don't remember when I last ran it. I don't even have it installed right now. I still grab the free games from the website, but I've almost never used the launcher program to run even the ones I was interested in playing.

The only one who actually does it right is GOG. There the launcher is optional. Galaxy may not be the best, but at least I don't have to use it if I don't really want to.

Steam, in the early days, wasn't all that great either.

Yeah I remember those days...
I didn't come in right at the beginning. Like a lot of people, my first use of Steam was for HL2, which I got a few months after launch. It was still rough in those days. Took them a looooong time to fix a lot of issues.

Hope for GOG to succeed instead.

Out of all of these storefronts, the only one that truly deserves to succeed is GOG.