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[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 24 points 1 day ago (21 children)

I don't get this. Probably because I don't grab those 'free' games from Epic. but... Why buy the game on steam if you already have it? Can you not play it on a steam deck through steam all the same?

[–] PaupersSerenade@startrek.website 100 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Steam just works better. Their cloud save is reliable, and library organizing is actually a thing. I can see someone using the free Epic game as a sort of demo. Plus, if they really liked they game they may want to support the developer

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The day Steam enshittifies will be a dark day for me.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 3 points 1 day ago

I feel that's going to happen as soon as Gaben retires

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah an SSD just crapped out this weekend, reinstalled Linux and steam and was back to my save spot in my game. That alone saves so Mich time and effort of backup retrieval or playing 100 hours over again

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Totally agree. Plus if there's DLC or mods you wanna mess with you often use the Steam game as a jumping off point

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