Even if Steam was slower, it's a better platform. When I go to a game's store page on Steam I learn literally everything about it. Literally everything I need to know. Because there's user reviews. Because there's a link to the forums.

EGS doesn't have user input. They don't even include as many vids/screenshots. It's all very low effort and I have to go elsewhere to figure things out about the product.

Patch notes: "we didn't think anyone really gave a shit, but fuck epic"

Launch times don't matter to me. I never shut Steam down, and I almost never open EGS. What an odd metric to boast about, anyway. Launch time is the least of EGS' problems.

I open steam exactly once, then never again until I restart my computer. Why would this even matter.

My "Hello, World!" script boots approximately 18000x faster than the Epic launcher.

The difference in features between the two is about the same as it is between Steam and the Epic launcher.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/710037059469839721

The actual update post from Valve. Why is it not linked in the article? The notes are huge, with many things improved. Off course one of the improvements would probably lead to better loading times. This isn't a response to Epic Games, this is a main update developed way before.

Epic: I Feel Bad For You

Valve: I Don't Think About You At All

Who gives a shit even with a 5s difference

Tim Sweeny: "Is there anything we are better at than steam? Literally anything? I will take anything we can market, no matter how pathetic and desperate it seems."

As much as I dislike Epic, it’s good that they’re at least trying to compete with Valve. Forces them to actually get out patches like that.

As Steam has been extremely slow to launch for quite some time now, anybody want to take a stab at why it took an Epic Games taunt for them to take care of it?

"Reduced artificial delays by half"

Who the fuck cares if the fast launcher is a piece of crap with a fraction of features needed for a good library and storefront?

How will my splines get reticulated?

As pathetic as Epic is, this is a strong demonstration of why monopolies are bad and competition is needed.

Boasting about some improvement being vibe coded is such a confusing disconnect for me. There are so many layers of transparent shit that I cannot see through it.

People dislike epic game launcher for so many reasons. The launch time is something I've never considered important.

The "look how much better we are than X" makes you seem like douchebag. They, don't seem to grasp it, or they will wouldn't boast, and that makes it even worse. Then they admit that it was vibe coded. Why? I become immediately suspicious of the change being done carelessly, isn't properly QA tested, and indicative of a shitty state to begin with. I wasn't going to install the epic launcher on Linux, but now I'm even less likely to do so.

Huh, I guess competition is good for motivating improvement. Even when you're competing against the kid that eats paste.

Recently, Epic Games decided to tackle that reputation head-on by unveiling a preview version of its rebuilt Epic Games Launcher V2, which the company proudly noted was developed with heavy AI assistance. Basically, a decade of working on it themselves, no luck, but they got the AI vibes to help and it did a better job… Not the brag they seem to think it is, but let’s roll with it for now.

Damn, do you need something for that burn?

Completely irrelevant ofc that the Steam Client is much more than a glorified game shortcut collection with a shop.