That makes it sound like GOG is more popular than EGS. But the opposite is true, by a very longshot. EGS has vastly more customers than GOG, probably many dozens of millions. EGS already had 85 million customers in its first 6 months of operation.

Yes GOG has more games and better sales than EGS, but EGS has a higher frequency of getting high profile new titles than GOG does. Most consumers are far more interested in new games and high profile, massive budget, AAA-type games than they are in old games or low to mid-budget indie-type games. And GOG cannot really compete with EGS on that front, even though GOG occassionaly gets new high profile/high budget games (but that's the exception, not the rule).

Only a very tiny minority of consumers care about Linux at all, so Linux support, or lack thereof, is a completely irrelevant factor to making any games store be popular or not popular.

As for EGS "sweeping Steam away," no one expected that to happen any time soon. It's going to take years for EGS to become even with and/or overtake Steam, and everyone knows that. But the good news is that EGS can get there over time, and thus there is finally the possibility of a competitor that will eventually smash the Steam monopoly...just not any time soon.

I've notice on occasion threads on GOG announcing that a certain game on EPIC is/can be made DRM-Free, but is there a list with all the games? I've got most of the games EPIC offered free, that are not on GOG yet, and I'd be interested in knowing if they any of them is portable.

Also, I remember reading about a game that was DRM-free on launch on EPIC, but then it got DRM added. And it was one of the worse ones, Denuvo/or always online, can't remember.

Epic owns Fortnite which has some 250+ million accounts bringing in literally hundreds of millions of dollars a month for them - so it's doubtful you need to worry about the Epic Store going away anytime soon.

Whether you like Epic or not (I personally don't use them) their strategy is a compelling one. The free give-aways give people a reason to be invested in their platform beyond Fortnite. Given Fortnite's success the majority of those users skew younger (I would guess) - meaning they have likely not heard of nor care that much about Steam. All of the major new releases on Steam are also on Epic - so there's nothing essential they're missing out on (especially since Steam hasn't produced a noteworthy game in the last 5yrs). I imagine over time Epic hopes with a growing library of free games + the exclusives, their fortnite players will stay invested in the Epic platform. Also the difference in a few titles costing $5 or $10 isn't necessarily the most compelling thing for certain groups (kids whose parents buy their games / Adults that don't sweat $5 to have their games in one place). Video games are still an expanding market so as new customers come to games they don't necessarily have an inherent bias about Epic vs Steam vs GoG etc.

Who knows if Epic did something daring like instituting customer support you could actually speak to over the phone or by text chat I might even have to rethink my lack of interest in them (though it's doubtful).

I am glad, that Epic is here, because nobody else was able bring Detroit: Became human, The Last of Us, etc. to PC. So maybe thanks to them one day we would be able buy these titles even on GOG.

If anything Epic Games accomplished to become everyone's obsession, be it from its supporters or haters, aside from some neutral observers like myself. In no time they rose to such prominence in the gaming business. That is impressive.