Honestly, enough already. I’m tired. Please build a better launcher/platform for Epic Games.
It’s ridiculous that because of poor design and execution, the platform creates confusion, friction, and negative perceptions around the ecosystem.
If you truly want to grow your audience and increase your market share, you need to give the community something that feels official, valuable, and collectible.
Back in the physical era, when you bought a game, you got a box, a case, a manual. People collected those things and proudly showed them to their friends.
When digital arrived, that collecting culture didn’t disappear. It just changed.
Now people collect:
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achievements
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badges
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profiles
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stats
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progression
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identity
People want to play games and earn things that improve their player profile and presence on the platform.
That’s what makes people choose where to buy games.
If you want to attract users and grow your platform, you need things like:
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Visible, meaningful player profiles
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A clean, intuitive library
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Achievements that developers can integrate
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Public display of user accomplishments
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Medals, badges, and collectibles
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Profile customization
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Developer news channels visible directly from the game library
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A launcher that feels alive, not empty
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A platform that feels like a place people enjoy spending time in
Right now, the launcher doesn’t feel like a living platform.
It doesn’t feel social.
It doesn’t feel rewarding.
It doesn’t feel collectible.
It doesn’t feel like a true gaming ecosystem.
A store should feel official.
Games should feel official.
Legal. Real. Connected.
When you finish a game and nobody sees it, nobody knows it, and nothing reflects it on your profile, it feels empty.
That creates rejection, especially when another platform does provide that experience.
This is all design.
This is UX.
This is platform identity.
Think of your launcher like a game itself.
A game of collections, communities, progression, and identity.
Where buying games gives you more than just files.
It gives you status, presence, progression, and visibility.
You already give away more free games than any other platform, and that’s amazing.
Now imagine if people actually felt motivated to play them.
I personally own very popular games on Epic that I don’t even play there.
I go to another platform and literally buy them again, just because it has:
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achievements
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collectibles
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profile cards
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visible progression
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social presence
I can show what I play.
I can show what I complete.
I can show who I am as a player.
Imagine having Discord-level social features inside Epic.
Imagine profile perks.
Imagine optional paid profile upgrades inside the launcher itself.
Yes, people care about appearances. We all do. Even if we don’t always admit it.
Make Epic feel like a real gaming home.
Make it feel official.
Make it feel alive.
Make it feel rewarding.
Make it feel worth staying in.
If you do that, things will improve for everyone:
users, devs, and Epic itself.