Apparently, there are fewer than 100 people currently working on the Epic Games Store, with only about a third of them being engineers. That might explain why they haven’t been able to solve the problem that is stopping users from installing and playing their EGS titles.

The official Discord server is a complete mess right now. Tons of users are complaining, an Epic employee is completely overwhelmed and unable to give an ETA, and the usual shills are desperately trying to stem the tide of new angry users. Some users are even saying things like, I should have listened when people told me to avoid EGS. It’s pretty wild to watch.

What I can’t wrap my head around is why, if the issue was spotted on Saturday, no engineers were on call over the weekend. The Epic staff member mentioned nobody would be able to look into it until today, Monday. Those layoffs must have really gutted the EGS team.

As of right now, there’s still no estimated time for a fix because they haven’t even identified the root cause yet.

Not "my" Epic experience. But just sharing a poor soul's experience.

And before shills try using the "I buy from whoever is cheaper" defense, a user highlighted that the best price was actually a Steam key via Fanatical. He was downvoted to oblivion for it, naturally...

Jokes aside. It is incredible that people who uses not-Xbox controller buys from EGS. It is then when they realize it is NOT "just another icon on your desktop". Sigh...

And then shills say that we are the only ones who criticize the Epic Games Store. The same sentiment is everywhere...

This post from the official Epic Games Store subreddit is a clear example of why it still sucks after so many years.

A customer complained using statistical data compared against Steam about the missing features on EGS games and the launcher overall. All he received in return were downvotes and people saying things like "hey, it is free, do not complain" or "I like the way it is". The usual famous shills were right there making excuses for Epic, as if Epic never does anything wrong and everything is perfect.

Before I got banned for expressing my views, I always told them that their own attitude was the main problem. If their bar is so low and they never criticize Epic or demand better, this poor service is exactly what they will keep getting. Sure, those few defenders might be happy with such a poor state. But most players are not, and they will always expect a good service when spending their money, just like what Steam or GOG provides.

The tweet in the screenshot shows Sweeney actively pushing BEAT THE BRAINROTS.

If you aren't familiar with this genre of Creative maps, they rely on gacha mechanics, loot keys, paid V-Buck luck boosts, and direct player trading. That last part has predictably spawned an entire unregulated grey market on social media where minors trade items for actual cash, opening the door for endless trust trade scams.

It is wild to see Tim openly endorsing maps that utilize the exact predatory practices he claims to be against.

Well, who am I kidding, I am not surprised at all...

https://x.com/i/status/2083261587050152433

Honestly, this is only a fraction of the garbage we have to filter out daily.

​Yet people still try to argue that Epic shills are just a myth we made up... Sigh.

https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/s/e8wkxWc619

Not crossposting the original post in case Epic tries to delete it before it is made more public.