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Dustin Bailey

The Epic Games Store still isn't profitable, and users suspect the laggy launcher might have something to do with it

Alan Wake 2 live action screenshot showing Alan being interviewed by Mr Door.

As part of an ongoing trial, an executive has revealed that the Epic Games Store still isn't profitable, and after years of roasting the Steam competitor the PC gaming community has some theories about why that might be.

Take the video from Digital Foundry's Alexander Battaglia below for example. Here, Battaglia demonstrates how you can launch Steam and get into a game of Alan Wake 2 in the space of about 10 seconds. The same process on the Epic Games Store takes the better part of a minute. Of course, the extra irony is that Alan Wake 2 isn't even officially available through Steam - Battaglia's using a workaround to get the game running through Valve's platform. 

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