Shenmue 1 and 2 didn't launch on Steam either, and they seemed to have turned out well enough.
This is a false equivalence. No shit Shenmue 1+2 didn't launch on Steam
in 2000 because Steam wasn't available then. *gasp* Wonderful logic there, dude.
But the thing is:
Shenmue 1+2 did eventually launch on Steam... via a port...
when Shenmue 3 was announced. But anyway, I'm not sure where you're going with this stupid bit of logic, because you can think I'm "jerking myself off" because I flat-refuse to use a piece of Chinese Spyware that is a leaking sieve of security (make an account? Suddenly get 50+ emails about someone trying to change the password even with their shitty "2Factor" on) and don't trust them with a credit card because of that.
But do go off, king, about how me and others are "being irrational" because "just another store-front" is making a title exclusive.
I'll buy Shenmue 3
if it comes to Steam, if it doesn't: I'll pirate. I'm not sure what is
so controversial about a statement like this that you feel the need to be so triggered by it, but continue to feel you "won" or whatever, bro.
(Also this is a more engaging conversation than Rah being triggered, I should probably book-mark this for the next time he spergs out)
And before I forget:
cloud saves are the only thing Steam offers that could affect your enjoyment of the game,
Hardly. I couldn't give a shit about cloud saves. They're a "nice to have, but not needed" feature. Because there's things like "backing up the save manually" that you can do
on PC.
For me, I do not trust Epic's security with my financial or account information. So thereby, I flat-out refuse to use their store and buy games "exclusive" to it. You can think that's not the reason, but if you
honestly think that cloud saves are the only reason I would pirate Shenmue 3 if it's Epic Exclusive for more than a year: You're just as bad as Rah at missing the point.