Hey Epic, you big dumb bonobos, do more things like this:
And less things like this:
And less things like this:
News Metro Exodus Leaves Steam For The Epic Games Store
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hey ... it's a good video actually
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If i'd still care about gaming journalism in any serious capacity, all these mindbogglingly stupid takes on the epic store would make me stop.
PC Gamer: This is all on entitled gamers who have spent years with an iPod unwilling to listen to the new Tool album on cassette!
Dammit it’s that copy and paste font thing again lol. I’ll fix it.you might want to change that text colour
I mean, to be fair I'd buy a cassette player to listen to the new Tool album.
Edit: But I wouldn't use the Epic store for Metro (or any other paid exclusive).
That's really embarrassing. But pc gamer wrote before that these moneyhats are necessary to compete against Steam. I need to stop reading their BS about this matter.
yeah, i know, lol
it's useful most of the time ... but can also do stuff like that, haha It’s the most annoying coming from them, because a site named as they are should be providing a better voice for PC issues. But instead there are basically no notable advocates out there.
Maybe Jim will be able to move on from his shovelware whining and do that now, but we’ll have to see.
Epic Games, they love developers so much they are making deals that don't involve them at all.
yeah ... for someone that's supposed to be saving devs - they seem to involve them very little in making exclusivity decisions
first Annapurna (a publisher) and all their games ... now Deep Silver ...
Deep Silver I'm not surprised at tbh, their management has never come across as particularly smart despite enjoying quite a few games they've published.
For example this is the same publisher who disagreed with Techlands idea for Dead Island 2 so they fell out and went their own ways. This game was Dying Light, a game that lead to millions of copies sold and let Techland become their own boss and self publisher. Meanwhile Deep Silver has passed over development of Dead Island 2 to at least another developer once.
As well as this another recent misstep for them is Agents Of Mayhem. Now I'll be honest, I really like AoM and think it's criminally underrated as well as enjoying Volitions games in general. However it's obvious this isn't what the market wanted and it bombed leading to layoffs. Now admittedly they are hardly the only publisher that's had this happen but it's just another example of Deep Silvers management.....not being the brightest.
For example this is the same publisher who disagreed with Techlands idea for Dead Island 2 so they fell out and went their own ways. This game was Dying Light, a game that lead to millions of copies sold and let Techland become their own boss and self publisher. Meanwhile Deep Silver has passed over development of Dead Island 2 to at least another developer once.
As well as this another recent misstep for them is Agents Of Mayhem. Now I'll be honest, I really like AoM and think it's criminally underrated as well as enjoying Volitions games in general. However it's obvious this isn't what the market wanted and it bombed leading to layoffs. Now admittedly they are hardly the only publisher that's had this happen but it's just another example of Deep Silvers management.....not being the brightest.
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So, they already have the money to do the next one, why do they care if people don't buy Exodus?Deep Silver CEO Dr. Klemens Kundratitz said:
All of us with two braincells to rub together knew that Epic never really cared about developers or the "little guys."
Or else their store wouldn't be wholly made up of well-known and successful devs from the indie scene
This is pretty damning. Maybe it's just me projecting but it sounds basically as close as they can go to admit: "They fucked up, you are right to complain and we aren't too hot on the decision either" as diplomatically as possible.
apparently it's a statement from Deep Silver, not 4A ... which makes it even more bizarre tbh
I hate what they did, but it’s actually a good move by Deep Silver. It takes all pressure off the devs and reassigns the blame to where it belongs: their publisher.
Hate the deal, but I respect them taking responsibility.
Fun tip: ctrl + shift + V = paste without formatting
Yeah that deep silver statement is well written to be honest. They are still moronic pricks for taking the moneyhats, but at least they somewhat appear to realize it now, and confirm that PC release is always going to be a thing. Hopefully next time they will actually put their customers first.
Statement on Instagram from the author of the Metro novels
Dmitry Glukhovsky / Глуховский on Instagram: “Обращение по поводу ситуации со Стимом и Метро:Исход”
Edit: Not a dev, but the book author.
Dmitry Glukhovsky / Глуховский on Instagram: “Обращение по поводу ситуации со Стимом и Метро:Исход”
Edit: Not a dev, but the book author.
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Link doesn't work anymore, guess he took it down?Statement on Instagram from the author of the Metro novels
Dmitry Glukhovsky / Глуховский on Instagram: “Обращение по поводу ситуации со Стимом и Метро:Исход”
Edit: Not a dev, but the book author.
Looks like the Steam version will be getting a pre-load after all.
Meanwhile, not so much over at Epic.
“The cool photo mode is also somewhat undermined, given that neither the game nor the Epic launcher has a screenshot button. Whoops.”
Wot I Think: Metro Exodus
Unless the guy doing the review has no idea about taking screenshots by default on a computer somehow...
Wot I Think: Metro Exodus
Unless the guy doing the review has no idea about taking screenshots by default on a computer somehow...
Well of course the trusty Print Screen button -> copy to paint method should still work, I guess, or using a third party program like ShareX that directly saves an image when pressing the Print Screen button.
But having a dedicated Screenshot button provided by the client that automatically archives images by game is way more convenient. Even more so when you want to take screenshots with the controller.
On Steam? Guide Button + Right Shoulder Button.
Everywhere else? Either add it to Steam as a non-Steam game, or I guess set the Steam Input desktop config to regular gamepad controls, and I don't know if Guide + Shoulder works there as well out of the box or if you need to map the Print Screen keyboard button to somewhere (and have ShareX or something similar installed so that things aren't only copied to the clipboard and forgotten). Or I don't know if you can do the same thing with some other 3rd party program.
In any case, it's an extra hassle.
It looks like another game is going Epic Games Store only, Maneater.
Tripwire Interactive LLC
Our press release:
Maneater, the ShaRkPG, is adding NVIDIA Ansel support - Christ Centered Gamer
(sorry for shameless self promotion)
Tripwire Interactive LLC
Our press release:
Maneater, the ShaRkPG, is adding NVIDIA Ansel support - Christ Centered Gamer
(sorry for shameless self promotion)
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that's old news
they announced that at The Keighleys™ also: "Self-promotion is allowed and encouraged"
I must have missed it then. I get press releases from them but I didn't notice this before. *shrug* We deal with a lot of games.
Flower is not but Journey is? That sure is strange. You would think Steamworks multiplayer would make things easier for devs also...
that year went by pretty quickly