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[Deku]

A Total War Saga: TROY | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play A Total War Saga: TROY at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

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It's free for those who care

 

[tmarg]

I'm more interested in Remnant, to be honest.

 

[Phoenix RISING]

A Total War Saga: TROY | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play A Total War Saga: TROY at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

www.epicgames.com

It's free for those who care

Isn't Remnant today, too?

 

[Deku]

Isn't Remnant today, too?

Yes, but Troy was up before.
Remnant is free now along with The Alto Collection

 

[fantomena]

I don't have any problems with free games so I grabbed Troy and Alto.

Still, I don't see the point with Troy when I have the mainline TW games which are far better, but I will try it for a few min.

 

[Knurek]

If you're from Poland, wanted to buy HZD on EGS and suddenly you notice a 400% price increase, you know who to thank for that:

 

[tetel]

It's always been 169 PLN for me on EGS (and still is).

 

[Swenhir]

If you're from Poland, wanted to buy HZD on EGS and suddenly you notice a 400% price increase, you know who to thank for that:

It's like they see the suggested, correct regional pricing and every time they go to the meticulous lengths of saying "no, fuck that" and increase it to western prices.

 

[Arsene]

Tim Sweeney is the pettiest mother fucker alive.

Epic just announced Fortnite Is permanently dropping the price of Vbucks by 20% except on IOS/Google Play versions. However they added a new payment method to these versions called Epic direct pay that allows mobile users to get the 20% off.

Its really funny watching Tim bitch about Mobile platforms and steam because muh 30% but continue to ignore and support said cut on consoles

 

[Nabs]

Alto is drm free if anyone decides to grab it. Add it to Steam and ignore the EGS.

 

[Knurek]

Alto is drm free if anyone decides to grab it. Add it to Steam and ignore the EGS.

So seems to be Remnant (baring the initial login thingy)

 

[ISee]

Anybody know if Troy is able to run without the Epic Launcher?

 

[prudis]

Alto is drm free if anyone decides to grab it. Add it to Steam and ignore the EGS.

feels dirty ..... its like back on high seas

 

[fantomena]

Anybody know if Troy is able to run without the Epic Launcher?

Sadly not, tried both with and without the "-EpicPortal" paramters that have worked on some other games.

So it uses EGS drm.

 

[prudis]

Anybody know if Troy is able to run without the Epic Launcher?

it has Denuvo ... and that shit ties onto the platform binaries ... so nope

 

[Wok]

It feels good getting a 50 € game on day one for free.

 

[NarohDethan]

 

[lashman]

 

[Doctor Ironic]

So this morning, Epic added a way to get discounted VBucks if you bought them directly as a microtransaction through the app as opposed to through Google Play or the App Store.
This was basically an attempt to get through a loophole in the Play Store and App Store where you can take a 100% cut on transactions for physical goods and services, I.e. Uber, doordash, postmates, etc.

As of this post, Fortnite has been removed from the iOS App Store.

edit: oh hello two other posters who had the same idea as me

 

[NarohDethan]

 

[warp_]

Good on Epic. Use their muscle to force Apple to change that stupid policy.

 

[Phoenix RISING]

Good on Epic. Use their muscle to force Apple to change that stupid policy.

Uh, Apple just said no.

 

[Trisolarian]

Good on Epic. Use their muscle to force Apple to change that stupid policy.

Despite their ability to muscle in the gaming space, apple will cut them a hard bargin to bring them back. As in make them come back crawling to iOS.

In good EGS Enter The Gundegon is free starting the 20th of this month! Great Rogue Like for those of you like myself who obsess over them!

 

[NarohDethan]

ETA for they to try to pull this one on Sony?

 

[warp_]

Uh, Apple just said no.

For now. Give it time for the customer backlash to actually happen.

Despite their ability to muscle in the gaming space, apple will cut them a hard bargin to bring them back. As in make them come back crawling to iOS.

Apple just testified to congress that they don't do special deals, won't make exceptions to their policies. Epic is testing this exact thing and hopefully will push for a policy change. There has been A LOT of rumbling and upset feeling from app developers large and small in the last few months on this exact subject.

 

[TioChuck]

Fuck Apple and Fuck Epic, there's no good guy is this battle, both are fighting for more money to they, so fuck than both.

 

[inky]

Apple should change their policy.
Epic shouldn't try to bypass their agreement and paint themselves as some sort of oppressed revolutionary.

If you don't like it, don't do business with them. Easy.

 

[warp_]

nah, the end result if the policy is changes is beneficial to consumers so I'm okay with looking beyond "both bad" or "well don't violate the policy"

 

[Wok]

That is hilarious.

For now. Give it time for the customer backlash to actually happen.

I doubt Apple customers would be able to backlash. To me, they embody the ultimate form of blind loyalty to a brand.

Prove me wrong, Apple customers.

 

[Alexandros]

Apple and Epic deserve each other.

ETA for they to try to pull this one on Sony?

 

[NarohDethan]

 

[warp_]

this has nothing to do with "apple customers" brand loyalty. fortnite is the biggest game in the world. removing it from the store and barring all purchases will piss people off real quick when all they want to do is play their game.

as someone who has been on the other side of the phone when someone couldn't pay in clash of clans or hit the $500 a day spending limit on iap the rage is real.

 

[prudis]

yep , this is ultimately just PR move ... where Timmy effectively tries to militarize millions of teenagers against the "pure embodiment of brand loyalty" brand just for them not to pay what they agreed to.

On socials PRed as "showdown of the century" while in reality the result is kinda obvious and most likely already in play

 

[Le Pertti]

I get why apple says it's to protect customers, I trust apple approved payments way more than a devs own method, which is done god knows how and how secure is it?

That said, apple wants it's cut fo'sho.

I just love the potential drama in this.

 

[Alexandros]

I agree. I fully support Sweeney's push for the tearing down of walled gardens (well, some of them as others seems to be a big no-no for him) but arguing for not paying anything at all to Apple for using its platform and store is completely ridiculous.

 

[NarohDethan]

Reposting as this is the embodiment of what’s being discussed in the video.

 

[warp_]

i am just tired of anything purchased on my phone via app being 30% more expensive and also not allowing independent subscription services just because. obviously a cut is needed since they operate the storefront and payment system but 30% is a bit much.

don't care who is doing the pushback against apple tbh but the bigger the other player is the better chance of getting the policy changed for apple who's already feeling antitrust heat for this kind of nonsense.

 

[inky]

I just love the potential drama in this.

I don't like the drama because it weaponizes fanbases. We all know the result of that.

But it's hard to rally behind Timmy when he's such a massive hypocrite.

 

[TioChuck]

This gon'be good

 

[Hektor]

Everything about this is so fucking insane

i unironically love this

Madlad timmy vs Big Jobs

Just let them fight

I mean, ultimately, both companies will lobby to make everything worse for the customer to increase their own profits

but at least im gonna have fun watching the prequel wars that lead up to it

 

[Phoenix RISING]

For now. Give it time for the customer backlash to actually happen.

If Apple cared it would be an open platform like Android.

Do you really think that Fortnite is the last straw?

 

[Le Pertti]

 

[Phoenix RISING]

This gon'be good

LAMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"Apple monopolizes the interface that it created."

 

[NarohDethan]

This gon'be good

Yup, weaponizing the identity they have created. Why would Fortnite players care about companies suing each other.

 

[Trisolarian]

LAMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"Apple monopolizes the interface that it created."

Epic thinks its big enough to get concessions from Apple on this.

They aren't.

 

[Alexandros]

Everything about this is so fucking insane

i unironically love this

Madlad timmy vs Big Jobs

Just let them fight

I mean, ultimately, both companies will lobby to make everything worse for the customer to increase their own profits

but at least im gonna have fun watching the prequel wars that lead up to it

Seriously, Apple vs Epic is the epitome of "let them fight". Everyone, grab your popcorn!

 

[Phoenix RISING]

Epic thinks its big enough to get concessions from Apple on this.

They aren't.

I think a lot of people aren't seeing this, either.

Again, Apple's lack of flexibility is precisely what drives business to Google/Android.

They do NOT give a single F.

 

[warp_]

i hope fortnite is the last straw. it is one of the biggest apps out and biggest game out there. that's not peanuts in vbucks skimming.

and yes, apple does have a monopoly over the ios payment system. it's not really something to laugh at, it's actually pretty fucked up. if you want to sell something on their store there is no other option but to use their payment system that charges 10x the amount of any other payment processor.

imagine rooting against something that would actively benefit a consumer cause "lol fortnite"

apple is currently getting heat from congress at this current time for antitrust issues. while this pressure of antitrust is upon them epic forces their hand to show the abuse of this power (and violation of the apple side of the developer agreement btw) in a public way to let other smaller devs get more recognition of the same exact stories happening. hopefully this can push apple who "makes no exceptions" to change the policy that is pretty fucked.

 

[Jav]

Classic Epic, I want all the good things other platforms have, but I don't want to pay anything for it.

 

[NarohDethan]

This is distilled capitalism everyone. Snatching the value of something you didn’t create just because you have money.