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On the other hand, if they can't fix it, these people may actually think twice before buying money hatted games on Epic's crappy store.
We go on about Epic doing the right thing by trying to give players access to the content that they've already bought on Steam, but we are overcomplicating a very simple solution here: don't do exclusive games. This wouldn't be a problem if Hitman 3 was on Steam. It's that simple.
Also, I don't think Epic should be throwing around cash to clean up the messes their business partners make - it only encourages certain bad actors (like IO and YsNet) to continue to treat their customers like shit, because Papa Epic will sort it all out.
Also, I don't think Epic should be throwing around cash to clean up the messes their business partners make - it only encourages certain bad actors (like IO and YsNet) to continue to treat their customers like shit, because Papa Epic will sort it all out.
Surprised epic still doesn't allow refunds for DLC. Didn't they say they would fix that (along with the 2 refunds per year max thingy, that got fixed)...
Totally agree on this. IO created this situation by themselves by agreeing on exclusivity deal with Epic
Hmmm... What if Hitman 2 were to be offered for free by Tim next week?
It's so damn sad to see how so many people are praising Epic for solving a problem that Epic actually CREATED by paying IOI to keep Hitman 3 away from Steam. I never thought that so many people's loyalty could litterally be "bought" with a bunch of free games and coupons, but here we are. 
Oh well, there's nothing I can do about this, other than continue to vote with my poor wallet against shitty companies like Epic, even if it's only a drop on a hot plate.
Oh well, there's nothing I can do about this, other than continue to vote with my poor wallet against shitty companies like Epic, even if it's only a drop on a hot plate.
tbh it was a situation they themsels created and probabyl even intended .... but cause it spawned so many negative on article timmy went full damage control mode as usual to backtrack the nonsence and once again act liek a saviour
Timmy says a lot of things, doesn't mean that he will actually do it. This seems like its just damage control to stop the refunds flooding in.
Isn't it always? It's very good way to get heard. (compared to not buying at all or posting to reddit/twitter/discord/forum of game)
Backman Arkham Nights is good example, released few days after Steam Refunds and had to be pulled due to being poor port.
I doubt reaction would've been so strong without refunds.
Haven't really been paying attention to this thing, what's this "install epic online services" deal it has under settings with the notification blue icon on that gear?
Googling just brings up presumably unrelated for users SDK stuff for devs and such.
Googling just brings up presumably unrelated for users SDK stuff for devs and such.
Epic Online Services, not to be confused with Epic Game Store, Epic's own online service where they provide ie stats, match making and such. Rocket League is one of the games that switched to it from Steam's services. Another one is Killing Floor 2
I guess I just don't get why it's a separate install? I don't install steam match making separate from Steam, the games just use it regardless >_>
If I install EGS Rocket League but not this EOS thing it won't work and nag me to install that? Or will it install it by itself?
If I install EGS Rocket League but not this EOS thing it won't work and nag me to install that? Or will it install it by itself?
Does EGS even support conditional install? But yes, they reduced size greatly.
How sadly, fucking predictable.
The IO servers are getting hammered, so no progression carry over tonight.
I could just play through without it but if you do perform the carry over, then any progress made on Hitman 3 is cleared.
The IO servers are getting hammered, so no progression carry over tonight.
I could just play through without it but if you do perform the carry over, then any progress made on Hitman 3 is cleared.
How sadly, fucking predictable.
The IO servers are getting hammered, so no progression carry over tonight.[/QUOTE
yay for online-only progression mechanics
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Hitman 3 in Humble Store. Price: 59,99 Euro. Price with my Humble Monthly discount: 59,99 Euro. Thanks Epic and IOI.
Yeah, there's not really much margin to give discounts from in 12%.
And if developer gives discount or more margin, they lose that amount from exclusivity payments. (last bullet)
The lack of social profile is hurting my Hitman 3 experience. So Hitman 3 has cheevos on Epic, but they are only visible by pressign Shift - F3 in-game. Meaning I cant' show the to my friend(s) unless I take a screenshot or they come over to my house and look at my computer.
Hunting down cheevos and competing against friends who can get certain cheevos faster was a big part of the Hitman games to me. And with the EGS exsclusivity I can't do that.
Goddammit.
Hunting down cheevos and competing against friends who can get certain cheevos faster was a big part of the Hitman games to me. And with the EGS exsclusivity I can't do that.
Goddammit.
That's the problem, it's just a launcher. While Steam is a platform.
First Epic key in a Humble Bundle?
Funny part?
It says "Redeems on Steam" at the top!
They haven't even changed the boilerplate text.
It says "Redeems on Steam" at the top!
They haven't even changed the boilerplate text.
I'd wager that's the second largest EGS giveaway after GTA 5. Some other confirmed numbers are 10 million copies of Remnant: From the Ashes and 7.5 million copies of Troy: Total War. Epic is also supposed to have a 2020 infograph out by the end of January. In June they had 61 million MAU and 13 million CCU.
I was wondering why we hadn't seen it by now but I figure it takes time to come up with how you're going to make yourself look like a success (as in a store people actually use instead of just accepting free shit) without posting data that can prove otherwise.
Yeah. So you can easily create many accounts either for selling or cheating purposes. Seems like it started for GTA V, got updates for later game like this now. (it creates one acount, you run it 5 times, switch ip, and repeat).
I wouldn't be so negative, especially with games that have small userbase left, but it is definitely double edged sword.
You are right, and I am having a rather crappy time of it lately, hence the negativity. I think you gave both sides of the argument there.
Epic Games Store 2020 Year in Review
www.epicgames.com
that's really low in terms of numbers for 2020, I mean, every single platform doubled their general numbers, not only in terms of users but also purchases... damnEpic Games Store 2020 Year in Review
Some 2019 -> 2020 comparisons
52 million new customers
+$20 million overall revenue
+$14 million third party revenue
+549 million free games claimed
Honestly, those numbers are kinda disappointing considering spending drastically increased industry wide last year due to the pandemic. Also MAU actually decreased 5 million from June when they gave away GTA 5.
52 million new customers
+$20 million overall revenue
+$14 million third party revenue
+549 million free games claimed
Honestly, those numbers are kinda disappointing considering spending drastically increased industry wide last year due to the pandemic. Also MAU actually decreased 5 million from June when they gave away GTA 5.
I'd guess there was no major AAA exclusive like Borderlands which was likely a major chunk of overall revenue.
Isn't that really low growth?
What the hell, I expected more. And it was during the pandemic.
No wonder Valve doesn't give a shit about EGS.
The numbers are not good, and they lost mau during this period of record braking numbers for everybody else LOL
700M spent on the store, but only 265M on third parties still highlights what folks called out last year. Heck, I think last year it was 165M or some spend? Only a 100M or growth, even while continuing coupons and exclusives. With 160M+ users, that is equivalent of each user spending around 1.66 USD. I have to wonder how much they have spent to obtain and retain each of those users.Epic Games Store 2020 Year in Review
Pretty low numbers and the most popular games are shit that was already gonna be popular anyways.