It should be, considering the low amount of games purchased there.
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I was shocked that they had a Live Chat option, which admittedly is awesome.
It didn’t work out well though.
The full Refund went surprisingly fast. I’ve refunded a game in the past, that took a few days. This time I received an email right away that I was refunded. I’m guessing because I never even installed it.
Sucks that I lost my coupon on a transaction that didn’t go through the first time. Oh well, I’m just going to grab a Steam game through a decent third party key seller. Epic’s only worth it for the coupons and free games.
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Latest EGS exclusive.
Most of them, yes. The only one that wasn't was WWE 2K Battlegrounds. They're developing Space Marine 2 so I would sadly expect that one to be exclusive
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If it’s like most other EGS exclusives, 12 months from now. Always best to assume that until we hear otherwise.
Developers and publishers are quick to talk about different deals, whether they be shorter or a forever exclusive.
Lifetime exclusive until you have no users and no money
EGS exclusives seem to be harmful for indie developers in the long run at this point
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Lifetime exclusive until you have no users and no money
EGS exclusives seem to be harmful for indie developers in the long run at this point
I was going to post it haha
I believe it won't be the first case it happens, they'll just append ": <random word>" to the name and release it as a brand new version that in no way breaks their previous deal. Look at "Word War Z: Aftermath" formaly known as simply "World War Z"....Lifetime exclusive until you have no users and no money
So get ready for "Airborne Kingdom: Relifted" or something like that.
Either this or there was some sort of sales clause in their lifetime deal with Epic that allows them to release the game elsewhere if it sells bad on EGS over a period of time.
Or they asked nicely and Epic let them!
Time shall tell.
Also, so much for the developer “believing in” what Epic’s doing. Guess said beliefs don’t put food on the table.
They said it's lifetime exclusive for PC and Mac, no mentions of Linux/Deck though!
I guess the whole "storefronts taking 30% is ridiculous" hits differently when you actually have to sell a product.
This. Epic paid for the development of Airborne Kingdom, no one bought it and now the devs don't have money for their next project.
I can't say I feel sorry for the devs. I mean, the PC gaming community couldn't have been more vocal against Epic's money hatting.
I don't feel sorry for the developers. The choice is make your money selling to customers who want to play your creation, versus getting an easy exclusivity check - but selling to no one.
Personally I'd prefer to have people buying my game.
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Thinking about it, I dont't really understand EGS timed exclusive thinking. There are games releasing exclusively on Steam (by dev/pub chocie) every day. Like, I just came across this game:
Looks really good, most likely gonna sell a lot.
Like, Epic keeps paying (and funding with their publishing label) projects which costs them a lot, but still just received even more exclusives without Valve paying a dime. I get that Epic is trying to get more people to use EGS, but the exclusivity "battle" itself is long lost for Epic.
Like, for all I know, a smaller game like Vampire Survivors have made Valve more money than all 3rd party games that has released on EGS so far this year combined.
Looks really good, most likely gonna sell a lot.
Like, Epic keeps paying (and funding with their publishing label) projects which costs them a lot, but still just received even more exclusives without Valve paying a dime. I get that Epic is trying to get more people to use EGS, but the exclusivity "battle" itself is long lost for Epic.
Like, for all I know, a smaller game like Vampire Survivors have made Valve more money than all 3rd party games that has released on EGS so far this year combined.
Everyone talks big until their game bombs
I wonder what the platform split is. China is the top region for the PC version so PC sales might be stronger than anticipated.
I'm not surprised at these numbers. The game seems to be a huge hit on Twitch. (and by most accounts the game is great)
I'm personally waiting for the Steam version.
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I will fire up the snarkometer for Airbourne Kingdom's launch.
The 10 peoples who preordered on EGS should be livid
My guess is that the deal with Epic wasn't actually permanent for contractual reasons, but it was communicated this way because the devs really liked Epic. They wrote a lengthy post about this on Steam:
"We believe in Epic. Epic is taking a step to fund indie games the same way that AAA is funded -- with deals worked out beforehand, but paying devs rather than suits. They've also publicly stated they're taking 12% of a game's revenue rather than the industry-standard store cut, which is almost triple that figure. Instead of flooding their store with anything, they're specifically curating good games, aiding to our visibility and to gamers' benefit (this also means we spend less time marketing, and more time just making the game). They've been clear with their roadmap, timely with their communication, and human about all our interactions. Overall, they're a company, and a group of people, that we want to work with -- for Airborne Kingdom, and hopefully in the longer term."
But now they probably realize that Epic won't be funding their next game, and the money they received for AK was spent on the development. I can't believe how short-sighted these guys were...
They really bought into Sweeney's bullshit. I can't decide if that's funny or sad.
hmmmm ... the steam user "Kid Danger" posted this:
steamcommunity.com
edit:
Discord direct link for those who wanna check: Join the Airborne Kingdom Discord Server!
(it was our own prudis who interacted there with the dev, I just noticed.)
Coming to steam? :: Airborne Kingdom General Discussions
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edit:
Discord direct link for those who wanna check: Join the Airborne Kingdom Discord Server!
(it was our own prudis who interacted there with the dev, I just noticed.)
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Yeah, just read that on the steam forums. Seems really odd. So the game is still technically full exclusive on PC and this is all the doing of their console publisher.hmmmm ... the steam user "Kid Danger" posted this:
Coming to steam? :: Airborne Kingdom General Discussions
https://steamdb.info/app/982290/history/ The app have updates recently
edit:
Discord direct link for those who wanna check: Join the Airborne Kingdom Discord Server!
(it was our own prudis who interacted there with the dev, I just noticed.)
It would make it all the more funny then as it could potentially make more money for their publisher than it will for them (I would guess they can't take any money for fear of breaching their contract with epic).
yeah although it states its published by Freedom Games on Steam.
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maybe they think they can argue the Steam Deck is a console
yup i simply asked the moment i noticed the page going live on steamb
although forgot to check back for a time and onl\ the short version of the reply remains
I'm not buying that explanation. Why upload Windows and Mac development builds? Why upload the library assets?
I have not heard of Airborne Kingdom before, haven't even seen it on EGS. How the heck did Epic help them with marketing? If they did help, then they did a poor job doing so...
EGS has poor marketing for anything they don't pay to get on the store. Discovery is really bad, so even exclusives get's quickly buried, it's really just bigger titles like Darkest Dungeon 2 and SIFU that get's a showoff on the store. Like, Solar Ash and JETT was a day or 2 on the front page, then got buried.