No doubt these devs would find another publisher for these games. And they would be released on Steam as well. EGS can go down in flames tomorrow imo.
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Also, Epic Publishing can outlive EGS, no problem.
Epic would just need to release a bitterly angry press release stating they’ve been given no choice but to use Steam, as they did when they released Fortnite on Google Play.
Epic would just need to release a bitterly angry press release stating they’ve been given no choice but to use Steam, as they did when they released Fortnite on Google Play.
I get the feeling Epic's endgame is for the rewards program to replace coupons so they don't bleed as much money.
Wait, wait another sale ? Wasn't there another big sale like a month ago ?
Regarding the discussion on the previous page, I think I might have mentioned this sometime, tim said something like this (paraphrasing): games (publishers) will decide where people buy games.
But that's kind of flawed when there are too many games releasing (nearly)everyday.
If it only was two sales in a row, it's the fifth major sale this year.
February - February Savings
March - End of Winter Sale
April - Spring Sale
Half of May + Half of June - Mega Sale
now - Summer Sale
To be fair to Epic, they did succeed in providing competition to Valve on the developer side. Steam's different tiers of revenue cuts was very likely a direct result of EGS existing. Epic Online Services provides a better offering than Valve's. To be fair to Epic again, I don't know how you would hope to compete against an entrenched market leader with 20 years of head start, a carefully crafted "good guy" image, high levels of customer satisfaction and no sign of complacency. It's just that their plan was so godawful that it was doomed from the start.
If they felt they had to play the role of the villain against Steam and try to force themselves into the market, they should have done so at Microsoft's "I bought the bank" level. They should have moneyhatted every medium to major release for at least three years, but that would have meant burning through their Fortnite cash at an extraorrdinary rate. Instead they half-assed it in every way and now whatever small amount of momentum they had managed to pick up is dead in the water.
If they felt they had to play the role of the villain against Steam and try to force themselves into the market, they should have done so at Microsoft's "I bought the bank" level. They should have moneyhatted every medium to major release for at least three years, but that would have meant burning through their Fortnite cash at an extraorrdinary rate. Instead they half-assed it in every way and now whatever small amount of momentum they had managed to pick up is dead in the water.
"Half-assed" is the word. Even if for some reason that I don't see their strategy of "uh no we're not even going to try to provide all those consumer-facing features" made sense, the developer-facing side of EGS is also way less featureful (and reliable) than Steam's is.
Here’s the thing. For me, if they had ignored all the exclusivity bollocks and instead focused on the likes of the rolling discount vouchers that renewed after each purchase, slowly moving towards the points system and earning discounts I would probably have been there day 1. Hell I probably would have been buying less on Steam with those sort of incentives.
They should have announced/started the publishing deals a lot sooner as well. While I still wouldn’t have liked the exclusive nature they would have gone down it would have been more justified than the exclusivity deals.
Finally take twitter and tell Tim to shut the fuck up.
They should have announced/started the publishing deals a lot sooner as well. While I still wouldn’t have liked the exclusive nature they would have gone down it would have been more justified than the exclusivity deals.
Finally take twitter and tell Tim to shut the fuck up.
Hey, if the EGS lasts at least until they give away Aiko's Choice again I'll be glad since I missed the only giveaway I wanted to play in a long time.
The /r/EpicGamesPC community is wild. Someone on there is claiming that Microsoft was the reason for the PC gaming revival.
Three kinds of people are posting in that sub:
- people having issues with EGS
- people asking for more features in EGS that most other storefronts already have
- trolls/astroturfers
It's both sad and hilarious tbh...
Epic Games Launcher stops downloading when moving/resizing the window
I love that the launcher does not interfere with my resizing activities.
Too bad steam lacks that feature. Point for Timmy!
The fact that the community can build a better launcher than Epic, a billion dollar company that designed the most advanced graphics engine in the world, proves once again that Epic doesn't care about the user experience at all. The sooner EGS dies the better.
To be fair, Heroic is a damning indictment on every launcher it replaces. This isn’t just an Epic thing: GOG and Amazon should hang their heads in shame too.
Remember how Sonic Frontiers was supposed to launch on EGS last year? It's been in their backend for awhile. The name "projectrangers" is most likely a reference to the original Frontiers code name which was Project Sonic Rangers. Why it hasn't released on EGS, I have absolutely no idea.
Also Bamco has some games on the Epic backend. I know Little Nightmares 1 and 2 are on the list as there are some titles that match DLC names, but the others are mystery to me. My guess is Dragonball games since there was a Fortnite collab last year.
Also I installed the Epic launcher today to check something. I installed Fall Guys to see if my Steam progress would carry over. It did not and all my items and progress were wiped. I'm not super upset since I won't ever play the game again, but I am slightly perturbed that I lost my TF2 and Portal items. I also promply deleted the EGL and EOS after I was finished.
Anyway that's my rambling for the day.
Also Bamco has some games on the Epic backend. I know Little Nightmares 1 and 2 are on the list as there are some titles that match DLC names, but the others are mystery to me. My guess is Dragonball games since there was a Fortnite collab last year.
Also I installed the Epic launcher today to check something. I installed Fall Guys to see if my Steam progress would carry over. It did not and all my items and progress were wiped. I'm not super upset since I won't ever play the game again, but I am slightly perturbed that I lost my TF2 and Portal items. I also promply deleted the EGL and EOS after I was finished.
Anyway that's my rambling for the day.
Correct. I linked my Steam and Epic accounts, and ran Fall Guys on EGL first to see if my stuff carried over. It didn't. I downloaded my Steam copy and the fresh account overwrote my old progress. If I had ran FG on Steam first then launched it on Epic first then it probably would have been hunky dory, but that's most likely an edge case that the developers never accounted for. I might try that with my Rocket League account in a few years when I'm bored and procrastinating.
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Elon Musk says he’s going to talk to Tim Cook about adjusting the Apple tax
Elon Musk is going after Apple again.
It's been almost 3 years since Fortnite got booted from mobile stores and he's still at it. But hey I've spent more than 3 years griping about EGS so who am I to say anything?
Must be a weird feeling for Tim and the Epic Store staff to miss out on BG3. Unless it pops up when it launches today or later. Still, Steam is getting all the mindshare for the game.
Tim still mad about not getting special deal for Epic.
Didn't he admit on the trial that he would have taken a special deal if offered ?
Yes. Tim criticising Tim again.
Not any more weird than missing on Elden Ring
Or Monster Hunter
Or many other games that skipped EGS even if fully multiplatform
Want Yakuza on pc? Well you're in luck since it's both on Steam and GoG. But for EGS only users this is the only Yakuza action they will see
EGS is basically a dump like Steam at this point, except with crypto grifts instead of anime boobs and no way to sift through the garbage.
As it stands, that is a nothingburger. Apple doesn't have to change anything until the SC either decides to take up the case or reject it. If they reject it, Apple will lose the steering clause.
there's nothing worse than settling in for a nice long 3-4 hour resizing session then just as I get into it Steam bugs me by telling me my game is done installing
look Valve I was already having more fun than any game could possibly provide....at least I was until you BROKE MY IMMERSION
I'll take Anime boobs every time.
Epic Online Services expands free crossplay overlay from PC to consoles
Empower your players to play wherever and whoever they want across PC and consoles with Epic Online Services.
Woo I can't wait for that obnoxious Epic overlay to infect my console games.
At least they knew it would get annihilated in its old slot. I don't think it's going to do particularly well, but October 27 gives more breathing room between Spider-Man and Call of Duty. Even Assassin's Creed moved its date to avoid Spidey.
Most of the comments:
- no physical no buy
- EGS exclusive=no buy
Incredible how Remedy keeps making the worst publishing deals...
To be fair, if you're just trying to get the game funded, the Epic Publishing deal is fantastic.
And the revenue share is quite attractive.
But it's not at all conducive to building up a fanbase. Too many caveats to get many people to bother paying. Alan Wake II is a game I really want, but I'm not buying it on PC, so I guess if I get a console that isn't a Series S and it's on discount?
And the revenue share is quite attractive.
But it's not at all conducive to building up a fanbase. Too many caveats to get many people to bother paying. Alan Wake II is a game I really want, but I'm not buying it on PC, so I guess if I get a console that isn't a Series S and it's on discount?
Epic Games saves most famous asset flipper banned from Steam
This guy must be a chud. He gave Epic a whole bunch of exclusives without even getting paid for it!
He'll get banned in a few days as there's a thread near the top of /r/pcgaming. Still pretty funny.
Gotta do what you gotta do to secure an exclusive in this economy.
its so funny to watch him go back on every word he said prior lauching the store .... and defending assteflips like this
Looks like I could be wrong. He might keep them on EGS just to be a contrarian (again).
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The last report for MAU in the EU was 21.3 million so that is one helluva counting error. Steam's EU MAUs are located here, but you have to actually be located in the EU to view it. Last I saw, it was 26.3 million.
Unless plans change, it appears that they are shifting the coupon from the Holiday Sale to the Black Friday sale which means one week instead of three.
Halfway there.
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During the six-month period of August 1, 2022, to January 31, 2023, Steam had an average of 26.3 million monthly active recipients from the European Union.
This is previous, so no change there.
This is previous, so no change there.
lmao
The last report for MAU in the EU was 21.3 million so that is one helluva counting error. Steam's EU MAUs are located here, but you have to actually be located in the EU to view it. Last I saw, it was 26.3 million.
once again Timmy working his magic with numbers
and just like that 8 million mothly users just goone
Microsoft PC Games Store is at 3 million (but the general PC app store bests both Steam and EGS with 32 million). I couldn't find any numbers for GOG so I assume they don't meet the reporting threshold.