I'm probably just going to get AA456 out of all of those, because I'm not paying $120 for Yakuza 8. SEGA is insane lmao
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"but I think it’s great that Epic is there trying to build a competitive platform."
If Epic is competing against Steam they are doing a terrible job.
And of course the company terrible at economics (buying up studios then laying people off) complains about platform fees.
Suicide Squad get out of there that's not your family
"In reality we are paying more fees to platforms than we spend on game development every year "
lmao
Embracer admitting their game budgets are low as shit
lmao
Embracer admitting their game budgets are low as shit
Hopefully its not cancelled. The world needs more Dishonored.
The Epic lower platform fee and exclusivity deal really helped Saints Row and Volition, hmm (I know it's a mediocre game, but the Epic marketing black hole probably made it sell even less?).
Then there's the rumour about Embracer considering selling Gearbox, so I guess these deals helped Gearbox too.
Spending more on platform fees than on the development of games? More like spending more on buying other studios.
Maybe Embracer should have nurtured the studios they already have instead of gobbling up tons of studios.
how.. how.. i really dont know how is this posible, if you are only paying %. from the 100%
less margin of no sales is nothing.
that said some studios should consider those mega-companies are only buying the IPs (and I still are wondering why, because they barely use those IPs after that) soon or later after the acquisition those studios will suffer layoffs, as always.
that said some studios should consider those mega-companies are only buying the IPs (and I still are wondering why, because they barely use those IPs after that) soon or later after the acquisition those studios will suffer layoffs, as always.
They're not saying that, they're saying their budget for developing is lower than what they spend on platforms, aka that 30%How is 30% more than 70%?
Budget is the money allocated to develop games, not the revenue.
Revenue would be the 70%, however if what they pay is very high their revenue is also very high.
The sequel of Airborne Kingdom, one of these "permanent EGS exclusives", doesn't seem to release on EGS as well. Glad to see Epic's strategy focused on exclusivity fail hard. They deserve it.Either Sony has forgotten EGS in the marketing or the game is indeed will be exclusive to Steam on PC.
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If their platform costs are higher than the development cost, then doesn't that suggest the games are selling well? Which we know they kind off aren't.
The other thing is will Embracer bite the bullet and make something exclusive without any financial incentive behind it. I mean they know how well their games have sold on EGS.
The other thing is will Embracer bite the bullet and make something exclusive without any financial incentive behind it. I mean they know how well their games have sold on EGS.
What a ride of a day ! From considering the Deck as my main desktop to a Dock firmware update that bricks the external display signal.
Good job, Valve. To think I was regretting not buying a 512 during the sale.
Good job, Valve. To think I was regretting not buying a 512 during the sale.
Deep Silver and Sabre have been a huge provider of EGS exclusives. Pretty sure they'll at least try. Their focus is on consoles anyway.
Completely missed that there appears to be a new Touho game and it appears to be based around MegaTen. Or at least a dungeon crawler take anyway.
I suppose if you throw enough shit at the wall something is bound to stick... Right?
This guy is such a clown.
If the 30% they’re giving platform holders outstrips their game budgets, they probably aren’t spending enough developing their games.
Wingefors doesn’t seem to know his ass from his elbow, which is surprising because his head is planted firmly up it.
Wingefors doesn’t seem to know his ass from his elbow, which is surprising because his head is planted firmly up it.
True. But his actions are such a disaster for the games industry that he isn't funny at all...
"Hey Tim, we're still best buddies right? You want our other games r-right...?"
Thanks, I have never played through this game even though Chrono Trigger is my most replayed game of all time I think. Love that game so much, excited to finally give this one a try.Seems like this one is the most complete backgrounds mod:
Background Upscale - Crossification
This Mod is outdated. You can still download and use it but I’ve created a vastly supperior version of it that you can download here: https://www.nexusmods.com/chronocrosstheradicaldreamersedition/mwww.nexusmods.com
This one seems like it would have been higher quality, but isn't complete and hasn't been updated since january:
SilverLimit Hand-Edited HD Background Upscale Project
High-fidelity hand-retouched HD background upscales for Chrono Cross RDE. This project is a WIP.
for those with Blood Bowl 3
just saying Season 2 just started.
New Blood Pass DLC with new team -Underworld Denzens- can be purchased inside game store.
This is getting pretty common -like Street Fighter 6 f.e.-. So many DLC launches inside gaming stores instead of Steam DLC category (or other stores like PSN, XBOX, eshop)....
I'm not sure what will happen when these games server close (rethoric supposition).
just saying Season 2 just started.
New Blood Pass DLC with new team -Underworld Denzens- can be purchased inside game store.
This is getting pretty common -like Street Fighter 6 f.e.-. So many DLC launches inside gaming stores instead of Steam DLC category (or other stores like PSN, XBOX, eshop)....
I'm not sure what will happen when these games server close (rethoric supposition).
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Komodo seems to be limiting the support for the index right now. So if something breaks on it, good luck.
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Pocket monsters won two awards at TGS it seems. One of them was for sales (it sold over 20 million units I think, so sure) but it some how won an award for game excellence?
I do find it funny how there are some people that are happy for game freak and then there are also those that are wonder how did that broken game even get nominated for an "excellence award" in sure you all heard just how broken Violet and Scarlett were/still are.
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Pocket monsters won two awards at TGS it seems. One of them was for sales (it sold over 20 million units I think, so sure) but it some how won an award for game excellence?
I do find it funny how there are some people that are happy for game freak and then there are also those that are wonder how did that broken game even get nominated for an "excellence award" in sure you all heard just how broken Violet and Scarlett were/still are.
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I love how embracer just came out and admitted they're a bunch of broke bastards who can't fund their games enough. When you have to blame store cuts for not making any money you're scraping the bottom of the excuse barrel. Their entire business model was buying studios and ips that no one wanted and weren't profitable anymore and they're stunned to find out those things don't make money. And these people supposedly have business degrees.
What I don't get about the CEO of embracer saying the 30% thing is it isn't true anymore for valve and people that constantly repeat it are just willfully misinformed.
It STARTS at 30%, then goes to 25%, then reduces down the more you sell and has been like that since 2018
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It's 170k copies of a 60$ game or like 340k copies of a 30$ game so I mean for an indie it's a lot of sales but for a big company like embracer they'd be closing the studio
It STARTS at 30%, then goes to 25%, then reduces down the more you sell and has been like that since 2018
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An unprecedented change to Valve’s financial agreement with game makers
It's 170k copies of a 60$ game or like 340k copies of a 30$ game so I mean for an indie it's a lot of sales but for a big company like embracer they'd be closing the studio
I mean maybe? but I think it really depends on what the hell they ended up doing with the 8? 9? months they delayed the game. I know they can't remake the entire game but I'm curious to see what they actually did besides make it look prettier? Lol I still want the game regardless with Suicide Squad since it's one of the last thing Kevin Conroy voice acted in (if not the last)
I'm probably about halfway through Separate Ways and I'm quite happy with it. Definitely worth the money.
Managed to get Aurora (Cheat Happens) working on the Deck and felt the power of Steam when I loaded up the same save game on my desktop PC. So now I can cheat on the go in my games and load up the game on my desktop and continue there.
Using their (robot) hair like that really reminds me of the old NES game Kabuki: Quantum Fighter.
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Lars made very similar comments about platform cuts back in 2021.
wccftech.com
Embracer CEO: Fees Paid to Platform Owners Are Over Twice Game Development Costs
Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors criticized the current industry paradigms dictating large fees paid to platform holders on console and PC (Steam)
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Also he had an additional comment today:
I get the feeling he would like to do the EGS First Run program, but probably won't tempt fate. Also he's cut a number of deals with them and probably has enough insight to know how their games would do if they are exclusive, and if he's not getting a minimum guarantee then it probably isn't worth the extra 12% in lieu of significantly less units and overall sales.
Yeah it rules. I nearly died when Wesker said complete local saturation
Only two more(*) Ace Attorney titles to go! 
(*) Not counting the Layton crossover titles.
(*) Not counting the Layton crossover titles.
this got me really hyped, loved 1-2-3 and thank capgod for doing 4-5-6(never played the new trilogy)
For how long has Dragon's Dogma 2 been in development? They already have a demo to show at TGS even though it was just announced last year. The game looks amazing!
Is it just me or does this look like something out of Slayers X LOL.
Call of Duty is now anime.
The audacity of them not having at least one Touhou game. Doesn't Steam basically have most of them? I even remember how ever since last year that Zun has made it were after the game goes up for sale at Comiket that he shortly after puts it up on Steam (mainly because of people who's intentions are just to sell that copy online and people that actually want to play the game are unable to)
Maybe it's because it's listed as only in Japanese? But yeah sad not to see any touhou games featured, it's basically the signature of shmup
Same sort of situation with Visual Novel Festival. Barely any Japanese-produced titles were featured. Typical Valve.
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