I literally just posted an article about Saladin's Conquest on N4G last night.
Yep, if I were Gabe I wouldn't allow devs to advertise other platforms there. Or if they wanna do it, it would have to release day one on Steam too.
Does the eShop fleece developers?
I'd say "What a clown", but that would be unfair to circus performers, who don't have this contempt for their audience.
Clowns also actually do their jobs.
That money wont be eternal. And since they already burned bridges with potential customers on the last game, good luck finding buyers for the next one.
But that's not a downside with getting paid in advance for a specific number of sales, as opposed to getting paid a (smaller) lump sum while also getting revenue from every copy sold on EGS, that's a downside with taking an exclusivity deal with Epic in general.
Freelance games journalist who writes for pc gamer gets banned on Era because of "it's just another icon" posts:
Ys net has heard the concerns regarding Epic Games Store exclusivity for Shenmue III and will assess the situation [Read Staff Post Before Posting]
lol. Well, looks like backers will get what they want: to click on one symbol instead of another before playing a game.
He also called the issues pc gamerd are having with Epic "based on nothing"
Ys net has heard the concerns regarding Epic Games Store exclusivity for Shenmue III and will assess the situation [Read Staff Post Before Posting]
You're both right, happy to go into more detail instead of being reductive. The case that backers deserve a Steam version is thin to begin with, and mostly based on the pre-2019 assumption that if you're buying a game on PC, you're buying it for Steam. And I think this intersects with a separate...
Incredible
His flagship product's business model is based around fleecing teenagers, and he exploits his employees in order to keep up with demand.
If you add great leader to that text, it would almost sound like North Korean propaganda.
Other executives don't pout on twitter like Sweeney does.
Please post his.
Sure, if you devs a quick buck they should take it, but IMO it is not worth losing trust down the line.
If devs stopped talking down to their audience as if we're incompetent and have just arrived in the pc gaming space, it would help. We know it's the money, or your publisher going for the money. You know it's the money, just say so. I harbour no ill will, but I also am not obligated to follow you down the EGS rabbithole just because you're a creator in my chosen hobby
You'd think being able to force employees to work 80-100hr weeks with little to no overtime while you get to sit back and post smartass tweets on the internet would be enough for him. I know posting smart ass council comments about him is enough for me, and I have no money
Whoa. Officially linking to an outside 3rd party twitter as a response. Koch Media and Ys really don't know how to say 'we got paid. shove it!' do they? They clearly do not care.
This is the best and worst thing I've seen in a while.
