This week is already looking good for Epic, but things could turn even worse it will be if Epic / Deep Silver don't start refunding Shenmue 3 backers or simply go another week without saying nothing other than Tim tweets.
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they probably just want to wait it out ... hoping most people will move on (the journalists certainly already have)
meanwhile everything is valves fault by traping poor exclusivity partners
Words fail me. The one thing his store sucks at, the one thing they are showing themselves as utterly unable to develop in timely fashion - when being forced to do so - are features. An ensemble of services that is apparently taking its toll in resources and money. And he would expect Valve to provide it, free of charge lest they be accused of "trapping partners".
I'm sure that should the situation be reversed, Epic would gladly fund the bandwidth and infrastructure costs associated with activating and downloading a product.
What do you mean, "no"?
What Tim is failing, or intentionally refusing, to understand is that this isn't necessarily about Steam. It's about EGS.
People do not want EGS. If Ys Net turned around tomorrow and said DRM-free downloads via Humble or GOG (or their own site) for all PC backers, that'd probably quell 95% of the anger immediately.
But I guess there's no way he can blame evil Valve for stopping DRM-free downloads, so that won't even be countenanced.
People do not want EGS. If Ys Net turned around tomorrow and said DRM-free downloads via Humble or GOG (or their own site) for all PC backers, that'd probably quell 95% of the anger immediately.
But I guess there's no way he can blame evil Valve for stopping DRM-free downloads, so that won't even be countenanced.
Pretty much, yeah.
And the reason most people don't want EGS is because of third party exclusivity and the stench it brought to the PC community.
But instead of reading the signs and accepting that he made a mistake Tim decided to double down on exclusivity.
Tim might think he is very clever, but the intelligent people question their decision all the time and are willing to learn and accept mistakes.
No doubt he understands that. This is nothing more than PR, because Sweeney knows that the media is parroting his Tweets.
Let's see if this reddit gets more members than the pro-EGS one.
Epic good, Valve bad.meanwhile everything is valves fault by traping poor exclusivity partners
He read /r/gamingcirclejerk too much.
I've just come back from ASDA with a Maccy-D and i was chuckling all the way home because there was some poor sod who looked the spitting image of Tim working there. lololol!
"No, i don't want fries with that i want a Steam Key you twerp!" lolololol
"No, i don't want fries with that i want a Steam Key you twerp!" lolololol
Just stumbled across Outer Worlds on the Xbox PC Game Pass BETA app.
So much for that exclusivity: It will be available day one.
Also available on the Windows Store
So much for that exclusivity: It will be available day one.
Also available on the Windows Store
My 10MB already pre-loaded too. Fuck Epic!
Just stumbled across Outer Worlds on the Xbox PC Game Pass BETA app.
So much for that exclusivity: It will be available day one.
Also available on the Windows Store
I preloaded it as soon as it went up a few weeks ago. Thanks MS!
Looks like i need to dig my twitter account out from i have no idea, reset the password, login and vote...
That's one of the rare times I wish I had a twitter account. I would really love to add to that never vote.
It's an open secret that EGS exclusivity just means 'Not on Steam', since games appear elsewhere, just not thereJust stumbled across Outer Worlds on the Xbox PC Game Pass BETA app.
So much for that exclusivity: It will be available day one.
Also available on the Windows Store
edit: Going to have to log into twitter at lunch I see
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Is Epic the fastest example of massive PR loss in gaming history? Can't even think of anything comparable.
What do you mean PR loss?
Some gaming media is heavily promoting that Epic employees have time off! Can you say the same for your own employer?
I wonder if they paid for the PC Gamer staff holiday.What do you mean PR loss?
Some gaming media is heavily promoting that Epic employees have time off! Can you say the same for your own employer?
What do you mean PR loss?
Some gaming media is heavily promoting that Epic employees have time off! Can you say the same for your own employer?
We're commending companies for giving paid vacations now? That shit is mandatory in Canada.
Yeah, lmao.
I have 5 weeks paid vacation a year. Celebrating 2 weeks of paid vacation after 2 years sounds kinda sad tbh, but I'm not familiar with how this works in the US.
The Epic Games store is the “top digital platform” for World War Z
World War Z saw equal performance across platforms despite its Epic exclusivity
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Look what hot news got reposted today. Desperate times.
That shit is mandatory basically anywhere!
I have no idea how it is in the US, but I would bet even they have some bare minimum laws protecting workers rights.
I guess the news there is that they actually close shop for 2 weeks, which is kinda normal for small companies or brick and mortar stores, but not really for 1K employees companies.
On one hand is a good thing for those poor people crunched to death, on the other is also a rather unprofessional thing to do for a company selling services.
But yeah, they needed the clicky-baity lord-and-saviour title, so they couldn't just give everybody 2 weeks of their choice off.
I have 26 days of paid vacation per year.
Roughly 5 weeks if you add sun and Saturdays.
Roughly 5 weeks if you add sun and Saturdays.
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wroker's rights? in the US? hahaha ... good joke
Unfortunately, no lies detected. There is no mandatory vacation time here in the states. Most places offer it, but as a bonus (same with healthcare). I love living here, and I hate living here at the same time.
lol ... that's pretty accurate for A LOT of people, though
well its denuvo and from what i heard denuvo on 
means, denuvo license stored on server so online to launch
means, denuvo license stored on server so online to launch
This is something that really screws my head.
The tech industry by and large has historically brought forward the whole work-life balance. It could be some dumb shit like ping pong tables in the office or something more important like an open vacation policy, but either way, it makes our job better than pretty much any others.
I'm baffled by the fact that old-school tech is so much more advanced than the videogames industry.
Phoenix RISING
A phoenix always RISES!
I wouldn't even say most places offer it. When I got a job granting me my first three PDOs, I was thirty years old.
Most people say teachers are paid fine because we get summer off. Actually, our contract is for 10 months and they stretch our pay over 12. There are blessings and burdens.
Anyway,
Phoenix RISING
A phoenix always RISES!
Most people say teachers are paid fine because we get summer off. Actually, our contract is for 10 months and they stretch our pay over 12. There are blessings and burdens.
Anyway,
I used to teach. Lived that life too.
Summer off? No. Actually, it's a mad scramble to nab the handful of teaching jobs.
What do you mean PR loss?
Some gaming media is heavily promoting that Epic employees have time off! Can you say the same for your own employer?
I actively checked if your link pointed to PC Gamer. It points to PC Gamer.
The Epic Games store is the “top digital platform” for World War Z
World War Z saw equal performance across platforms despite its Epic exclusivity
Look what hot news got reposted today. Desperate times.
PCGamesN is challenging PcGamer in a "shilling for Epic" competition. It's incredible.
I didn't realize until now that Epic is kinda building a bad working environment block, by gathering Epic, Gearbox, and Quantic Dream.
I guess R* next?
I guess R* next?
Yeah, I got this nice habit of proxying their links through archive.org from derExperte!
The Epic Games store is the “top digital platform” for World War Z
World War Z saw equal performance across platforms despite its Epic exclusivity
Look what hot news got reposted today. Desperate times.
I'm just waiting for PCG to post 20 Epic Games news stories today trying to steal Valve's Summer Sale thunder.
HEY GUYS HEAVY RAIN IS ON PC NOW LOOK LOOK LOOK EPIC IS BRINGING PS EXCLUSIVES TO PC: ALSO CHECK OUT OUTER WILDS ITS SOOOOOOOO GOOD
BUYITBUYITBUYITBUYITBUYITBUYIT
Live footage of Steam Summer Sale going through EGS' PR machine:
Poll is closed. 58% voted "NEVER!", 30% voted "No".
Good.
They're already on it:
h**ps://www.pcgamer.com/heavy-rain-is-out-now-on-pc-with-a-free-demo/
(don't click on the link, archive is in maintenance)
The best 40K shorts (there's, unfortunately, no movies or tv shows based on the setting yet) out there.
