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ISee

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like even a hint of money hatting Geforce Now exclusivity now.
Just one tiny correction. I don't think there is money being offered here. I think EGS is embracing the opportunity to give people another motivation to buy from them instead of Steam.

For the rest: I had some respect for Tim left. That went down the gutter with that tweet. He is a blind, self-righteous asshole.
 

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Just one tiny correction. I don't think there is money being offered here. I think EGS is embracing the opportunity to give people another motivation to buy from them instead of Steam.

For the rest: I had some respect for Tim left. That went down the gutter with that tweet. He is a blind, self-righteous asshole.
Yeah I'm not sure whats happening but even a hint of it is too much. Also how can EGS dictate a thing like that when on Steam its the dev that decides?
 
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ISee

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Also how can EGS dictate a thing like that when on Steam its the dev that decides?
I have no idea if devs/pubs agree to run the game through EGS + Geforce Now, if that's something that EGS is actively convincing devs to do or if there is some kind of clausal in the contract that gives EGS the right to decide. Because the game is still being downloaded and bought through EGS and there shouldn't be a difference for the devs/pubs if the game is being run on a virtual machine or local PC.

The amount of games being on Steam and EGS that support GFN only on EGS is starting to become noticeable lately. That's all I can say.
 

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I think the thing with Geforce Now might be a little overblown. This website seems to keep an updated list of games and which platforms/storefronts are supported for the games on Geforce Now:


The games on Geforce Now that support games through EGS and not Steam are Ubisoft titles (12 titles), Fortnite, EGS exclusives, and 7 other titles that are found on both.
 
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Tried the Mortal Shell Open Beta. Devs have tried to copy so much from Souls, from gameplay to deisgn, to combat, to menus, but it doesn't feel really grat to play. I feel they took too much inspiration, in a way that my brain thinks Im playing a Dark Souls spin-off, just worse.
 

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as per PCGamer some Satisfactory sales data:

"1,326,518 copies sold total, with 958,917 on the Epic Games Store and 367,601 on Steam. As Jace explains, "Epic sold in about three months or something 500,000. The total number sold on Steam in a month or whatever is 360,000 so it's slated to probably overtake what Epic did at that time.
 

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I think the thing with Geforce Now might be a little overblown. This website seems to keep an updated list of games and which platforms/storefronts are supported for the games on Geforce Now:


The games on Geforce Now that support games through EGS and not Steam are Ubisoft titles (12 titles), Fortnite, EGS exclusives, and 7 other titles that are found on both.
I just downloaded the GeForce Now client and even this list is not totally accurate. For example, it says that Satisfactory is supported only from EGS. The actual client lists both Steam and EGS.
 

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VTM Swansong (new narrative game with RPG elements from the The Council devs, not to be confused with Bloodlines 2) is EGS-exclusive apparently

 

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WTA Earthblood too

Which one is this? So many different WoD games coming out under Vampire and Werewolf now, it's hard to keep track.
Is this the one we've known about for a couple years or the one that was revealed last month?
edit: looks fun as kind of a mindless action title. Hopefully it has a little more depth than the trailer lets on
 
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The replies are something, Epic cultivated a bunch of freeloaders, now they are starting to revolt when they don´t get something, this will be fun to watch unfold.
I remember that the free games promotion was supposed to end back in December. Got a friend who was trying to swing his dick saying "I have more games on EGS than I do on Steam now!" Well, yeah, they were all free and you haven't bought a single one which was promptly followed with a "So?"
 

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That's not a super substantial investment, but I guess Sony decided to go with EGS as their future store of choice on PC, at least until they make their own launcher.
 

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lol enjoy sony on steam while you can
I wouldn't read too much into it. For all intents and purposes, they're investing in Fortnite/Unreal Engine and not the Epic Games Store.

They can still take up on an offer from Epic, but that's neither here or there in regards to their investment. They're not going to sell exclusively on a store no one uses for no reason other than having a 2% stake in said company.
 
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Kind of a waste of money tbh. Whatever next gen benefits of UE5 and Fortnite will reach PS5 either way.

They were better off buying another studio. They paid 225 million for Insomniac and they already made their money back off one Spider-Man game. And now Insomniac gonna make a ton of games for Sony in the future which will create an immense return on that 225 million.

Should of coughed up another half a billion and picked up Bungie or someone that big. Epic was a good investment 4-5 years ago not now imo.
 

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They can still take up on an offer from Epic, but that's neither here or there in regards to their investment. They're not going to sell exclusively on a store no one uses for no reason other than having a 2% stake in said company.
Sony learned that exclusive games sell consoles. I wouldn't be surprised if they start following this kind of logic in the PC space.
Skipping and ignoring EGS for a year is one thing. Ignoring God of War or TLOU when they won't show up outside of EGS ever is a different kind of story.
We'll see, but I'm pessimistic.

Apparently, they only bought 1.5% though.

 
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Sony investing in Epic doesn't mean shit. Epic is free to release games on Xbox with this deal, so I don't expect the investor is going to hamstring their PC experiment to a rinky-dink store that isn't moving the needle on game sales outside of insane couponing.

Worst case scenario, they release their games on EGS in addition to Steam, which isn't bad at all. The more the merrier.

This deal is more about everything else Epic does.
 

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Sony learned that exclusive games sell consoles. I wouldn't be surprised if they start following this kind of logic in the PC space.
Yeah, but that's a closed ecosystem. Third party exclusives makes no sense in an open ecosystem where customers can jump to a new platform/client within seconds for free, so that investment is completely meaningless.

So while they may still take up on a deal from Epic at any point in the future, I don't see them going all in on EGS just because they have invested in Epic. That just wouldn't make any sense.
 
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