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I said this on discord but it must really suck for EGS devs who don’t want to be devalued by this sale. Its not like they have the privilege to pull their game like Vampire or Oxygen not included.
They’d have to give up a month worth of sales because Epic can’t program their store to have games be available at regular price and due to the exclusivity deal they have nowhere else to sell their game. That is if their contract even allows them to pull their game at all.
But I guess they made their bed when they signed an exclusity deal with an unproven platform.
They’d have to give up a month worth of sales because Epic can’t program their store to have games be available at regular price and due to the exclusivity deal they have nowhere else to sell their game. That is if their contract even allows them to pull their game at all.
But I guess they made their bed when they signed an exclusity deal with an unproven platform.
That tweet aged so well that it made me lose a rib from laughter.
Yesterday: IT SUPPORTS THE DEVS SO I SUPPORT IT! GIVE DEVS MORE MONEY! DOWN WITH THE CUT!Using a VPN to buy a game cheaper seems to directly contradict the notion of "a bigger cut for the devs is good" that so many parrot on Era.
Not knockin' on anyone doing that, but at the same time, don't let me catch you being a hypocrite about it.
Today: What is this devaluing games bullshit give me my fucking $5 Bloodlines 2 you greedy cunts
And some people actually think they want to pay 70 bucks for a game lmao
As someone who has been directly affected because by people abusing VPNs (gifts restrictions, games getting more expensive in my region even before the recent trend), this is really annoying.
I'm not asking for anyone to be a saint since I'm not one either, just not to be such a huge hypocrite about it (I know, asking waaaaay to much these days).
This whole mess is better than last weeks game of thrones episode.
that's a pretty low bar (from what i've seen on twitter
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Haha I was thinking the same. You do you, but don't come to us acting all high and mighty for keeping the devs' interests in mind before your own (not you, of course).Using a VPN to buy a game cheaper seems to directly contradict the notion of "a bigger cut for the devs is good" that so many parrot on Era.
Not knockin' on anyone doing that, but at the same time, don't let me catch you being a hypocrite about it.
Holy fuck, that's scummy as hell. It was bullshit when devs did that on Steam, and it's still bullshit here.
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So I don't get it.
Are the devs only being comped the $10 if their game is over 15, or are they comped the full value? (IE if a game is 30 on sale for 10, epic comps the 20?).
Either way it's a disastah.
Are the devs only being comped the $10 if their game is over 15, or are they comped the full value? (IE if a game is 30 on sale for 10, epic comps the 20?).
Either way it's a disastah.
It's just the $10 based on what I read. If a game's base price is $30, but it's on sale for $10, that means the game was first discounted to $20 by the devs and then the bonus offer is subtracted, showing a final price of $10 on the store page. It's confusing that it'd be included in the displayed price rather than at checkout, but that's how it works. Some store pages literally have two sale prices, and everything that previously was $14.99 or more is automatically discounted.
Hades is back to $9.99 after $10 off. This wild ride never ends.
Will people who bought the game at $15 get the extra $5 refunded I wonder? Man Epic is probably hounded with refunds due to this sale.
I'm sure Epic will around the same time that the Ubisoft games come back onto the store. It must be nice for all these Fortnite players to subsidize Epic Game Store buyers.
I know it's a small difference, but didn't Hades had also a small discount? Something like 20% off? To technically not all they way back to previous price yet
The only reason I noticed is because over here the $10 was never applied since is less than $15.
Edit: Also, what would be the name of this new type of sale Supergiant and Epic are making? Roller coaster sales? Yoyo sales?
The only reason I noticed is because over here the $10 was never applied since is less than $15.
Edit: Also, what would be the name of this new type of sale Supergiant and Epic are making? Roller coaster sales? Yoyo sales?
Aw come on. Screw them, screw all of them.
This will only end badly for us, the ones who badly need the regional pricing.
Yea people are trash.
EGS does massive sale, results in devs raising prices on games. It's like Sweeney and Galyonkin are doing the exact opposite of everything that made me like UE4 as a tool for developers and educators. Guess I'm gonna have to start learning Unity now.
Well, let's be fair here. 5 games is like what... 7% of the whole store? You can bet that if an account bought 7% of all Steam catalog in a single day it would also be flagged as possible fraudulent too
Man... I can't really believe how ill prepared they were for this sale. "Let's have a MEGA sale but not change our fraud detection policies"!
I have never even been to the store.
You're not missing much. Big wall of game cover art in various sizes and prices in no particular order and very little other information. It's like going into a store where all of the merchandise is in a big pile on the floor.
Same here. I used the launcher briefly in 2015 to try out Unreal Tournament but stopped well before it ever became a store. Deleted my account not long after they announced their first moneyhat without ever checking it out and have zero curiosity.
Since Epic wants to 2x money hat, if I were the developer, I would let them.
Yes...because of recent events, I have decided that I will not buy Hades after all. 50% off is the minimum I require to buy from Steam. The firesale that was happening while I was at work was better.
I need a VPN tutorial. For science.
Nice sale but I'm still not crawling over to their store. Right now, it's the principle of the matter. Though honestly they have nothing I want.
I won't be buying anything, ever from Epic at this point. They have proven that their direction has no regard for PC gaming and so it is logical to take the steps that ensure a lower chance of them existing.
That being said, I'm not about to nag everyone that buys stuff from them.
First, it's unproductive and tends to actually make them less receptive to your point.
Second, it actually makes them experience the fucking tragedy which is this store and maybe our points will make more sense then.
Third, while Epic gains the usual from the sale, they are eating a lot of loss on it.
It still pisses me off to see people supporting them and not give a fuck about PC gaming, but I think it's counterproductive to go around knocking on doors.
That being said, I'm not about to nag everyone that buys stuff from them.
First, it's unproductive and tends to actually make them less receptive to your point.
Second, it actually makes them experience the fucking tragedy which is this store and maybe our points will make more sense then.
Third, while Epic gains the usual from the sale, they are eating a lot of loss on it.
It still pisses me off to see people supporting them and not give a fuck about PC gaming, but I think it's counterproductive to go around knocking on doors.
I expect tons of 'WHOA WHERE DID MY SAVE GO!' threads around the Internet in the next few months.
This is amazing.
It's only been a day and their sale has been a roller-coaster of problems. I hope it damages them more than becoming part of their statistics helps them.
I mean:
- fraud protection kicking in when purchasing multiple games, because they don't have a freaking shopping cart
- Ubisoft games not available at all because they've had some sort of problems for an entire weak now
- Paradox and Klei removing games entirely from the store, because presumable there is no way to exclude individual games from the store wide discount
- Store wide flat discount that is not adjusted for individual regions, leading to insane discounts for games that haven't been out for long, or aren't even out yet
- They failed to communicate the details of the sale properly to at least Paradox (Sergey confirmed this in a tweet)
- Having the sale at all shows how hypocritical and untrustworthy they are. They go back on their words every other day.
Also, with how bad their backend seems to be, how high are the chances that the planned features for May (cloudsaves, cough) will be pushed back again, because the dev team has their hands full with making sure the store doesn't explode during the sale?
You're right.
I have to apologize to fantomena for making a snarky passive aggressive response yesterday when he said he bought something from the store. Sorry about that, that was absolutely an overreaction.
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I envy you. I have visited their store a few times and one or two times to see this Mega Sale. The sale prices are very tempting, but I am not going to spend a cent on their store.
Bye Epic!
Epic really brings out the best of developers.
Respect!
I can confirm this.
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I won't lie, this is quite amusing.
And seeing how someone still believes their "we really care sooooo much about devs" BS after they failed or didn't bother to comunicate some basic info on how their supposedly "mega" sale was going to work is even more amusing.
Running a sale competantly is on the trello board somewhere. Somewhere around cart implementation and not looking like amateurs.
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I can't stop laughing at the incompetence and desperation on display here. It's amazing 
Anyway, they certainly won't convince me to use their store with discounts or free games. I'm not actually sure if they'll ever convince me
Anyway, they certainly won't convince me to use their store with discounts or free games. I'm not actually sure if they'll ever convince me
I actually looked last night, but I don’t have the launcher or anything. However, I’m broke... so, I’m not tempted.
you should do it anyway ... Unity is great ... definitely MUCH better than it used to be just a few years ago
You know how steam has a huge space for a featured game? It's basically that, and you scroll down to huge pictures.
Doesn't fit nearly as many games to look at. Lots of stuff will get missed.
I thought I recognized this post from elsewhere. All those bullet-points.
Props for a fantastic summary of the sale. 2x props for apologizing.
Someone admitted wrongdoing on the internet???
What kind of establishment are yall running here???
Man, i leave the store thread alone for a day and Epic steps in thoroughly?
I love to see them look this way, wonder how they'll try and right the ship before E3 because right now they look like the devs of fortnite and a bunch of other incompetent people.
There is a reason stores aren't for everybody Tim, maybe you should take heed and stick to twitter rants instead? You're trying to speed run the GFW initiative in 6 months but don't have the acumen to pull it off, except the end result of course. To think a year ago+ he was projecting about Windows locking things behind walls and now he has a barely-functional store doing the same.
2019 is surreal.
I love to see them look this way, wonder how they'll try and right the ship before E3 because right now they look like the devs of fortnite and a bunch of other incompetent people.
There is a reason stores aren't for everybody Tim, maybe you should take heed and stick to twitter rants instead? You're trying to speed run the GFW initiative in 6 months but don't have the acumen to pull it off, except the end result of course. To think a year ago+ he was projecting about Windows locking things behind walls and now he has a barely-functional store doing the same.
2019 is surreal.
Klei removing their game is interesting. Oxygen has been out for a while now, might indicate they are not as deep into Epic as we first thought.
Not selling well does not mean you remove it entirely.
I'm curious about Klei and ONI. I wonder....