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[Mor]

What's weird is the previous page shows them wanting >125 exclusives in 2021 so I'm not sure which one is correct. Also the "Catalog Titles" portion shows that they were probably supposed to open the store last year, but COVID threw everything off. Also the fact they want >1300 games per year by 2023 means they are eventually going to have to tackle discoverability.

This is just unrealistic, not even 2019 which was their sparkling moment reached that number, hell, not even 2020 reached the 330 signed games IN TOTAL (including the 2019 list) so yeah, numbers do not match with reality.

 

[lashman]

 

[Alexandros]

Does anyone know what those tiers mean?

 

[curi0usBystander]

Does anyone know what those tiers mean?

I'd assume the "sales potential" of a game.

This is a shit show, and I love it.

 

[lashman]

This is a shit show, and I love it.

 

[Stone Ocean]

This is just unrealistic, not even 2019 which was their sparkling moment reached that number, hell, not even 2020 reached the 330 signed games IN TOTAL (including the 2019 list) so yeah, numbers do not match with reality.

Seeing how the trial is unfolding, this assumption is very much in line with the utterly deranged hubris that led to it.

Tim Sweeney is an insane man surrounded by yes-men.

 

[Arc]

Nintendo Specifically Bars Japanese Partners From Working With the Yakuza - IGN

Documents released during the Epic vs. Apple trial have revealed that the Japanese company won’t work with partners tied to organized crime.

www.ign.com

Even Nintendo is getting dragged into this.

 

[Swenhir]

Even r/games is waking up to how anti-consumer Sony is. They are slowly realizing that just because something makes business sense for a company doesn't mean you have to be okay with it. That's as good as it gets.

 

[Vantr]

Reading up on this case after work has made my day.

I am curious of Epic's 2020 numbers, I assume they wouldn't be that great considering their end of year graph and covid affecting a lot of releases. I'm more interested in their numbers this year since to see if they did hit it as big as they did with Borderlands 3 since they did start out with some big exclusives.

Yay for some juicy leaked documents though.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Nintendo Specifically Bars Japanese Partners From Working With the Yakuza - IGN

Documents released during the Epic vs. Apple trial have revealed that the Japanese company won’t work with partners tied to organized crime.

www.ign.com

Even Nintendo is getting dragged into this.

So uh... remember this
Rumour: Leading Japanese Game Company Kidnapped Dev's Sister To Stop Them From Working With Nintendo

Lmao

 

[kio]

Reading up on this case after work has made my day.

I am curious of Epic's 2020 numbers, I assume they wouldn't be that great considering their end of year graph and covid affecting a lot of releases. I'm more interested in their numbers this year since to see if they did hit it as big as they did with Borderlands 3 since they did start out with some big exclusives.

Yay for some juicy leaked documents though.

Not trying to be funny but what were the big exclusives of 2020 apart from the ubi games?
What about 2021?

 

[CommodoreKong]

It's too late Sony. I've seen everything.

 

[lashman]

What about 2021?

Hitman? and Kingdom Hearts ... i guess? oh, and FFVIIR too

 

[kio]

Hitman? and Kingdom Hearts ... i guess? oh, and FFVIIR too

Fair enough. I guess I'm a lucky guy since they aren't poaching stuff I like/want so I never know what's being held ransom

 

[Panda Pedinte]

"Sophisticated hackers" lmao

 

[Mor]

Hitman? and Kingdom Hearts ... i guess? oh, and FFVIIR too

And Monkey Barrels and the mouse indie game, I think that's about it.

 

[lashman]

And Monkey Barrels and the mouse indie game, I think that's about it.

kio said "big exclusives"

 

[gabbo]

How to unintentionally burn bridges and lose business partners

 

[C-Dub]

I said the game industry would be furious at Epic by time this was all over due to all the disclosures. I'm sure Sony are delighted that their trade secrets are out in public because of Epic's publicity stunt.

Apple don't fuck around and they are going totally scorched earth with this.

 

[lashman]

 

[Panda Pedinte]

 

[lashman]

 

[Kyougar]

Eonden didn't die for nothing.

 

[lashman]

Eonden didn't die for nothing.

poor baby eonden

 

[prudis]

suddenly 30% is fine cause they are highlited

 

[moemoneyb1]

Hitman? and Kingdom Hearts ... i guess? oh, and FFVIIR too

FFVIIR I'm actually looking to play but it wouldn't be all that suprising to see Square sign another exclusivity deal. If it ends up on EGS with no DRM I'll just sail the high seas like I did with KH3.

 

[Panda Pedinte]

suddenly 30% is fine cause they are highlited

Volvo listen up

If a game appears featured you get 30% of the sales if not you get 12%. I'm a genius and fixed the "problem"

 

[TheTrain]

 

[Jav]

Well at least we know there is an unannounced Paradox exclusive or something like that?

 

[Stone Ocean]

This fucking trial

 

[TheTrain]

That's a lot of money, holy shit

 

[LEANIJA]

Well at least we know there is an unannounced Paradox exclusive or something like that?

could just be a game giveaway deal

 

[Swenhir]

This is way, way more entertaining than any trial has any right to be. Far funnier and more light-hearted than anything the EGS has treated us to so far.

 

[fantomena]

I didn't expect this trial to be this fun and intense to follow.

 

[Alexandros]

Proof that EGS is unsustainable. It's used as a trojan horse.

 

[Jav]

Proof that EGS is unsustainable. It's used as a trojan horse.

There is a joke here with the Total War: Troy being egs exclusive, just give me some time to figure it out

 

[AHA-Lambda]

I really am in awe of all of this.

At every turn it's worse than I expected:

• documents being released into the public domain? "Oh isn't it just stuff that 3rd parties have submitted as they've been called as witnesses?" Nope it's internal docs
• "are the internal docs supposed to have been released?" Nope, they were just somehow released by accident
• sales figures for EGS are low? "Yeah that's not surprising thoug--oh my god they're really THAT LOW???"

All this cos Epic wants to save some money through a veil of sheer hypocrisy
I thought this would be boring and instead

 

[prudis]

 

[Swenhir]

Bang, finally tackling it.

 

[TheTrain]

Bang, finally tackling it.

 

[Alexandros]

Sweeney's Metaverse crap is super creepy.

 

[Jav]

Sweeney's Metaverse crap is super creepy.

Every idea of a metaverse, considering it would be in the hands of a massive corporation is inherently creepy.

 

[prudis]

so much for ... its for the devs

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Sweeny just straight up admitted that his goal is to exploit children by making impulse buying easier.

 

[eonden]

Epic when the lawsuit started and were doing PR:


"4 THE DEVS, FREEDOM FOR ALL"

Epic under oath:


"Fuck them kids, give me the money"

 

[moemoneyb1]

so much for ... its for the devs

Ahhh the good ol' "Fuck you I got mine" mentality

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Sweeny just straight up admitted that his goal is to exploit children by making impulse buying easier.

That was disgusting

 

[Ge0force]

[UWSL]suddenly 30% is fine cause they are highlited [/UWSL]

In that case 30% is also fine for games that are promoted in banners or discovery queues on Steam?

 

[Le Pertti]

Yea it was clear that there were no good intentions behind either egs or anything sweeney has done since then. But nice to have it in the open now clearly.

 

[C-Dub]

Sweeney exposing his anus on the stand - what a trial this has turned out to be!

I honestly, 150%, totally, unequivocally did not see this coming from a mile away.