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seriously? after all that whining about games getting buried on steam, curation, all that bullshit... i mean it was obvious it would happen over time, but still. just lol
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seriously? after all that whining about games getting buried on steam, curation, all that bullshit... i mean it was obvious it would happen over time, but still. just lol
Is there a template that Epic made, for these studios to use?
“Curation” went right out the window, and as I recall Deep Silver pocketed the money for Metro Exodus’s exclusivity.
Epic announced this last year though:
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'Fortnite' creator Epic Games touts over 500 million accounts
"Fortnite" creator Epic Games, which is entrenched in a legal battle with Apple Inc (AAPL.O), said on Tuesday it now has more than 500 million accounts.
www.reuters.com
I imagine the numbers include any accounts created for stuff like Epic Online Services.
If we were to see the number of accounts that actively was buying things from the store I'm sure it would be far smaller.
If we were to see the number of accounts that actively was buying things from the store I'm sure it would be far smaller.
plot thickenshmmmm ... the steam user "Kid Danger" posted this:
Coming to steam? :: Airborne Kingdom General Discussions
https://steamdb.info/app/982290/history/ The app have updates recentlysteamcommunity.com
edit:
Discord direct link for those who wanna check: Join the Airborne Kingdom Discord Server!
(it was our own prudis who interacted there with the dev, I just noticed.)
apparently the steam user "Dee" noticed one other statement done few minutes before the one "Kid Danger" posted and compared them
kinda feel annoyed tha i , who actually asked there, only only noticed the 3rd short one
Epic didn't spend 330 million on giveaways in 2020. It's the amount of money they've spent on money hatting that year. The media's continuous shilling for EGS really is something else
I'd like to see numbers for active account, ones for other usage (UE4/5), and how many have bought a game. 500 million is meaningless if it's mostly spam accounts and no one actually stays in the ecosystem with money.
The EGS version of "Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo" is using a photo of the Deluxe Edition's content with the Steam logo:
www.epicgames.com
A bit funny.
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store
Download and play Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!
www.epicgames.com
A bit funny.
I might be distorting reality to see what I want to see, but that wording makes me think FF7R didn't do that well on EGS and SE just wanted their fast payday.
The Europa Universalis IV page still mentions Steam Workshop.The EGS version of "Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo" is using a photo of the Deluxe Edition's content with the Steam logo:
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store
Download and play Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!
A bit funny.
I'm trying to parse this as unbiased as I can, but yeah, the best reading I can get out of this is the same one you got to.
"Fair response" makes it sound like it didn't sell well but they expected that. So they simply valued the exclusivity payment more than selling to actual customers.
You are not, they are confirming their approach was thanks to the front payment for exclusivity.
Pretty obvious they are happy to take cash upfront rather than immediate sales. I won’t call this risk mitigation because it’s clearly not going to sell badly on Steam.
Maybe they just feel this game can take another year to find its audience on PC, which kinda makes sense. The marketing at launch was already done on the PS4 version and I doubt its sequel will release before the first one releases on Steam. Might as well take a bag of cash and tie the Steam/Xbox release into the multiplatform announcement of the sequel.
I don’t like it, but it is what it is. And we can take solace that it’s another exclusive Epic probably ate shit on.
Maybe they just feel this game can take another year to find its audience on PC, which kinda makes sense. The marketing at launch was already done on the PS4 version and I doubt its sequel will release before the first one releases on Steam. Might as well take a bag of cash and tie the Steam/Xbox release into the multiplatform announcement of the sequel.
I don’t like it, but it is what it is. And we can take solace that it’s another exclusive Epic probably ate shit on.
I think it is still risk mitigation. Look at the 3 exclusivity deals.
Kingdom hearts had idiotic pricing.
The World ends With You Neo had little to no advertising and was sent out to die.
FF7R had not only idiotic pricing but a not too good port.
The exclusivity deals helped mitigate the backlash of the first and third plus helped offset the second.
Neo TWEWY was definitely risk mitigation.
KH’s pricing is probably caused by the exclusivity (why sell it at an acceptable price or do deals on it when that money just goes into Epic’s pockets?) and the slapdash FF7R port was probably caused by exclusivity too (why give a shit when you have 12 months to fix it with free QA from the hardcore fans that buy it day 0?).
That is true. Although we do know that they tried the same pricing for KH on the Xbox as well, but they had the gamepass money in that instance.
It will be interesting to see what we get for FF Origins. I am guessing it will be expensive and a shoddy port.
FF Origins looks like a mediocre game that will sell bad. Probably a good move to get Epic to hold the can for that one.
I don't think the pricing is a result of the exclusivity. I have to believe it's megalomania at this point.
Don't forget they're trying to sell Forspoken for 80€ on Steam as well, and Babylon's Fall for 70€.
Don't forget they're trying to sell Forspoken for 80€ on Steam as well, and Babylon's Fall for 70€.
That's the problem I have with SE. They think the are a £70 company. None of their games warrant that price.
However I don't believe any game should be that much.
However I don't believe any game should be that much.
Forspoken is gonna bomb everywhere because of the price and Square is gonna wonder why.
Its gonna be the same full price. Perhaps a 20-30% launch discount. Its liek people forget how they price their switch exclusives when they come to PC.
I'd hope so because I wanna play them, but honestly I don't think so.
They'll probably pull a Hitman, or at best give a small discount while leaving the nonsensical base prices as they are.
If the PC version of Elden Ring uses EAC, it might be the EOS version which means Epic will be there in spirit.
I don't care for EOS as long as it's not intruding my experience,If the PC version of Elden Ring uses EAC, it might be the EOS version which means Epic will be there in spirit.
Yeah I imagine most games that duel Steam/EGS releases sell so few copies on EGS outside of sales when Tim subsidizes extra discounts it's not worth putting them on EGS.
I guess they need extra time to properly implement EOS.
I hope it will kill steamworks like egs is killing steamSince EOS is meant to kill Steamworks... yeah, definitely
Not that we know. But releasing a game on EGS requires cross-play with Steam. EOS offers built-in cross-play, Steamworks doesn't. So yeah, I understand why devs are using it.
Steam Deck desktop mode plus other stores — Epic Games Store
You have your shiny new Steam Deck, which I’ve gone over in an initial look on — but what about desktop mode apps and other stores? I’ve also been testing that with the Epic Games Store.
www.gamingonlinux.com
Apparently, the EGS works quite well on the Steam Deck...added as a non-Steam game from within Steam ;P
Took a few words from Gaben about NFTs and "The Metaverse", to bring Sweeney's whole discourse down, LOL, the man must be furious.
Tim is probably pissed at Valve because millions of people bought Elden Ring on Steam, while it's not even available on EGS. 
just amazing how be basically says the same thing GabeN did about NTFs, as a reply to his own tweet making fun of GabeNs take on NFTsI do wonder who Gabe could have gotten the idea that NFTs are a scam from.
Sifu sales top one million
Kung fu action game Sifu has sold one million units in its first three weeks of release, developer Sloclap announced.
www.gematsu.com
Sloclap mentioned China as the second largest market after NA and I assume most Chinese players are on PC so the EGS version probably sold well enough. My gut reaction is the split was between 70/30 to 60/40 console/PC.
I saw a lot of Chinese players playing the game on Playstation on Twitch on launch day, so no, I think a lot of Chinese players were using console.Sifu sales top one million
Kung fu action game Sifu has sold one million units in its first three weeks of release, developer Sloclap announced.
Sloclap mentioned China as the second largest market after NA and I assume most Chinese players are on PC so the EGS version probably sold well enough. My gut reaction is the split was between 70/30 to 60/40 console/PC.
https://eraltd.org/media/72514/2022-era-yearbook_interactive.pdf
Report of VG data from UK, EGS is one of the preferred platform for digital sales it seems
Report of VG data from UK, EGS is one of the preferred platform for digital sales it seems