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[Arc]

Epic had to ween off the coupons at some point. They were hemorrhaging money especially with indie and cheaper games. The 25% coupon will probably get lowered to 20% in a year or so. After that, who knows? Coupons were a big traffic driver and without them they just become a worse Steam.

Ironically Ubisoft is running a $10 coupon for their store right now. I would have used it to get the Anno 1800 season 4 DLC if it were discounted.

 

[Morten88]

I gotta wonder if they are going to do their "year in review" for this year, have they even had any big exclusive games this year so far? Their revenue for this year already gotta be very low compared to the other years.

 

[Arc]

I think third party revenue is going to see a significant bump this year simply due to Genshin being monetized for an entire 12 months as Epic payment processing was added last November. First party revenue will probably see an increase due to Fall Guys, which will get a second wind after going F2P.

In terms of exclusives, so far they have had Tiny Tina and Evil Dead as their biggest games this year. Saint's Row will do well. Otherwise it does seem kinda dry right now, but Game Fest is only a few weeks away and there's plenty of exclusives they can get.

 

[fantomena]

Game Fest is only a few weeks away and there's plenty of exclusives they can get.

That's what we thought last year too, but it was pretty dry for Epic.

 

[Phoenix RISING]

Tim's got another banger

I got a review copy of this on Friday and audibly groaned when I realized that I'll have to fire up my Epic account to play it.

Along with the other dead game, Samurai Shodown (2019).

 

[DrShrapnel]

25%???!! Aw damn…things are going to get interesting now. All the Epic defending PC gamers that only show up for the $10 coupon sales aren’t going to be around long.

 

[Arc]

That's what we thought last year too, but it was pretty dry for Epic.

I would be happy to be wrong. Besides, the rest of 2022 is looking pretty barren in general since publishers tried to cram everything into Q1 and there have been numerous delays. I'm fine with that though since I can catch up on other games.

 

[Shantom]

Capybara's Grindstone has now been on Epic for more than a year. Hopefully we get a Steam release soon

 

[fantomena]

Capybara's Grindstone has now been on Epic for more than a year. Hopefully we get a Steam release soon

Yeah, I really want it on Steam. The game is fantastic, but the Epic Launcher is not.

 

[lashman]

Capybara's Grindstone has now been on Epic for more than a year. Hopefully we get a Steam release soon

maybe Mor can ask them

 

[Mor]

Capybara's Grindstone has now been on Epic for more than a year. Hopefully we get a Steam release soon

maybe Mor can ask them

Yeah, it's been a bit over a year now but there a mega sale on-going so it is likely that, perhaps, they will wait until that is over (also the 1 year mark was weekend, so yeah)

 

[prudis]

that sweet curation and no porny games is going well

https://store.epicgames.com/p/house-party-ae8b27

 

[ExistentialThought]

that sweet curation and no porny games is going well

https://store.epicgames.com/p/house-party-ae8b27

How in the heck did this make it on there? I assume the 18+ content will be excluded from Epic, but Epic must be okay with that as long as you have to go off site to download it?

Edit: My guess is Epic hardly checks these things and it would not surprise me if they just saw the game is popular on Steam and approved it without knowing, I mean they have already approved asset flips despite saying how assets flips would not be sold on their store unlike Steam.

 

[Ge0force]

Almost everything Epic said that they would do with EGS turned out to be a lie. They are still very much on track about the things they said they wouldn't do though, like adding forums, user reviews, discovery or innovative features.

 

[Arc]

that sweet curation and no porny games is going well

https://store.epicgames.com/p/house-party-ae8b27

I know nothing about this title, but doing some research there is DLC for straight up porn, however the base game looks no worse than something like The Witcher 3. It certainly straddles the line and I wonder if Epic will allow the porn DLC to be sold on their store.

 

[Arc]

I came across an interview with Tim Sweeney in the Financial Times. Most of it is metaverse, Apple and Google are the spawn of Satan and so forth. The most interesting thing I saw was that Fortnite was quoted to be at 70 million MAUs which is down from 80 million MAUs in 2020. Granted the 2020 number was due to it being peak stay at home season for COVID as well as it being right before they were pulled from the App Store and Google Play.

Also there was this quote where he handwaved the Oculus store taking 30%.

My understanding is that, on Oculus [Meta’s virtual reality technology] platforms currently, Oculus runs a store and they charge the fee of 30 per cent but they don’t force all developers to use their store and they don’t block competing stores, so it’s not analogous to the Apple situation.

 

[C-Dub]

Two Take2 games in a row as freebies?

I guess someone high up in the company needs a new yacht.

 

[Arc]

https://support.rebellion.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4573796961821-Which-platforms-will-the-game-be-released-on-

*If you have pre-ordered through Epic, you should have received a refund - if not, please reach out to them here: https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/contact-us

Sniper Elite 5 was pulled from EGS for an unknown reason.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Jesus

 

[ExistentialThought]

Almost everything Epic said that they would do with EGS turned out to be a lie. They are still very much on track about the things they said they wouldn't do though, like adding forums, user reviews, discovery or innovative features.

Apparently their review system is close to rolling out and has no text, just a rating and high level questions

https://support.rebellion.com/hc/en-gb/articles/4573796961821-Which-platforms-will-the-game-be-released-on-

Sniper Elite 5 was pulled from EGS for an unknown reason.

I wonder if it was removed due to the coupon and not wanting to have it apply

 

[Arc]

Apparently their review system is close to rolling out and has no text, just a rating and high level questions



I wonder if it was removed due to the coupon and not wanting to have it apply

It's currently 25% off at Fanatical and Green Man so I think that can be ruled out. If anything you'd think they'd want it on EGS because of the higher cut and presumably more sales volume than a key site.

 

[C-Dub]

Maybe they didn’t want to support another version. While releasing on EGS is not like releasing a console game, we’ve seen several instances of bugs in the EGS and Windows Store versions that the Steam version doesn’t have.

Why bother spending money making your game work with Epic’s store/API/service and whatever when no one is going to buy it and Epic aren’t carrying the can for it?

 

[gabbo]

Maybe they didn’t want to support another version. While releasing on EGS is not like releasing a console game, we’ve seen several instances of bugs in the EGS and Windows Store versions that the Steam version doesn’t have.

Why bother spending money making your game work with Epic’s store/API/service and whatever when no one is going to buy it and Epic aren’t carrying the can for it?

Do we have sales number for earlier Rebellion EGS experiments? Your reasoning seems likely to me but id love to see their numbers so we can back it up

 

[Ge0force]

Apparently their review system is close to rolling out and has no text, just a rating and high level questions

So it's rather a rating system in other words? I'm curious how this will prevent bombing from angry fans.

 

[lashman]

 

[STHX]

I admit I'm not a native english speaker but I read that tweet a few times already and still I can't understand it. It's like an AI wrote it

 

[undu]

mirror, mirror

 

[thekeats1999]

I sometimes think he rolls his face over the keyboard and lets the autocorrect do the work.

What’s he winging about now?

 

[Arc]

I sometimes think he rolls his face over the keyboard and lets the autocorrect do the work.

What’s he winging about now?

There are rumors that the big tech antitrust bill is in peril. One part of the bill would have forced Apple to allow alternate app stores and payment processors. As the bill might not pass, and may never pass, I'm sure you can figure out why he's in such a foul mood.

 

[DrShrapnel]

Plot twist; Tim now has to pay developers/publishers if he wants their games on EGS at all.

Sniper Elite 5 was pulled as Tim must not have ponied up the money in time.

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

I've seen people speculating that Sniper Elite 5 isn't on the store because it'll be free...

 

[madjoki]

Plot twist; Tim now has to pay developers/publishers if he wants their games on EGS at all.

Sniper Elite 5 was pulled as Tim must not have ponied up the money in time.

Supposedly they already had to with Cyberpunk 2077. (though recoupable).

 

[thekeats1999]

There are rumors that the big tech antitrust bill is in peril. One part of the bill would have forced Apple to allow alternate app stores and payment processors. As the bill might not pass, and may never pass, I'm sure you can figure out why he's in such a foul mood.

Cheers for the heads up.

 

[Arc]

Rebellion says Sniper Elite 5 was pulled from Epic Games Store ‘due to circumstances beyond our control’ | VGC

The game, which is still listed as “coming soon” on the Epic Game Store won’t be released, although developer Rebellion has yet to provide a reason.

www.videogameschronicle.com

“Due to circumstances beyond our control Sniper Elite 5 was not available on the Epic Store at launch but will release on that platform in the future,” it said. “We apologise for any inconvenience.”

 

[Arc]

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/grit-482454

This may be the first NFT game on EGS. I remember getting an invite to a beta on Steam but it sort of just disappeared. Doing some research it appears the developers partnered with a company called Gala Games. Gala Games appears to specialize in NFT and blockchain. Also the store description has web3 and ownership buzzwords which are kind of a giveaway.

 

[prudis]

the ame is missing an F

 

[Arc]

that sweet curation and no porny games is going well

https://store.epicgames.com/p/house-party-ae8b27

 

[prudis]

it continues

 

[Mor]

it continues

 

[curi0usBystander]

I mean it was him who said that porn games would not be allowed, but then again they added itch just so they could use it as an argument in court (and Apple was like "see this is what we are worried about if we add other stores we can't control what they have").

 

[Arc]

 

[Mor]

LMAO LMAO LMAO

Yeah, keep going Epic, this is the kind of shit that makes me really hate you

 

[prudis]

 

[Arc]

We must have different definitions of triple A.

 

[Gintaro]

We must have different definitions of triple A.

It's Twitter fault that the graphics and animation looks like this

 

[Lashley]

Triple A in person

Ahahahahahahaha I love the EGS. The grift that keeps on taking.

 

[Shantom]

Genuinely thought it was a typo and they meant Grift

 

[Arc]

Gala Games’ blockchain game Grit will debut on the Epic Games Store

Gala Games' Grit will debut on the Epic Games Store. That makes it the first NFT-based game to debut on Epic Games' platform.

venturebeat.com

In case you wanted to read an advertorial about Grit.

Gala Games’ GALA token has a market capitalization of $520 million, which is far below its peak in November of $5.4 billion.

Looks like a sound investment to me.

 

[thekeats1999]

Ignoring all the NFT bullshit for a couple of seconds. But who releases a Battle Royale games on platform that hosts Fortnite? I mean what are they expecting. I mean how do you compete with something that will have the Star Wars licence behind it for the next month or so, then it will move on to Disney or Marvel or DC or Street Fighter.

Then you add NFT's to the equation which, while picking up, do not have the greatest of reputations at the moment. Hell even when they are being sold at high prices there is always some scam going on. Hell there are a few youtube channels that thrive on reporting on the failures, scams and collapses.

Sounds like yet another NFT scheme/scam/grift that is doomed to failure.

 

[FunnyJay]

We must have different definitions of triple A.

Why does the character simply rotate on the spot? Is it not possible to move in the game?
Do you just swivel around, forever?