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This kind of thing just makes even fewer (particularly smaller) developers not bother even shipping an epic build. Just not worth the investment.
AFAIK Epic made a tool to import Steam cheevs. I also came across this thread awhile back where an individual published their game on EGS and didn't have a good experience. An Epic employee responded to him as well.
Every R* game that has cheevs on Steam doesn't have them on EGS. Also Anno 1800 has Steam achievements but the EGS version doesn't. While those games released before the achievement mandate, I don't think Epic would go out of their way to enforce that rule for them. Epic will always treat the big boys with kid gloves.
This almost reads like a threat.
What are they going to do, kick those games off the service? I'm pretty sure the devs will be devastated about losing those 20 sold copies...
Of course kiwi_pro/Eisberg is in that thread to defend EGS, as well as some other astroturfers using the classic "valve does nothing" and "only a minor vocal minority hates EGS" memes. I'm curious if indie devs actually believe this nonsense.
10% wishlists on EGS compared to Steam is still a lot more than I expected.
Surprised Redditor(bunchofnumbershere) isn't there too.
Kiwi_pro and Eisberg are different people. They both talk to each other on the subreddit discord server.
And the redditor with a bunch of numbers after their name is someone that repeatedly deletes their account and makes new ones. I've noticed the same person with the same posting style having a new username every few months for years now.
And the redditor with a bunch of numbers after their name is someone that repeatedly deletes their account and makes new ones. I've noticed the same person with the same posting style having a new username every few months for years now.
So... Ninja stops playing Fortnite and calls it a game for losers. No doubt other streamers will take his place as most popular Fortnite streamer, but Ninja may convince some of his followers to play other games instead.
Discord files are timed. The timer ran out
But I had it cached still so here it is on imgur:[HIDEPOSTS]
Instead of finding reviews on the store page, the developers of Witchfire had their Discord community write up mock reviews that they posted on their website:
www.theastronauts.com
The Astronauts
Before the release, all, or almost all AAA games go through mock-up reviews. Certain gaming journalists receive the game, usually in beta, and review it as if it were a regular press review. This...
www.theastronauts.com
Instead of finding reviews on the store page, the developers of Witchfire had their Discord community write up mock reviews that they posted on their website:
The Astronauts
Before the release, all, or almost all AAA games go through mock-up reviews. Certain gaming journalists receive the game, usually in beta, and review it as if it were a regular press review. This...
The best thing about the Epic Game Store failing has been Epic and the developers that were deluded enough to believe them slowly realizing that the customer-friendly policies that Steam has are there for a reason, that they actually increase sales. It is so satisfying to see these dumbasses start from a position of "user reviews are garbage (because we can't control the message), do away with them!" and over time they realize that "....oh, user reviews create a network effect? They can give a big boost to my game and help it go viral? Well shit, put some on our website that no one will visit!".
Instead of finding reviews on the store page, the developers of Witchfire had their Discord community write up mock reviews that they posted on their website:
The Astronauts
Before the release, all, or almost all AAA games go through mock-up reviews. Certain gaming journalists receive the game, usually in beta, and review it as if it were a regular press review. This...
The new Destiny 2 expansion came out and there's a website that tracks daily users. The numbers for the day after the expansion release were:
Playstation: 630k
Xbox: 516k
Steam: 435k
EGS: 21k
And keep in mind that the EGS numbers come after they had the giveaway back in December for several old expansions. Also Destiny 2 is currently 15th on the EGS most played charts, but who knows what those charts actually mean.
Playstation: 630k
Xbox: 516k
Steam: 435k
EGS: 21k
And keep in mind that the EGS numbers come after they had the giveaway back in December for several old expansions. Also Destiny 2 is currently 15th on the EGS most played charts, but who knows what those charts actually mean.
Back in 2021, a developer called Eyes Out announced they signed a deal with Epic Games Publishing. However, yesterday Eyes Out announced a title with Blumhouse Games. So either Eyes Out has a second game in development, or publishing rights moved from Epic to Blumhouse.
Either day, EGP simply hasn't been successful. Rumbleverse shuttered in 6 months, they've released a handful of low budget games that didn't go anywhere and Alan Wake 2 has yet to be profitable. I expect AW2 to crawl to profitability this year with the DLC and physical release, but that's the biggest "hit" so far. There's also the fact Ueda's game and the next Playdead titles were announced nearly five years ago and there hasn't been a peep from them now watch as one of those gets announced at a show this weekend and I look silly with all my doomspeak.
Either day, EGP simply hasn't been successful. Rumbleverse shuttered in 6 months, they've released a handful of low budget games that didn't go anywhere and Alan Wake 2 has yet to be profitable. I expect AW2 to crawl to profitability this year with the DLC and physical release, but that's the biggest "hit" so far. There's also the fact Ueda's game and the next Playdead titles were announced nearly five years ago and there hasn't been a peep from them now watch as one of those gets announced at a show this weekend and I look silly with all my doomspeak.
Yes, we noticed this too and while we don't have proof, we think it's the latter given Eyes Out team size. Unlikely they have two games in-dev at the same time but we shall see.
As I said multiple times, you can bet AW2 will be on Steam at some point while the other two are still in dev but who knows how they will perform.
Epic games store maybe resetting existing achievements if developer adds new ones?
Everything is now like 0.2%, the one that has 3% is from new DLC.
Everything is now like 0.2%, the one that has 3% is from new DLC.
Treasure trove of unannounced stuff.
Guessing FF16 and Rebirth are among the codenames.
Guessing that's the Red Dead Redemption remaster.
I also found some mobile games like Subway Surfers and Call of Duty Mobile.
I also found a lot of troll entries including stuff like Pokemon and Counter-Strike so take things with a grain of salt. Still if you search through organizations it's easier to find stuff.
Treasure trove of unannounced stuff.
Guessing FF16 and Rebirth are among the codenames.
Guessing that's the Red Dead Redemption remaster.
I also found some mobile games like Subway Surfers and Call of Duty Mobile.
I also found a lot of troll entries including stuff like Pokemon and Counter-Strike so take things with a grain of salt. Still if you search through organizations it's easier to find stuff.
Too bad Steam's loopholes got closed, good times -_-
Also, in case ANYONE WONDERS, being there doesn't mean EGS exclusive.
What's weird is there are a lot of games that have been on the backend for years but never published on the store. Titles like Cult of the Lamb, Wartales and Valheim. No idea what would cause them to not release it on EGS.
I've also found some unannounced games:
Farming SImulator 25
Monster High Skullimate Secrets
Two games from Nacon called The Mound and Hunting Simulator 3
A Turok game from Saber Interactive (could be a codename but that's kind of sus)
Goat Simulator Remastered
I also found a baseball game mode in Fortnite lol.
Edit:
Just found Earth Defense Force World Brothers 2 and it already has a store page live.
I've also found some unannounced games:
Farming SImulator 25
Monster High Skullimate Secrets
Two games from Nacon called The Mound and Hunting Simulator 3
A Turok game from Saber Interactive (could be a codename but that's kind of sus)
Goat Simulator Remastered
I also found a baseball game mode in Fortnite lol.
Edit:
Just found Earth Defense Force World Brothers 2 and it already has a store page live.
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Even the EGS leaks are disappointingly small
The old steamdb leak and the nVidia leak will never be matched
The old steamdb leak and the nVidia leak will never be matched
bit of an open secret that it existed but apparently Square's "Momo" is the FF9 remake
here's the "Offers" page from it
here's the "Offers" page from it
Yes
Epic really hates openness, already closing apis.
[Updated] A Heap Of Unannounced Games Have Leaked Via The Epic Games Store Including The Final Fantasy 9 Remake
[Updated] A Heap Of Unannounced Games Have Leaked Via The Epic Games Store Including The Final Fantasy 9 Remake
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It's Joever.
people should have figured out a way to make the lack of a shopping cart give them info about games and it wouldn't have taken 3 years for them to make one
Didn’t epic get upset when Valve changed steam so they couldn’t scrape friends lists anymore?
I think that was Sergey personally since it prevented SteamSpy from operating.
Epic in hot water over Steam-scraping code
Players noticed that Epic Games was gathering and storing data from Steam accounts without their permission.
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This is the one I was thinking off.
So now EGS is useless again... 
still we got some nice info out of thisSo now EGS is useless again...
FF16 pc ... through cloud locations
TLOU2 pc... through cloud locations
FF remake .. through preorder bonus names
suspicious 10GB big (similar size to RDR1 ps4) package at rockstar
Planet Coaster 2
Turok by Saber
Ys x Trials
tooons of codenames attache to Sony, square, sega,...
and some i am probably forgetting
CI GAMES S.E.: Podpisanie Binding Term Sheet z Epic Games Inc.
Lords of the Fallen 2 will be an Epic Published title
Lords of the Fallen 2 will be an Epic Published title
Only on PC it seems. And the contract mentions life-time exclusive. Incredible that Epic keeps betting on exclusivity to make their dying store successful.
Epic publishing it means it'll never show up on PC Game Pass either like the first game so it isn't just Steam users getting screwed. At least with CI Games retaining publishing rights on console I can hopefully pick up a cheap physical copy in the future like I did with the first game.
We have seen enough supposedly permanent exclusives to not actually be permanent that even though it's Epic Publishing instead of a third party publisher I have my doubts about it being an actual lifetime exclusive.
We'll see I guess.
We'll see I guess.
The phrasing used in the announcement is "exclusive distribution rights on PC for the entire product life cycle" which I admit has me confused. What's the 'life cycle' of a videogame?
It’s probably defined in a document/contract with Epic we won’t get to see.
I have a feeling it's defined in a way so Epic can prevent CI Games publishing "another" version of the game to Steam in a few years.
Well, that means the first game is getting out of my wishlist, good to know!
That is exactly what I did as soon as I read the announcement.
So. They have fucked the market potential for this. Generally, souls like games seem to be the most popular on PC or at the very least tied. So they have heavily neutered the market by upwards of 40% (that’s with a generous 20% to Xbox). Additionally they have reduced the negotiating power for a gamepass deal as we know epic do not want their games on PC gamepass.
Plus they can only be partially funding as epic get no return on the console version.
so all I can say is good luck with that deal.
Finally, I wonder if some of the other publishing deals are finding ways to release on steam?!? Just with the specific nature of the lifetime clause.
Plus they can only be partially funding as epic get no return on the console version.
so all I can say is good luck with that deal.
Finally, I wonder if some of the other publishing deals are finding ways to release on steam?!? Just with the specific nature of the lifetime clause.
I think one test case will be Alan Wake Remastered, if I remember correctly it was the first released game under Epic's publishing scheme. Its release date was October 2021 so if the period of exclusivity was three years or more we'll know within a few months.
Here's your latest dose of the world's pettiest feud. I'm surprised Apple still has that kind of leverage over Epic post-DMA (they probably won't after Epic tattles).