so many questions
positive surprised or negative surprised?
from what level of expectations? 10.000 sales? 100.000? 1.000.000?
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so many questions
positive surprised or negative surprised?
from what level of expectations? 10.000 sales? 100.000? 1.000.000?
Yeah it seems so. Very sad, since Devolver has been pro-consumer for a long time. But their games are rather small so Epic's money must make a huge difference for them.
This said, if more of their games are going to be EGS exclusive, they will join Annapurna and Deep Silver on my blacklist.
Congrats to Epic for making it to 2008.
I will have to unfollow people on Twitter tho. They all play mainly on consoles but still bitch about Steam and cheer on Epic. Like, why.
I will have to unfollow people on Twitter tho. They all play mainly on consoles but still bitch about Steam and cheer on Epic. Like, why.
1. If sale numbers were that good, they would be saying how many units were sold. This would be the best pr to encourage other publishers to try it out.
2. All those "surprises" are worthless without knowing how many sales you've lost by going EGS exclusiv.
Did you in the end made more or less money because of the deal?
Probably more because of the big upfront paycheck. But without it?
2. All those "surprises" are worthless without knowing how many sales you've lost by going EGS exclusiv.
Did you in the end made more or less money because of the deal?
Probably more because of the big upfront paycheck. But without it?
Some part of me wants EGS to succeed and grow, and when they decide to fuck with consoles, I can rejoice on all those Kotaku articles on how gamers are dumb for letting EGS get big and unchecked capitalism and all that shit they love to complain about. And thats not even entering into the utter shithole forums will become.
Ahaahahahah holy fucking shit
Ahaahahahah holy fucking shit
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All EGS exclusive developers (and certain pubs) are on my personal Blacklist. Even Obsidian. I loved Obsidian but their last games were mediocre for my gaming tastes. I had 50 times more fun with Pathfinder Kingmaker and 100 times more fun with D:OS2 than with Pillars of Eternity. So I can live with it.
The devs only get out of the blacklist if they deliver a game that is phenomenal (for my tastes) or if they do something significant that praises the openness of PC Gaming.
Anyoen checked yet if the hyper Light Drifter has the Special edition content in 
version (currently exclusive for Switch and iOS)??
version (currently exclusive for Switch and iOS)??
Also, keyless integration is a shit idea. I want to be able to do whatever I want with my keys.
So they reached out between July 27th and August 1st.
lmao fuck off Epic with shitty last minute bribes, You aren't helping any games by buying already finished ones.
that isn't their goal in the first place
Good on him. The poaching Epic is indulging itself in is sickening. The basic premise shown here is to take away games from the platform from where users have expressed their interest in, at the last second when the userbase is ripe. This person has my respect for giving a damn about it all.
Should point out that a few weeks ago the game got a ton of attention because he posted the trailer on /r/PCGaming and /r/PCMasterRace, both of which are heavily anti-epic. So if he took the Epic deal the shitstorm on reddit would have been huge. Probably for the best that he passed lol.
Using the anti-epic crowd to advertise your game and then go EGS exclusive weeks later would have went over super well I guarantee.
Using the anti-epic crowd to advertise your game and then go EGS exclusive weeks later would have went over super well I guarantee.
I think Obsidian had nothing to do with the decision to go EGS exclusive, that was Private Division. This publisher is on my blacklist as well.
Im going to buy this tonight. Was on my list to get at some point but will pick it up now based on that post.
Well I guess I’ll be buying DARQ. I was already interested but I intended to wait until around Halloween, I’ll buy it now instead.
I know they’re pointing at how they refused the Epic deal for publicity, but at least they’ll see it works.
I know they’re pointing at how they refused the Epic deal for publicity, but at least they’ll see it works.
I wasn't even aware of the game before. Reviews are mentioning it's similar to Little Nightmares. Welp, SOLD! I'll be picking this up in the next few days.
i was already going to buy it anyway ... but this only makes it better
The Darq guy has marketed his game very well.
I'm perfectly fine with devs doing this. It will help the mindshare that exclusivity deals aren't what a significant part of the pc gaming community wants.
OMG! Steam wasn't perfect when it launched! Why do you expect new technology like Cloud Saves to work in 2019?!
/s just in case
Seen at a local department store
It’s spreading
I wonder if they sell computers with "preloaded" EGS accounts as a way of adding value. Like, "buy our computer, get all these games for free!" (and without disclosing that they actually just snatched the free EGS stuff)
r/games and r/gaming have different opinion about r/pcgaming. According to them r/pcgaming and r/pcmasterrace is just a toxic circlejerk hivemind place.
They also said that unlike r/games and r/gaming which have 50:50 opinion about EGS, r/pcgaming is 100% hate on EGS and can't have any positive discussion about it. Well no shit, both r/games and r/gaming are dominantly console players.
Console gamers really despise pc gamers for having any kind of standards like not paying for online.
They're just jealous. There's a silver lining though, they help their favorite megacorp to stay afloat, no matter the cost.
Shitty deal for the costumer.
Sounds about right for everything associated with Epic.
Fun fact, GTX 1050 is the go to GPU for pre-built "gaming" PCs and laptops here, shittier ones have 2gb VRAM while "monsters" boast "unheard" 4gbs of goodness.
It's at least 10k cheaper to build your own PC and you'll also end up with better RAM.
It's at least 10k cheaper to build your own PC and you'll also end up with better RAM.
True. many of them didn't understand why we stood up against the Windows Store as well. I mean, it has achievements, so why complaining?
"Programs" are obsolete; they are called "apps" nowadays
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Overpriced gaming lappys is common over hereSeen at a local department store
It’s spreading
Gtx 1050 ti 4 gb is ok but will leave much to be desired even with a modern cpu
I jeep assuming that it ia the shops's way of getting rid of stock.
Tbh I wouldn't mind "losing" the master race thing to EGS fanboys. It's always been so cringeworthy to me.
The pro Epic journalism has reached Germany. Heise.de, one of the respected tech publisher (print and web), have entered kotku levels of propaganda.
"It's childish to hate the EGS." A commentary by industry veteran Bodo Thevissen
www.heise.de
It's full of the usual Stuff.
Comments section is rising (300 in 3h, which is unusual on that site) but most people are relaxed so far. They express why they are disappointed in the commentary because it's very one sided.
Still, commentary or not. One sided reporting destroyed a lot of goodwill and respect today towards them.
"It's childish to hate the EGS." A commentary by industry veteran Bodo Thevissen
Kommentar: Der Hass auf den Epic Games Store ist kindisch
Schon wieder ein Shitstorm: Die Wut auf den Epic Games Store ist ungebrochen. Dabei profitieren vom EGS auch die Spieler, meint Branchenveteran Bodo Thevissen.
www.heise.de
It's full of the usual Stuff.
- Glumberland under attack because of EGS exclusivity (no mention how the Dev was an asshole the entire time)
- Game prices are high because valve is taking a 30% cut
- Valve doesn't deserve 30%. They are doing nothing for it.
- More money for developers = good, because trickle down economy.
- 12% cut could stop other publishers from putting out their own launchers. Having to manage launchers is annoying.
Comments section is rising (300 in 3h, which is unusual on that site) but most people are relaxed so far. They express why they are disappointed in the commentary because it's very one sided.
Still, commentary or not. One sided reporting destroyed a lot of goodwill and respect today towards them.
love the childish comment while looking at the projects he was part of Bodo Thevissen Video Game Credits and Biography - MobyGames =>
its mostly just producing and QA for kids/pinball games, none of which are on modern clients
Where do these guys keep coming from? I mean, this this not an exception; ALL of the media are reporting this kind of nonsense (with a few exceptions like Alice from RPS and John from DSO).
The famous land of bribery and selfishness.
You can find it right behind the costumers are dump mountain, next to the country of greed.
In all seriousness. He is probably dreaming of all the extra money he can make with the 12% cut and Tim's personal check.
It's pretty clear that Epic are giving developers figures that may suggest their game will sell less, but not significantly less, to the point where they break even compared to Steam or actually make more money. Whether those figures are cherry-picked and hold any water is another matter.But 88% * 0 is still 0
I can't wait for some of the EGS postmortems next year, where indies are either worse off for taking the Epic deal, or their audience bought the game on Steam a year later and Epic is no longer interested in their next game because it's clear their audience won't go to EGS.
And you'll be able to tell those who didn't meet their minimum EGS sales guarantee by how hard they're pushing the Steam version after a year. If given the choice between selling a copy that just repays Epic's guarantee with the developer seeing no extra, or giving the developer 70% of a Steam sale, they will no doubt be pushing for the extra cash.
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But 88% * 0 is still 0
Stop being rational.
How you feel about something is important and not logic or facts.
88% x 0 can be whatever you want.
It's the same with EGS. You just have to keep calling people childish, hateful, manbabys over and over again untill they start believing you.
It's a fact. You just have to believe that it's true.
Why yes of course.
Everyone just casually forgot that 30% is pretty much industry standard.
The really interesting part is going to be when steam is getting "Definitive Edition" / "GOTY" versions of titles, maybe even with completely new features such as workshop support or leaderboards and seeing how EGS purchasers are going to feel about being stuck on "vanilla" edition with no plans to bring those features over to that version.
That would be the sweetest thing to see. I hope Epic quickly gets a reputation for having inferior versions of games.