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Epic Games Store - the console war comes to PC
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Viata
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Not me. I'll pirate it. I love this genre, but I'll not support stupid decisions.
New hentais with new characters.
fantadomat
Arcane
I agree,if had come out on GoG on released i would have bought it and even promoted it here. But i don't support such practices.
Uncreation
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So in the end is this Operencia thing worth it? I'm not a huge fan of blobbers but i have played some, mostly from the M&M series. I'm thinking about keeping an eye on it, if it gets a discount.
Despite Epic store being garbage I would not mind getting game there if its free or on such huge sale thats its practically free, since I want Steam to have a competition.
But I do not support bribery of developers to make their games exclusive, even more so when said developers Kickstarted their games with promises of Steam release.
Thats why I will never buy a Epic exclusive game, not on Epic or on Steam.
But I do not support bribery of developers to make their games exclusive, even more so when said developers Kickstarted their games with promises of Steam release.
Thats why I will never buy a Epic exclusive game, not on Epic or on Steam.
Out now with 40% launch discount. Could have removed Denuvo to gain a bit of goodwill back but... oh well.
toro
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I will buy the game around 10$ but tbh I'm not sure I will buy it at all.
EGS and Denuvo just work.
V_K
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Reinhardt
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It's ok to get on discount, but nothing special. Average.
Wait 6 more months and it'll be DRM free on GOG with all the DLC for $20.
Metro
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At least one publisher acknowledges that their once EPIC exclooooooooooooooosives should not launch on Steam for full price when they are a year old. Hopefully others follow suit. But as I found the other Metro games overrated and bland, this isn't anything I would pay more than $10-15 for, anyway.
Faeria and Assassin's Creed Syndicate are the weekly freebies. I'm continually in a state of soft awe at how much money Tencent has. Does anyone have a ballpark for how much one of these weekly 'giveaways' costs Epic?
Happy to see Satisfactory is finally coming to Steam – especially after the dev has been fairly deriding about the whole thing – though John Wick Hex is the title I'm really looking forward to (Bithel told me it's coming alright).
Happy to see Satisfactory is finally coming to Steam – especially after the dev has been fairly deriding about the whole thing – though John Wick Hex is the title I'm really looking forward to (Bithel told me it's coming alright).
It's pretty awesome for the kids/teens without income, that's a hell of a library they're getting.
Funny how "game devaluation" was apparently a massive concern during deep sales when studios sold their game at a discount. Now that they get paid a presumably bigger amount behind the scenes, it doesn't seem to matter anymore that the games are being given away for free, reinforcing the mindset that games are/should be cheap/free.
Funny how "game devaluation" was apparently a massive concern during deep sales when studios sold their game at a discount. Now that they get paid a presumably bigger amount behind the scenes, it doesn't seem to matter anymore that the games are being given away for free, reinforcing the mindset that games are/should be cheap/free.
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Does Syndicate have that tourist/sightseeing mode that some later Assassin's Creeds have?
They get everything free already.
The Games As A (Live) Service model means publishers are less worried about 'devaluation', but feel more entitled to your money than ever. A common experience with the games in Epic's giveaways, Humble's bundles, and key bundles in general, is that the full experience is at least one or more DLC away.
PC Gamer declares the war over and Epic the winner.
I think this is dumb, Epic has shown no real proof that anyone would choose them over Steam when not doing exclusives and giveaways. Also with EA running back to Steam, there's less reason to need use alternate clients (though you still use them through Steam lulz). I see more evidence Steam will be a gatekeeper to everyone else's login/client bullshit than I do the opposite. That said... who the fuck knows.
I think this is dumb, Epic has shown no real proof that anyone would choose them over Steam when not doing exclusives and giveaways. Also with EA running back to Steam, there's less reason to need use alternate clients (though you still use them through Steam lulz). I see more evidence Steam will be a gatekeeper to everyone else's login/client bullshit than I do the opposite. That said... who the fuck knows.
What's the headline you're seeing? (Does PC Gamer even do regional headers?) "As anger over the Epic Store subsides, what's next?" doesn't read the same as 'Epic won the war'.
Article does seem pretty pointless though. One could only really evaluate epic's success when measured by something other than (or at least after) free shit and strongarm tactics.
Saying Epic wins the platform war because it gives out free games is the equivalent of saying Yakuza mobsters are decent folks because they aided civilians after tsunami
Saying Epic wins the platform war because it gives out free games is the equivalent of saying Yakuza mobsters are decent folks because they aided civilians after tsunami
Hahah true, with their logic Origin won way before that, so that's why EA is returning to Steam
The war of relevance, the war of making Steam not the only game in town, etc. etc. I wasn't saying Epic is bigger than Steam, that would be insane. I was saying the article is the opening round of capitulation to "welp we've got two of them now." I also said I'm not sure I agree, as Epic's released numbers seemed weak and Bethesda and EA are running back to Steam.
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