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Likely in preparation of the Fre Giveaway for the Epic Gamestore? https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/ https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/
by gbraad 7y ago
Likely in preparation of the Fre Giveaway for the Epic Gamestore? https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/ https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/
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- Reedx 7y agoThis seems like a strategy everyone can appreciate: Epic pays indie developers to update their old games
- figgis 7y ago> Epic buys Rocket League publisher, announces Epic Launcher exclusive, and goes silent after backlash Seems like a better way to put it. They are buying IP left and right and pushing their unfinished, buggy client in a very unhealthy way. [0] - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-05-01-epic-acquires-psyonix-will-remove-rocket-league-from-sale-on-steam-later-this-year https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-05-01-epic-acquires-...
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- onien11235 7y agoThe link you provided doesn't say what you claim it says. The parent post is discussing giving away free games, not acquisitions. What is unhealthy about the way Epic is trying to attract users? I know they've received some negative press but I have yet to see a good argument for this.
- Causality1 7y agoBuying IP in order to pull it off competing storefronts is anti-consumer. >thereafter it will continue to be supported on Steam for all existing purchasers
- onien11235 7y agoFrom the update at the very top of the article the GP linked: > Epic has offered an update on the confusingly worded statement issued to press earlier today regarding Rocket League's future status on Steam, now insisting that it has "not announced plans to stop selling the game there". Even if they do pull future sales of Rocket League off of Steam why is that a problem? Valve has purchased game companies. I've never seen anyone complain that you can't buy Left 4 Dead on GoG.
- ripdog 7y agoValve made L4D2. Or at least did a significant portion of the work. The problem with Epic is that they are either paying publishers for timed exclusives, or purchasing publishers outright in order to create artificial monopolies, and restricting consumer choice.
- onien11235 7y agoTurtle Rock made L4D. Valve bought Turtle Rock. If paying for exclusives is bad what viable alternative strategy should Epic be using to get users to their store?
- benj111 7y agoMaking a good store that people want to visit? Edit: I was being serious. "what viable alternative strategy should Epic be using to get users to their store?" What's preferable for the consumer? buying a monopoly, or competing on quality, price, customer service, etc, etc, etc.
- noirbot 7y agoThis is really a big part of it for me. I have no problem using multiple launchers, but Epic has given me little reason to think that they'll secure my payment info or account details.
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- Creationer 7y agoI've bought a few games on Epic, and had no problems. The lack of junkware like on Steam is great – I can honestly browse the store knowing that every game is high quality (even if not necessarily in the genre I enjoy). Achieveemnts not popping up helps focus on the actual game. Cloud save, family sharing etc. are of marginal use for me and I imagine 99% of consumers outside the vocal minority.
- gambiting 7y agoWell, I was about to comment that the lack of cloud save is the absolute dealbraker for me as I play games at home and at work, so if I can't sync saves automatically then I won't buy a game from there(#1 reason why I haven't bought Metro Exodus for instance, game which I am otherwise super interested in). But I guess that makes me a vocal minority :P
- rangibaby 7y agoI used to “cloud save” my Borderlands 2 save files by symlinking the save game folder to a Dropbox folder
- gambiting 7y agoYes, that would be an option if my work allowed any services like that(and yes, it's slightly odd that dropbox/google drive are not allowed, but Steam cloud sync is).
- efreak 7y agoNot sure if it helps any, but box.net allows webdav access and can be mounted natively by Windows.
- gambiting 7y agoOh but it's not a technical issue - both dropbox and google drive would install and work fine, we have full administrative access on our machines with no restrictions. But it is against policy.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoEpic are trying to do with gaming what Disney are doing with TV -- not pay distributers when they can do that but themselves, and use a strong monopoly on a sector of popular material to leverage their way in to distribution. It sucks for consumers.
- dan00 7y agoWell, I just saw that 'Super Meat Boy Forever' is going to be released soon on the Epic store, but not until 2020 on Steam. Also after Epic bought 'Rocket League' and removed it - for new buyers - from Steam, I'm starting to loose a bit of sympathy for Epic. After all, Epic and Valve are both making a huge amount of money, so there doesn't seem that much of a need for such aggressive strategies.
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoI've loved Super Meat Boy ever since it was first released all those years ago and will be buying Super Meat Boy Forever - in 2020. There's plenty of other stuff out there to distract me until then.
- ThatPlayer 7y agoRocket League hasn't been removed yet. There's no real confirmation it's going to be removed, and is still for sale, and currently being reviewed bombed on Steam.
- josteink 7y agoToo bad it seems they don't seem to provide a Linux-version here. I'd love to revisit this old game, but I only had it available for a now defunct Android-tablet.