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CDPR on CyberPunk 2077 & Epic Store Exclusivity: “goal is to make Cyberpunk 2077 available to as many gamers as possible on their platform of choice.”
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I really, really, really want them to cut an exclusivity deal with Epic. I just... I need to see that fallout. I need to see that more than anything else in life. Please... Epic... Give them whatever they want. I need to see it!
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Yeah, that is a fair warning. I apologize for my antagonism. I really didn't mean any harm, but in retrospect I see that the comment was dickish.
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Yeah, that is a fair warning. I apologize for my antagonism. I really didn't mean any harm, but in retrospect I see that the comment was dickish.
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They have their own platform, obviously they won't go Epic Store exclusive.
If anything, they could do one of those wonky "no Steam for a year" agreements, but most people wouldn't mind much because unlike EGS, GoG is actually a decent Steam alternative.
If anything, they could do one of those wonky "no Steam for a year" agreements, but most people wouldn't mind much because unlike EGS, GoG is actually a decent Steam alternative.
I believe you CDPR but I also know that dump trucks of money have been known to change minds.
Edit: It being on GoG is pretty much a given. It being on Steam is now the question.
Edit: It being on GoG is pretty much a given. It being on Steam is now the question.
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As long as I get my GOG version, I'm a happy squirrel. Stadia version could be really cool though.
Pc is a platform, no
Surprised they went for the ambiguous answer instead of saying "it will be available day 1 on steam"
Surprised they went for the ambiguous answer instead of saying "it will be available day 1 on steam"
Right. but there's precedent though now for the game to (potentially) release as GoG/EGS dual exclusive though, similar to Division 2 (Uplay/EGS) or now The Outer Worlds (W10/EGS).
At least the prospect of buying it on GoG isn't that concerning. I'd consider buying it there even if it does end up releasing everywhere.
Yeah I will believe it when it actually happens. I can easily see Cyberpunk cutting steam out and releasing only on GOG and Epic if Epic pay the asking price. A similar thing to the way Ubisoft have behaved with Division 2.
Not saying it will happen but these days you cannot trust the word of a dev or a publisher.
Not saying it will happen but these days you cannot trust the word of a dev or a publisher.
They own GOG and the GOG galaxy launcher is fairly robust. Will never happen.
They might add some extras to entice people to buy from them while releasing it on steam as well.
A novel thought in these times.
CDPR on the ball. Good to hear.
I quite like seeing and hearing from people excited about a game they go, with everyone on different platform still able to take part.
Outside of stupid exclusivity nonsense, multiplayer games are where this the problems are, but it looks like there are solutions on the way to properly handle that.
I quite like seeing and hearing from people excited about a game they go, with everyone on different platform still able to take part.
Outside of stupid exclusivity nonsense, multiplayer games are where this the problems are, but it looks like there are solutions on the way to properly handle that.
Given the amount of sales TW3 had on GoG, they'd literally need a 50 million+ moneyhat.
And that's before calculating the further effect on their own distribution platform and its subsequent viability, which is potentially much larger than that.
This is about as likely as Ubisoft not putting their own games on Uplay. Or even less likely, actually, since GoG is legitimately trying to be a third party platform.
There's a possibility of that, but it isn't a concern for most people I'd assume.
Because people actually like GoG, and it has all the basic features like cloud saves, achievements, reviews and forums covered.
That's nothing to even joke about. MS store is more feature-rich than EGS, but if someone put a gun to my head and said I had to buy a game on one of the two I'd still use EGS. (And that's pretty much the only way to make me spend money on either of them at this point)
Exactly. I think this line of thinking is beyond the mental capabilities of the knuckleheads that are defending the EGS tho.
cOmPetItIoN iS A goOD tHinG
I feel it and for some reason i expect to wake up to 2077 exclusive on epic store. Not trying to jinx it and I know they just said what they said in the tweet but idk hard to explain but i can feel it .
Well, yea that's what I was trying to get at with the second part of my post, lol. Sorry if I said it weirdly.
Not trying to derail the thread but I don't really think a company with such a recent history of transphobic incidents deserves praise like this regardless of how good their games are. It makes me uneasy and seems like we are giving them a pass.
But yes their pricing and distribution are very good and I am quite happy with the GOG store.
EGS: A gun to people's head would make people use our service? Well boy, let me grab me guns.
Seriously, The only reason why developers are doing this is because they've the console versions to fall back on. I doubt we will ever see a PC only developer make an EGS exclusive, lol.
I imagine GOG isn't too happy with Epic at the moment considering how they've had to kill the fair pricing policy to compete with Epic's lower cut, and stop devs from abandoning their store.
I should have been more clear, I don't for a second believe it won't be on GoG, which is fine by me as that is where I was planning on buying it anyway. The question is if their goal to "make Cyberpunk 2077 available to as many gamers as possible on their platform of choice" will still include Steam when Epic starts rolling up with cash in hand.
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That Sony exclusive contract is coming. Be ready for the tweet.
Am I the only one reading "platform" as "PC", in which case it means they could totally do exclusive to EGS and still have it be on "as many platforms as possible"? Am I reading something that's not there? Fully aware also that CDPR has even more incentive since they own GOG
The only way they would accept that is if they could release on GOG as well. They would lose a lot more money by not being on GOG than they would gain from the Epic moneyhat. That's really all there is to this. "Good guy CDPR" my butt.
may I remind you that they released Witcher's tales exclusive for a couple of weeks on GOG...
You can thank Epic for creating a situation so shit that this is something people even consider worth praising.
Agreed, although I'd still be disappointed to see GoG taking the deal especially since it would inconvenience Linux users a little (assuming it runs on Proton), I wouldn't be too fussed. GOG is completely usable and they are generally trying to do positive things.
Minorities so far are gang members, running convenience stores, and driving taxis - perhaps things will look different in the final game
Didnt they fire the PR manager behind the transphobic tweet a while back?
Yeah. But I don't get why that's the thing that upsets people. A game is made by hundreds of people, and I don't blame the whole for one or two idiots directly or indirectly associated with that project who run their mouths or tweet like idiots.
But the poor representation of minorities is a full-on backed and supported, creative decision of design leads, animators, artists, programmers, level designers who all collectively thought that was okay. Nobody at one point protested this.
Hopefully they make changes in the final build.
And yes, to get back on track, its always nice to see CDPR have pro-consumer business models. They take a lot of shit, but they deserve credit where credit is due.
Did you forget about both support NPCs? The black lady talking via radio and the mexican/latino dude with V?
If it wasn't their head PR guy I'd agree 100%. He was a company's voice at one point.