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Epic Games announces multiplatform publishing partnerships with studios behind Control, Limbo, and The Last Guardian
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Honestly, this is a sensible take. We're in extrordinary times and people across every creative industry are, quite rightly, shitting themselves about the uncertainty of everything. You've got to presume this deal has been in the works for a good while (these things take time) and I bet all three of these studios are breathing a sigh of relief. They've just earned stability.
Oh wait it was the one more like No Mans Sky?
Ah, either way neither of those or any of the epic exclusive games have really been interesting to me. They had RDR2 but I got that from Rockstar. If they were to get an exclusive Dragon Quest or FF though, it would be another story.
As of now, I just redeem their free games on the web store, because i figure they pay the publishers for them or something, but I've never installed their launcher or played any of the games.
That's a huge game changer for the industry. Getting to keep their IPs is so good.
this is just a huge win situation for everyone, I'm so glad Epic are going in this direction rather than their previous tasteless one - and this will also encourage actual positive competition. This is a wonderful day and I can't wait to see who else is announced.
this is just a huge win situation for everyone, I'm so glad Epic are going in this direction rather than their previous tasteless one - and this will also encourage actual positive competition. This is a wonderful day and I can't wait to see who else is announced.
Remedy with a blank cheque making a game for PC and next gen hardware is something I can get very excited for.
It's been launched since December 2018 and still doesn't have a shopping cart.
how can you make a profit if it makes less than the development cost? they fund the game, even if it sell 1unit the developer is paid for years of development
when you sell above the development cost you get profit
Happy to see this. Independent developers haven't had it easy. And I'm glad to see the games they are going to make are multiplats.
It's got wishlist now!
Baby steps, they've still got 14 years to go until we can compare them with 2020 Steam.
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That's exactly what Randy Pitchford said when announcing BL3's exclusivity. That claim aged poorly.
Really glad that they all stay multiplat. Hope this also marks the end for weird platform exclusivity. That really soured Control for me.
Ehm... they are not?
I mean, this generalization is a bit embarrassing in a focused forum like ResetEra.
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Epic launches publishing label, signs creators behind Control, Inside, and The Last Guardian
An impressive lineup.www.theverge.com
Nice! Hope they sign and publish amazing games.
Playdead announced their game like 2 years ago, i don't know why are you surprised :D
I would assume that Epic, as the publisher, would require the funds they are providing be used exclusively on the game that they are providing the funds for...
When you consider the terms on offer, it shouldn't be surprising at all that any of these developers chose to work with Epic.
somebody told me that it wasn't possible to make it work without VR
Not if you wait until it's been out for some time and then buy a used copy.
This is pretty awesome. Guarantees we'll all get to play the next games from these studios, regardless of platform. Good stuff!
Could you elaborate why you think Epic is shitty? And how Sony in comparison would be better option?
I thought TLG did decently enough on Ps4?
Was it really a disaster sales-wise as much as people are are painting it now?
Was it really a disaster sales-wise as much as people are are painting it now?
Fact is: Sony, Microsoft and to some extent even Nintendo paid for exclusives (even today they announced that Panzer Dragoon is a timed exclusive for Switch...)
According to certain people, we should not buy games from them anymore, right?
These games will take some years, so it's within the realm of possibility that Epic will have addressed people's issues by then.
That's what I'm hoping for.
For me the core hangups have been price and general trust.
And they've been flailing around causing a bunch of agitating messes, so they have some work to do rebuilding my goodwill, which at this point is hostile.
The worst is probably all the abrasive negativity and strife Epic's EGS fuckery has brought.
And now instead of being happy about Remedy getting funding to do more cool stuff (which I was), I have to fret and be bummed about all this bullshit.
That's basically all EGS has done for me, made me bummed out about games I was looking forward to.
That's what I'm hoping for.
For me the core hangups have been price and general trust.
And they've been flailing around causing a bunch of agitating messes, so they have some work to do rebuilding my goodwill, which at this point is hostile.
The worst is probably all the abrasive negativity and strife Epic's EGS fuckery has brought.
And now instead of being happy about Remedy getting funding to do more cool stuff (which I was), I have to fret and be bummed about all this bullshit.
That's basically all EGS has done for me, made me bummed out about games I was looking forward to.
Well, add the not-so-stellar sales to the 13+ years of development... do you think Sony was happy with it?
I really think it was more of a prestige project for them.
I think it's more of a console seller than it was a massive blockbuster.
Of course it never was a game meant to make Uncharted numbers, and i know development was long and messy, but i recall hearing at the time that it sold enough copies to be a decent success overall.
Do we have actual data about this?
It's a different case, though. I just don't want to support Epic because of shit they pulled on PC. We don't know if a deal they inked will be timed exclusive on PC or it's pernament considering they are the publisher.
That said, it's a smart move. They have almost unlimited stream of money from Fortnite, are monopolist in tech with Unreal Engine and already have an infrastructure with storefront and by owning multiple studios. Becoming a publisher is a logical step.
I'm not buying anything at EGS because I don't want to use more launchers.
It's that simple to some lol, I don't care about PS4/X1/Switch exclusives.
Oh shit really? I've only seen like one picture of a space man, I didn't realise anything 'real' was announced. Not following them closely enough I guess
Weird how a store then is much better and does more for the consumer than all other platforms combined rofl.
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Yeah I meant to say that its surprising that Sony let the brains behind ICO sign with someone else. But maybe there is some history there that explains why this was not a consideration (outside of the money involved).
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