I suspect the tens of millions of PC gamers now unable to play Borderlands 3 because Epic's shitty store isn't available in their country or doesn't support payment methods used primarily in their country will care though.
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Gearbox confirms Borderlands 3 launches on September 13, 2019; Epic Games Store exclusive [Read Staff Post(s)]
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I suspect the tens of millions of PC gamers now unable to play Borderlands 3 because Epic's shitty store isn't available in their country or doesn't support payment methods used primarily in their country will care though.
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It did! Which is why I had a feeling they'd launch 3 in September too. It's just a nice month to launch games, imo.
I'm not pointing my finger at you, I just answered your question. You're free to post as long as you don't mock those who complain about the exclusivity.
This is why I don't feel sorry for those people. These people would rather be pirates than to support developers so they can continue to make games.
No sympathy for them.
Friendly reminder that EGS literally is not an option for many people who are able to buy PC games because of either payment options and/or regional pricing. Valve efforts in both of those fronts is what allowed entire countries to go from pirates who never owned an original game to fucking collectors.
Good mayne! Hope things are good on your end.
But yeah on topic, I really have to wonder if Valve is gonna fire back at this point. EGS is nabbing a lot of big titles PC gamers enjoy.
this might be a game to get me to pay money on the epic store. I'd probably prefer playing it on Xbox to be honest, but we'll see.
Hopefully Epic adds a way to add wallet funds from amazon/best buy/etc, I don't really like giving any game store my credit card or paypal info. I already have the epic launcher and have fortnite and all the "free" games they give out every month but so far haven't really seen anything to get me to pay real money yet. BL3 would probably be it. Be weird if its PC only though.
The number of launchers though is getting out of hand, I have now
Windows 10 store (Forza, etc)
steam (24x7)
Discord (24x7)
GOG
Origin
uPlay
Battle.net
Epic Launcher
Oculus Store
probably a few more I can't think of, it becomes a real pain in the ass when I wanna play something and I haven't run the launcher in months and it has to do massive updates. I think Discord is trying to be the uber-tie that works with everything but not really sure how any of that works.
Hopefully Epic adds a way to add wallet funds from amazon/best buy/etc, I don't really like giving any game store my credit card or paypal info. I already have the epic launcher and have fortnite and all the "free" games they give out every month but so far haven't really seen anything to get me to pay real money yet. BL3 would probably be it. Be weird if its PC only though.
The number of launchers though is getting out of hand, I have now
Windows 10 store (Forza, etc)
steam (24x7)
Discord (24x7)
GOG
Origin
uPlay
Battle.net
Epic Launcher
Oculus Store
probably a few more I can't think of, it becomes a real pain in the ass when I wanna play something and I haven't run the launcher in months and it has to do massive updates. I think Discord is trying to be the uber-tie that works with everything but not really sure how any of that works.
Then you don't get the game.. it's that simple. Or you get it on PS4, or Xbox.
Please don't try to rationalize piracy... that's not going to work well for you.
Didn't know that stating facts is trying to rationalize things you don't agree with.
It doesn't matter your opinion about piracy or how you feel about people who will pirate because of EGS. It will happen, and the blame is solely on Epic for marginalizing entire markets again after their first chance of becoming actual consumers.
To give you an idea, as of right now it is impossible to change your email address once you make your account
No need to suspect, it's a fact.
Nowhere in that quote are they rationalizing piracy.
The root cause for that is the Epic exclusivity tho (and the shitty state the launcher is in).
Damn... Control was on my list this year too.
I still give Epic props for that lol
I definitely don't agree with piracy. And merely bringing it up IS attempting to rationalize why some people will do it. You're giving reasons why it will happen... and I'm stating that I don't feel sorry for those people. I feel sorry for the people who legitimately want the game, and have to wait... and will do so without pirating. As soon as someone pirates the game.. no sympathy given.
And Epic is NOT to blame lmao. You realize how RIDICULOUS that is, right? Do stores get blamed for people stealing because they don't offer them products the way they want them? No.. Get out of here lol
I'll wait for confirmation on this, but I'd rather it was on Steam. I'll probably still buy it on EGS if my mates do, I'd just rather not have to make a new account and such.
I'm so disappointed
Oh well I'll still be there day one for the insanity.
that the new vault hunters look pretty lame, except the Siren.
Oh well I'll still be there day one for the insanity.
Man, this post. It hurts. Finally jumped ship to PC last year and now I have to deal with missing all these great games during their release windows.
At least the Steam backlog is large.. :(
Yeah this trifecta has made crack. Im gettingg all 3 on epic
Will wait on the buy pending reviews. I can't trust Gearbox with anything at this point considering their history.
Piracy directly correlates with whether a product is readily buyable and whether its on a service people want to use.
So dont be surprised if Outer Worlds and Borderlands 3 get pirated a lot more than if they were on steam?
This forum is so obsessed with the piracy boogeyman without realizing it comes into the Epic Store equation.
it's really a shitty move because the borderlands playerbase on steam is huge and i don't know why you would fuck them over like this by releasing the sequel they all have been waiting for on another store but okay, at least they didn't announce it for steam first and then made a deal with epic like how it happened with metro
That's fine. As long as people don't use that as an excuse to pirate the game.. It's totally understandable.
One would almost think that was happening given things like HALO MCC, Dwarf Fortress, Bethseda's upcoming slate returnign to Steam, hell even Risk of Rain 2 but Valve didn't pay for any of that.
Sorry, but the service people want to use and whether or not it's available is not a sufficient reason to pirate a game. Boycott, sure... but not pirate. Of course I realize there a correlation.. but that doesn't mean it's right, or that I should care. Why should developers/publishers even care about those people when they'll do that?
Can't blame them for taking the money and running.
Get out of your bubble, dude.
Epic is literally to blame and nobody cares about your pity. South America, for instance, has a huge enthusiast market of gamers who always were marginalized and had no way of actually buying games because of distribution or unreasonable prices. Steam changed that. It brought legit gaming to many, many people. Expanded markets to publishers and indie devs alike.
When Epic comes in and robs those people of that, they will just do what they did the past thirty years to enjoy their hobby and be inserted in its status quo. That's piracy. Again, that has nothing to do with rationalization, defense of the act or whatever. That's how things work outside of your perfect world where everybody has access to everything you do.
There is no good reason as to why random dude from India or Chile can't own a legit copy of Cool 2019 Game #45... except that they can only buy it from EGS and that either requires an international credit card or is asking for half of their wage, when Steam proved that years ago. And if his only way to access the game is piracy, then that's what he's gonna do. Doesn't matter if you think that's wrong or not a good enough reason.
Keep your gatekeeping and your worthless sympathy to yourself.
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The first game practically has no story but introduces crucial characters that appear in the later entries. The second game is a bit more involved. There's also the Pre-Sequel and Tales which this game seems to be building upon of.
Not at all essential, apart from some fun references you may miss out on.
I'd argue Win10 isn't a launcher. Just a store.
The app itself just becomes part of the OS which I think is the best of all the solutions. At least in my opinion.
I've installed Playnite to keep everything under one umbrella.
Reminds of the Tomb Raider deal with Microsoft. That really worked out. /s
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