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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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Well I meant like...actually see it >_>
i want to see the figurines
Whoops my bad. Doesn't seem like there are any other pics yet, but hopefully we'll get more tomorrow.
yeah... depending on the figures design and who it is I might be tempted.
if it's some chibi funko pop junk though DO NOT WANT lol.
Well, Epic only gets $7.20 of every $60.00 sale, since their cut is just 12%. So if they did indeed give Ubi $100M straight up (which I doubt, unless it was for multiple games), they would need to sell way more than 14M units at full price because both Steam and EGS have regional pricing. The 2M ACO estimated Steam sales is also a worldwide figure, I suppose.
Safe to say, Epic isnt really expecting to recoup the cost in units sold, its more of a marketing expense.
This is what I'm hoping happens - Epic's reticence to disclose actual sales figures is telling. We'll see where they stand in a couple of years.
Everyone who stops and think for a bit will realize that they can't do this forever. At one point store will need to support itself. And at one point Epic will realize that they need to listen what consumers want so that 12% will need to change if they want to operate global store.
It doesn't offer regional pricing in a lot of countries that Steam does like Australia and Canada.
EGS is also flat out blocked in several countries so the only way to get the game in said blocked countries is piracy.
True.
They won't have much to stand on once these all release on other storefronts. They've snatched around...30 exclusives now? They won't be this aggressive say in 2020, but I can see these timed exclusives being a thing, albeit on a smaller scale.
Because piracy isn't only about pricing. If pricing was the problem, free is always better in term of pricing so it would make no difference.
It's also in huge part a service problem.
No, they don't. Even in countries like Australia where I live I'm forced to pay $100 for titles again like some sick joke when Steam was able to afford giving us $70 titles or even better CD key sellers going lower. I am worse off with EGS but apparently that's better for the devs and someday I'll see them trickle down savings.
I think you mean the publisher... of which have been the ones all Devs have pointed to as the decider in these cases. Most Devs have not even known this deal was in place.
The only thing that annoys me is when you put the announce trailer with the Steam logo then change to Epic, I'm sure if it the Epic logo on the announce trailer it wouldn't of been that well received.
Division 2 is also on Uplay so it's not an egs exclusive. Not being on steam doesn't make you an exclusive.
If it isn't too grindy and the reviews are good, I'm in. Been wanting actual new Borderlands for a while.
Again, understanding is not agreeing, at least for me. I know why they're doing it, doesn't mean I agree with them.
I mean, Origins, uPlay, Blizzard all seem to be doing fine without having to resort to buying exclusive, despite their bumpy start(except Blizzard?). EA, Ubisoft, and Activision Blizzard should also have a war chest full of money to do something similar, yet they didn't and it still worked out for them.
Of course, Epic is absolutely within their rights to do what they want, but that should also mean I and others are within our rights to disagree with them bringing console exclusive war to the PC; that instead of trying to offer a service on par or better as those currently out, they opted to provide a much weaker feature set, then hold popular games hostage to "entice" people to move over.
There is always a right way and wrong way to do anything. Here, Epic picked the wrong way, and we should absolutely not be supporting this behaviour as that would just send a message that publishers wishing to succeed don't have to do all the freebies and support that Steam do, but just a competition of who has the biggest war chest. Not to mention how Epic's exclusive tactic would harm 3rd party sites that brought us PC gamers countless savings.
You are correct actually my bad. Regional pricing is active however it is local currency which is rolled out to only a select few countries. Apparently Australia is too small of one to gain that benefit and instead I am forced to purchase a game because it isn't available anywhere else at a more inflated price despite no difference in product.
Or, you know, competition according to Epic.
Box art looks sick. I'm ambivalent regarding the game store exclusive. If the game turns out to be fun then I'll buy, if it doesn't then I won't.
Borderlands 3 is possibly 6 months not 12, Outer Worlds is on Windows 10 Store and The Division isn't confirmed to be a year (Could be permanent)
I am curious about the potentially smaller window of exclusivity. Out of the games they moneyhatted so far, Borderlands 3 seems like the most likely on eto actually get some people to buy on EGS. You'd think they'd go all out on that one.
The cover is freaking brilliant. I might actually purchase a physical copy for console as I have for the previous Borderlands titles. I hope the CE junk is wicked awesome.
I feel it's telling for the situation that Randy Pitchford just deflects everything to 2k and won't even comment on it furthers.
If it was something good for the customers, he would now doubt explain it, and defend it. But it isn't, and thankfully the audience have reacted so much against Epic's practices that the discussion surrounding the store have been tainted.
If it was something good for the customers, he would now doubt explain it, and defend it. But it isn't, and thankfully the audience have reacted so much against Epic's practices that the discussion surrounding the store have been tainted.
true, my bad
What i meant was more like
"Games that were coming to steam, but then epic paid the publishers what we can assume is a looot of money, especially for games like the Division 2 and now theyre not coming, at least not anytime soon (6-12 months)
Imagine when it launches on steam later on we won't have cross play that would be really funny.
Boxart's good, I feel bad for PC players that still dislike Epic Games Store, and I'll still be personally waiting for impressions and reviews to roll in at or after release to figure out if I'm actually going to buy this game. I have a hard time working up trust from Gearbox, even though I loved Borderlands 1 and especially 2. A lot of scummy business practices have cropped up and become somewhat normalized in the realm of multiplayer and loot-driven shooters since the last Borderlands title, and until I have full assurance that Gearbox isn't going to try to model this game that way and that it feels relatively polished, I'm maintaining a skeptical but positive-leaning outlook towards Borderlands 3.
Are you taking about this game because the announcement trailer had no retailer logos.
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