Probably only exclusive until it hits Steam 12 months later.
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Hitman 3 Now EGS Exclusive
- Thread starter NeoRaider
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Probably only exclusive until it hits Steam 12 months later.
Oh look another in the series of "DURRRRRR IF YOU EXCLUDE ALL THE WAYS THEY ARE DIFFERENT THEY ARE THE EXACT SAME"
Steam DRM is entirely optional, Steam do not buy exclusives, stop talking absolute garbage.
I will never understand the EGS hate. I love steam, but don't mind using EGS. IO needs to get paid and if this move helped fund Hitman 3, then good for everyone involved.
I understand the reasoning behind IO doing this but I'm not a fan of this decision regardless.
I'll wait for a eventual steam release.
A pity, I've become a fan with 2 and might have bought it at launch otherwise.
Maybe VR will be part of the package once it hits steam though.
I'll wait for a eventual steam release.
A pity, I've become a fan with 2 and might have bought it at launch otherwise.
Maybe VR will be part of the package once it hits steam though.
That's fine. Will get it in 2022 during a sale.
I'll gladly buy the games which Epic will actually help to develop in EGS - like the next Remedy title and such. But this I will not support.
They are paying money to limit my choices.
I'll gladly buy the games which Epic will actually help to develop in EGS - like the next Remedy title and such. But this I will not support.
Did they come out and say it was PSVR exclusive, and I missed it?
Go talk to Linux users or people living in countries EGS fucks over pricing wise if you want more of an insight.
Oh no they were vague. Kept saying VR and not PSVR, and things like that. Had me scared there for a second that they said it was exclusive after all. Think at most they have a marketing deal with Sony and can't mention other platforms yet.
Welp, I guess I'm finally downloading the Epic Games launcher. I've had an account since they launched the store and have been claiming the free games, but hadn't bothered installing the launcher. Hitman 1 and 2 are among my favorite games ever so I'll do anything to support IOI. Dartmoor looks amazing, too. The concept of a murder mystery level just sounds so fun and intriguing.
The big question for me is whether saves and progress on the EGS version will transfer to the Steam version when it's released. I know they keep our online saves on their servers, so I hope it's possible.
The big question for me is whether saves and progress on the EGS version will transfer to the Steam version when it's released. I know they keep our online saves on their servers, so I hope it's possible.
I'm with you on this. I like EGS way more than other PC launchers like Origin and UPlay. They've given away a ton of good games. I don't like these exclusive deals but as you said IO could use the cash. As long as I can bring my progress from Steam I'm good.
I still don't get why these types of comments are allowed on Era.
Their Twitch stream is going to be a shitstorm next week.
Checked and you can import progress so it's fine by me then.
Checked and you can import progress so it's fine by me then.
I'd love to see the overlap of people who hate EGS buying exclusives but equally support them in their case against Apple.
I tried to get into Hitman on the Xbox but struggled to get sucked in, I'll definitely download this on EGS and give it another go although I'm not convinced I have the patience for the approach some missions require.
I tried to get into Hitman on the Xbox but struggled to get sucked in, I'll definitely download this on EGS and give it another go although I'm not convinced I have the patience for the approach some missions require.
The same reason posts like "Fuck EGS" with no additional context are allowed.
people have opinions, you may hate how Epic does things, others are more accepting of what they do. Stop trying to silence other peoples opinions.
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Na the fuck EGS make sense, the bootlicking for egs and pretending steam is bad are doing nothing of value.
They might need a more steady source of exclusive income before they stop. Didn't it "only" get them ~$230 million last year, excluding Fortnite? At the rate its selling, Fall Guys might be on track to match that EGS 2019 exclusive revenue by itself.
That guy is literally saying that steam is paying for exclusives. And that steam is equal to EGS.
How is lying an opinion?
(edit) also how do you have a discussion in a forum when the person you are talking to is ignoring reality?
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I really hope we can transfer Hitman 3 EGS progress over to the Steam release too when it releases.
Not for them. For 3rd parties. 230 millions of dollars was the revenue generated FOR the 3rd party devs.
He forgot to specify they would do that only after all big games are only available through Epic as a standard...
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IO deserves a good payday for Hitman. The first two games werw great, but didnt too well in sales, so I understand their decision to go the Epic route.
I good amount of people answer to that is either to then ignore those topic, or even leave Era.
Steam is arguably the industry leader in features and quality of service so I think it makes sense that most people are happy with a Steam release.
Yes of course only people here are mad at Epic. Everywhere you go online you'll see people get mad at Epic deals as well the EPIC apologists who either refuse to understand or dismiss the concerns of a large portion of the community. And it's still this way about 1.5 years after their store launched and Epic's store is barely in people's minds outside the free games they give constantly or when controversies like this arise. I feel like this deal specifically for Hitman is the biggest AAA title they've had in some time and I feel they only managed to snag it as a timed exclusive because IO is in a poor situation at the moment.
Whereas Steam has continued to thrive since the launch of EGS and has had huge breakout successes this year alone with games like Persona, Fall Guys, and Sea of Thieves selling like hotcakes, despite one of those titles having been available on Gamepass. Not to mention titles that were exclusive to EGS temporarily arriving on Steam to bigger success like Satisfactory and Hades. EPIC still has not convinced me that they have any vision for how to make a space for them in the PC market and I think they'll continue to be a shitty application that's primarily used to redeem free shit.
On topic though; wasn't really dying for this one, so I can easily wait longer to purchase it when it released on Steam if I'm interested then.
While I usually prefer Steam mostly for an OCD aesthetic, I am glad that IO will be able to keep the lights on with this deal. Don't understand the vitriol when these kinds of deals help really help smaller publishers/devs stay in business especially when the world economy is heading off a cliff. Any stability for smaller studio houses is a good thing in my book.
1. Valve has never paid a dev to withold their game from a specific competitor.
2. DRM on both Steam and EGS are completely optional. It's a choice the devs and publishers themselves make. I bought Outer Wilds from EGS, because you don't ever need to use their client for that game, after the first download.