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[Kotaku] Stadia Exclusivity Will Keep Serious Sam 4 Off PS4 And Xbox Until 2021
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This is pretty crappy. Timed exclusivity sucks.
Google: if your service actually provided value people would use it.
Google: if your service actually provided value people would use it.
I've seen a few of these comments and they're pretty dumb. Not really comparable to the Epic vs. Steam situation but clearly some of you are still hurting and are looking for a 'gotcha' moment.
OT: Interesting move. The fact that it's still launching on 'PC' (I assume Steam) means that DD likely doesn't see the lack of current gen system SKUs for the first year to be that impactful on their targets/bottom line. These decisions aren't made on a whim, after all.
I think it's good that Google is lining up exclusives, but Serious Sam is probably not a game that highlights the strengths of the platform. Unless it's going big on coop, or huge streaming worlds, or interesting multi-interface mechanics, I don't see the tactical value of Serious Sam as a tentpole game for Stadia.
This was probably a convenience thing since Croteam is one of the most proactive Linux supporters in the industry.
This was probably a convenience thing since Croteam is one of the most proactive Linux supporters in the industry.
Don't think that was the person's point, as demonstrated by some of the different arguments shown here vs an EGS exclusive, when functionally it's a similar issue.
Also yeah. Same for any of this exclusive stuff, as it is usually a signal not to investigate further if you know you can't get it anytime soon,
Did Epic add in the ability to remap any arbitrary controller to play any game through their platform?
At least it's still on PC :/ . I hope Stadia doesn't have any full exclusives I care about.
It's comparable to Sony paying SE to keep FF7R exclusive for their platform for one year
or what they did with Tecmo Koei and NiOh
or COD MW
or several other titles
Great for the devs, get that bread.
You can just play it on your smartphone, what's the big deal, do you not have phones?
You can just play it on your smartphone, what's the big deal, do you not have phones?
This is my favorite thing to see in gaming. Mostly because I get to laugh when the audience a publisher or developer foster, turns on them when they eventually do the thing they mocked.
Serious Sam was never gonna shift tons of copies and become a huge success on PS4 and Xbox. It's a PC franchise and it'll sell plenty on PC. Guarantee it would've limped along on console and Digital Devolver probably took this as a calculated decision that probably didn't take much calculation.
Devolver Digital really be out here shopping their games to the highest bidder.
Anyway, we really need to go back to when exclusive meant "to one particular thing" instead of the "everything but this" it is now.
Anyway, we really need to go back to when exclusive meant "to one particular thing" instead of the "everything but this" it is now.
They already did this with EGS and got shit for it, they didn't care.
Although I'll be buying on Steam, I do hope Croteam got enough $$$ from Google to offset any losses they would've had launching on PS4/XB1. Console gamers have been hungry for different FPS experiences. I would've dipped on one of the consoles to play with friends also if it was an option.
There's far more PC peeps in here trying to turn this into a gotcha moment over EGS stuff when It's not really an apt comparison though. Like one of the common things said when EGS started was that Epic was bringing "Console-style exclusivity" to the PC space. For consoles this is nothing new, FFVIIR just released what, last month?
If someone on Xbox wants to play FFVII-R they have to either subscribe to PSNow (if it's available on there) or buy a whole PS4. For Stadia they'd have to sub to Stadia Pro to play this (I think?). For EGS they have to use a storefront with less features - but the price to access the store is still 0. I think that's really what people are getting at when they say shit like "it's just another launcher" - location stuff aside.
Fine by me. I enjoy the Serious Sam games but it isn't a top-tier must-play franchise or anything.
Besides, Doom has pretty much aped its style of balls-to-the-wall 60 FPS...FPS and made it much more satisfying.
Besides, Doom has pretty much aped its style of balls-to-the-wall 60 FPS...FPS and made it much more satisfying.
"Eat alive" was probably a bad phrase. More just turn against them.
I have no doubt they tried to buy full exclusivity, but DD didn't feel the offer was high enough and negotiated a console only compromise.
Awesome for the 5 people that give a fuck about stadia
Not that Serious Sam is a franchise that people on consoles really care about in the first place. It's still on steam so I expect 95% of sales to be there.
Not that Serious Sam is a franchise that people on consoles really care about in the first place. It's still on steam so I expect 95% of sales to be there.
It's literally a same shtick.
Google is paying for a one year time-exclusivity and offers bags of money in order to make a game unavailable on certain platforms (PS4, Xbox).
Epic is paying for a one year time-exclusivity and offers bags of money in order to make a game unavailable on certain platforms (Steam, GOG, etc.).
Do you see a certain pattern here? Or you just want to call people dumb because you can't get the irony of this situation.
Why would they spend money on console releases in the first place then? And why would Google pay for exclusivity to prevent the game from going to platforms which aren't interested in the game?
Surely each saw an opportunity to make money.
Our thread here about it being announced for PS4 and Xbox got all of 19 replies.
I'm sure they'll be fine.
Stadia?!
Enjoy the literal waste of money. Glad the developers got paid well.
Yep, there's no question console versions would make up a tiny version of their sales.
This sounds odd when you read the title but has Croteam ever said the console versions would even be coming out at the same time as the PC version? I know they said it would be on PS4/Xbox but I don't think they ever said they would be coming at the same time. Going by their past output they are mainly PC only with console versions coming close to a year later.
Serious Sam 3 BFE: Windows - 22 Nov 2011, Xbox 360 - 17 Oct 2012, PS3 - 13 May 2014.
The Talos Principle: Windows - 11 Dec 2014, PS4 - 13 Oct 2015, Xbox One - 31 Aug 2018
Being on Stadia is weird but this seems to be in-line with how they've released games in the past except this time it's coming to Stadia alongside PC. Their main releases have always come almost a year later on console.
Serious Sam 3 BFE: Windows - 22 Nov 2011, Xbox 360 - 17 Oct 2012, PS3 - 13 May 2014.
The Talos Principle: Windows - 11 Dec 2014, PS4 - 13 Oct 2015, Xbox One - 31 Aug 2018
Being on Stadia is weird but this seems to be in-line with how they've released games in the past except this time it's coming to Stadia alongside PC. Their main releases have always come almost a year later on console.
Knowing they aren't that big of a team and more than likely Google wants something over consoles and Google realizes that it's basically just the PC version on their platform, I'm sure it was an easy yes for Croteam. Seriously, this is Google throwing you money. I know it sucks for console players, but if I was Croteam, I'd say yes to it too, because you'd have to think that keeping it a timed exclusive means more money was put into it. If Croteam was smart, the check they got from Google would cover at least 6+ months worth of sales that would of been gotten from console versions.
So I'm assuming if it was PC only like most of the previous games in the series it would have been a minor annoyance, but PC+Stadia is an affront to humanity. Is that where we are now in terms of the community position on Stadia?
