I think we're in new territory here. I would be concerned that cdkeys just won't get any keys at this point. I had been wondering why GMG wasn't selling the PC version of Exodus, I guess now we probably know why.
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Metro Exodus for PC a timed exclusive for the Epic store (Steam preorders honoured, physical copy with Epic key). [READ staff post]
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I think we're in new territory here. I would be concerned that cdkeys just won't get any keys at this point. I had been wondering why GMG wasn't selling the PC version of Exodus, I guess now we probably know why.
CDKeys still has Steam keys for the game, but the discount has decreased by 8% in the last hour.
Yes, the developers said it would return to Steam in February 2020. But then deleted the message
Are Steam Keys region locked? Will a key from Spain work on a US account?
The fact that Epic needs to pass on an additional 7% cost to the consumer in some regions kinda gives a clue that 12% can't cover their costs.
So consumers don't matter. And what in the fucking world do you mean Valve doesn't compete? you think having features isn't competition? I guess attracting consumers isn't competition.
BREAKING NEWS; MONEY HATTING IS THE ONLY COMPETITION IN TOWN. PRO-CONSUMERISM IS LAST YEAR"S NEWS.
has there been a confirmation on whether steam keys will still be generated in let's say...one month?
Yeah, their price is higher than what Epic Game's Store is. Which is unusual because CDKeys is almost/always substantially lower (RE2 was $39.99 for chrissake)
Probably because they just realized they have a very limited and finite number of Steam keys.
bigger percentage with smaller player base doesn't necessarily translate to more sales though. I guess they got something extra for that timed exclusivity
Yeah, I would much rather this than throwing money at the publisher who just accepted this fucking deal in the first place.
Boy I hope they have a moderator assigned. Or maybe not. That would be a hellish job.
Cdkeys gets their Steam keys from retail copies, so you don't have to worry about that.
The worst part is people will boycott this game which in turn will hurt 4A games when it's clearly out of their hands. I feel bad for them.
I was going to wait for a sale, but I'm going to use this $50 xbox gift card I have and buy it for my X anyways to support 4A.
I was going to wait for a sale, but I'm going to use this $50 xbox gift card I have and buy it for my X anyways to support 4A.
So they were handed a bag of money but supposedly didn't know the strings that were attached? Doubt it.
So let me understand this. This is basically the same thing as, hey Target has this game for $50 and Walmart had it for $60 but now I need to wait a month. So the game is $10 cheaper, but nope, can't buy it from that vendor? That seems like a strange stance.
We finally have a publisher for PC who is willing to give money to get games, something that Valve shall have done a long time ago.
If you take a look at the top scoring games on Metacritic for 2018, none of them were available on PC. Epic may change that.
At this point, just give up and let threads like this turn into an echo chamber of ignorance. It's not worth the time anymore after others have attempted to explain their logic to people over and over.
I think on the opposite, that it'll show that people cares about their features.
In € it's still 16 € cheaper than epic. Which means it's the only option to get it cheaper
I mean can I buy the game from there next month? I'm assuming not.
We finally have a publisher for PC who is willing to give money to get games, something that Valve shall have done a long time ago.
If you take a look at the top scoring games on Metacritic for 2018, none of them were available on PC. Epic may change that.
USING METASCORE. HAHAHA
You really are scrapping the bottom of the lowest barrel to stan for moneyhatting and anti-consumerism.
i hate how deep silver is trying to sell us this as a pro consumer move. if it were why not release metro exodus on both steam and the epic store and let consumers decide where to buy? no this is just epic throwing fortnite money at devs trying to brute force consumers into accepting a inferior game launcher, nothing else. fuck deep silver and epic too, one game less i'm going to buy i guess. i will never ever download the epic store.
Essentially what's happening is that the "Rest of the World" is subsidizing US gamers on the Epic store.
I think there will be always new steam keys since all the retail copies will be using steam even after release. From my understanding, CDkeys uses retail copies bought in bulk from region were it's cheaper then the US. They pass off the price difference to buyers on CDkeys. They are not grey market or shady.
It's a year exclusivity but epic gave them a pile of money to leave steam for a year.
Trying to implement my own monopoly is my favorite type of competition
I'm pretty happy seeing this response, because it does signal to the publisher many people's preferred storefront. I legitimately think this is the best way to handle one of these "bridge" titles, if there "must" be an 11th-hour switch to promotional exclusivity. People have a small window to buy in advance, all those pre-purchases have full patch support promised, and eventually, the game will be available everywhere.
We finally have a publisher for PC who is willing to give money to get games, something that Valve shall have done a long time ago.
If you take a look at the top scoring games on Metacritic for 2018, none of them were available on PC. Epic may change that.
I'm sure Epic is going to make TLOU and Zelda come to PC.
True, best way to ensure the devs get as little as possible too
I'm gonna guess that you will be able to, but who knows how large their supply of physical copies will be, if there will be reprints, etc.
I don't think they believe in 3rd party stores. Competition.
Why don't you just read the thread?
Yeah, I've seen that now. Makes it seem very likely that the developers have nothing to do with this and it's all on the publisher end. And that it's about greed on the publisher end, rather than anything the developers actually wanted here or were interested in, at the very least not like this at least. Given this post and how all this is going down, it seems incredibly unlikely to be about the developers looking out for themselves or anything like that, but rather the publisher deciding to do this in their own two weeks from launch all of a suddenly and now the devs are just caught in the crossfire and have to deal with this mess, which just adds a whole other layer to this stuff.
So basically this is only good for a given consumer provided they
- live in the US
- have never used any steam features at all, including basic stuff like cloud saves
- have never factored in prices from third-party stores like humble or gmg in their pc game purchase decisions
- live in the US
- have never used any steam features at all, including basic stuff like cloud saves
- have never factored in prices from third-party stores like humble or gmg in their pc game purchase decisions
All it tells the publisher is that they are geniuses and they are going to get to have their cake and eat it too. You'll be lucky if anyone remembers this shit by the time the next Metro game releases because the entire situation will again be different.
Yes. Epic does not offer more competition, but less. Open up for third parties selling Epic Store keys, until then their store is unlikely to be good news for customers.
Well, also make the store less terrible. I still cant understand why they launched it in its current state. It lacks extremely basic features. Makes it seem like they dont really care about their own product, which is not exactly the best way to convince people to buy into it.