Does the CDKeys listing mean that the Epic Store can support third party vendors and generate keys now?
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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 mean, I half expected Division 2 to be Ubisoft launcher exclusive, but here we are.
Do you think they suddenly changed their minds 2 weeks before release for nothing?
The Epic Store has been a thing for a while now. If they prefered their cut policy they would have not waited so long to announce it.
It's clear what Epic has done, more so knowing Epic historial.
Edit: I was replying to this
The Epic Store has been a thing for a while now. If they prefered their cut policy they would have not waited so long to announce it.
It's clear what Epic has done, more so knowing Epic historial.
Edit: I was replying to this
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Actually, Microsoft invented PC exclusivity with Windows since it couldn't run Mac games
bastion sold many many many copies. Transistor also sold many many copies.
I asked you to name one indie developer that is getting buried on the steam store, AKA a indie developer that isn't well known or high profile.
You named a\ high profile indie dev. BZZZZZ do not pass go, try again.
You need to brush up on your reading comprehention or stop arguing in bad faith. In no universe is the developer of Bastion, which had a amazing Steam and Console debue years ago, considering a suffering and buried indie dev.
It's not the same at all. It's a free launcher on hardware you already own.
Thanks for your "valuable insight". Perhaps read thread first, post 2nd?
I think you misread my post.
I didn't mean a majority will wait a year. I meant that if the game were on both Steam and Epic Store at launch, a majority would buy it on Steam.
lmao it still more money that with epic game store...only reason epic moneyhats them is cause they know they will lose to steam. its that simple. minbloggling how you would not even mention this in your super analysis.
Remember anything sold before hitting that point does not get any of that percentage back
The most logical decision would be to sell the game on multiple storefronts. Not Steam only, but also GMG, Humble, Fanatical.
When I saw this posted on twitter my stomach began to feel heavy like I just ate some soggy nacho fries from taco bell. I began to wonder if PC gaming is going into a bad place again. I usually buy my steam keys from various sites to get it on the cheap. It's been a while since I purchased a full priced game on steam. Kentucky takes a $3.60 tax now on a $60 game. Also Epic and Deep Silver can go eat miracle whip sandwiches.
Apparently not for them? Or do you believe they would make a decision they know would hurt them?
CDkeys has updated the Metro Exodus store page. It now shows Epic Games symbol instead of Steam
https://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/metro-exodus-pc-cd-key
Fuck. This. Shit.
Welp, buying off non-storefronts is going to suck from here on out.
For the record, I also pre-ordered Metro Exodus. Was always going to Day 1 since I have a 2080ti.
You still get it through Uplay if you buy on Epic, So since theres no way to play without Uplay technically it still is Uplay exclusive.
Do you think they would have done with without a paycheck from Epic?
Bruh people already paid for the damn game and now they have to wait a f***king year or cancel it.
They also suddenly raised the price, I wonder why.CDkeys has updated the Metro Exodus store page. It now shows Epic Games symbol instead of Steam
https://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/metro-exodus-pc-cd-key
Fuck. This. Shit.
Short term gain for 4A/DS, but I wonder if it'll bite them in the ass long term. I mean, personally I believe gamers are fickle consumers enslaved to their desires and have no principles, so...no, but then again....maybe. Maybe 4A have tarnished their reputation and all their future games will sell less than before because of this. Who knows!
The poster had said that the game would be more expensive in Canada when it was 50 USD already. Roughly the same price from steam.
For some regions it will be more expensive, but in that specific case, it isn't.
I know this is a troll post, but just to complement what elyetis has said, 6 out of 7 Xbox 90+ games are available on PC (RDR2 again being the exception).
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Those are literally the most mainstream indiedevs you could possibly come up with.
I felt this way until Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw went Epic-exclusive.
No desire to support Epic so I'm "content' with waiting 12 months. But it still stings, man.
I'm genuinely curious how many Fortnight PC customers Epic can parlay into paid-content customers on their store.
I guess it's relatively easy to draw a crowd to your launcher with a FTP game that's the latest rage. But does that translate to paying customers with titles that are full price?
Time will tell I guess.
Oddly, if Epic were practicing true open-market policies, I'd wish them nothing but luck. But seeing them lock down non-published exclusives onto a bare-bone service kinda makes me want to see them fail.
It's such a bad look. It reminds me of someone who suddenly gets rich by winning the lottery or something and they don't know how to conduct themselves with grace & civility. Just running around flaunting their new-found riches with zero class.
Price hasn't changed since the switch
It was cheaper a while back though
This is something that strategically, I think people are under-selling in discussion: There's a large, non-overlapping market of relatively young players who have the Epic Store because of Fortnite who have (or will soon have) their own disposable income. Those are already proven "buyers" because of the clear success of the transaction model in Fortnite. I think Epic is investing right now, and is likely using that pitch with publishers right now, because this current year looks like a peak "conversion" window for those new players. This is beyond having better publisher terms.
Maybe? Not sure. I do believe some incitaments have been made to help them make the decision.
But from a business point of view, they are doing what they think is best for them.
Companies are willingly going to Epic because paying 12% is a hell of a lot more enticing than paying 30% (first $50 million in sales) and 20% after that.
Yeah misread it.
Actually no, my statement still stand. They're going to lose sales and money in a big way with no moneyhat.
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Plenty of other places as well. I buy all my new release Steam-client games outside of Steam.
Heck, I got RE2 and DMC5 Steam US deluxe versions at Voidu for $48 each via a pre-order promo they ran last year. That wouldn't have been possible if such a thing happened with those. These exclusives so far haven't hit me personally yet, but I prefer Steam for the robust feature set and such ability to find the best deal, but having those potentially taken away by exclusivity deals does not sit well with me. I mean I get the better publisher cut is attractive to the publisher, but at the end of the day, I would want the best deal and features for me personally, and these exclusives are not that.
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No moneyhat
Metro Exodus on EGS -> lower sales but 88%
Metro Exodus on Steam -> Higher sales but 70%
Moneyhat
Metro Exodus on EGS -> lower sales but 88%
88% + 70% > 88% + 0%
Like satisfactory dev said, they get money for 12 months exclusity, stop spinning around your theory.
With the money Epic gave them, console sales will be more than enough.
Thanks for pointing that out.
This is just pathetic at this point. I'm not saying Deep Silver is good for honoring pre-orders, but they should have stay on Steam AND Epic instead of going full Epic only considering they've already sold Steam copies and retail copies with Steam keys.
Another publisher I'll only buy the games for 75% off or more, they are showing they are only able to follow the money so I'm giving them less money from now on.
Another publisher I'll only buy the games for 75% off or more, they are showing they are only able to follow the money so I'm giving them less money from now on.
How much did Epic give them? Didn't realize they made a statement regarding this.
thats why ubisoft keeps the division 2 on gmg.com that takes 30 percet off...riiiiight
The fact that they are money hatting for games coming out on Steam shows they dont think they can get their Fortnite users.
If their demographics are true and most of their fortnite users dont have steam, there is no need to money hat for exclusvitiy away from steam if they just want their fortnite users to buy from the Epic STore, they would just directly adverstise to them and get a percentage of them to buy games on the store, its not like Valve could advertise aginst them, they cant touch fortnite.
This moneyhatting is 100% to get the Steam Audience to begrudgingly go for the Epic Store and not their supposedly targeted Fortnite community.
I can already buy the game for less on established sites and I'm not really convinced the saved revenue cut will either go into the game or to the developers, so what's the point to do this now?
This is false. Marketing deals are not included on the 30% , are you crazy? That's not how it works or has ever worked.
Which would still give them more money than sales from the Epic store with a "12%" cut. Which was already established is not 12%, it's just some additional cost is payed by the customer so the price is even higher than advertised.
I wonder if people that preordered at that price through them are still getting the keys? And specifically are they still steam keys? If so I feel like a real sucker for not preordering sooner because I ain't about that Epic store life.
1. Fuck Epic for money-hatting third party games.
2. Fuck Deep Silver. I backed Shenmue 3 for 60 bucks for a physical box with a steam key. If they wanna give me a epic store copy i´m gonna demand a refund.
3. The amound of corporate bootlicking going on on here is stupendous.
4. The US games media is kinda sad in selling this as a good deal. Probably has to do with them being a vastly console focused one.
2. Fuck Deep Silver. I backed Shenmue 3 for 60 bucks for a physical box with a steam key. If they wanna give me a epic store copy i´m gonna demand a refund.
3. The amound of corporate bootlicking going on on here is stupendous.
4. The US games media is kinda sad in selling this as a good deal. Probably has to do with them being a vastly console focused one.