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PC Gaming Era | March 2019 - The Ides of Smarch
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im gonna go into a random ot thread and start my post with
now i don't know anything about this subject but
and see how that goes
now i don't know anything about this subject but
and see how that goes
Not as a bad as seeing the same people in every thread.
Round and round this discussion goes.
But PC Gaming has really grown since then. There are a lot of new 'casual' (for the lack of a better word) PC users, who, unlike us, don't care where they're going to play games and what features they have access to. People that just want to play games. Sadly, I don't think we're winning this one. I'll happily eat a crow if I'm proven wrong though.
Given the technical state Obsidian's games usually launch in, it's maybe not such a bad thing.
What I'm saying is that certain publishers (some of the big players with a pretty high volume of business) already had different deals in place. Valve never made the split public because they didn't have to.
I don't see what's to "win" or lose here.
Lately, PC Gaming has gotten so big it's hard to follow games you even want to play.
A one year delay means less games on the plate now, and a year later I can see what stood the test of time.
Control too, but this is a blessing in disguise. We'll have a properly patched and optimized game by then. I mean, this is Obsidian and Remedy we're talking about :P
If true then wtf are they even doing? They even have the guy that serviced people who wanted to deep dive Steam game numbers, did they think they would not find out?
Is this guy just selling personal assumptions as facts? How would he know that?
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EGS everyone. Our pc gaming savior is here, bringing heavy rain to home pc market!!
Last Light Redux didn't sell 2 million copies at launch, Paul.
I get what he means but nah chief
I get what he means but nah chief
Gonna need some salsa on that one. I could use something to laugh about but I wanna be sure.
Tim Sweeney is the 214th richest man on Earth, with a personal wealth of $7.21B. He alone can pay off a lot more, let alone when you bring Tencent into the mix.
That's one way to look at things. But it does suck if you want to enjoy games Day 1 and also care about the features you're being provided.
Biggest winner in all of this is going to be Jeff Vogel, because there sure are enough Spiderweb Software games to tide me over a few years.
I don't think that's true. The adjusted splits weren't a public acknowledgement of some backroom-deal secret; it was Valve's attempt to have those publishers reconsider doubling down on their own platforms.
https://steamcommunity.com/games/750130/announcements/detail/1821050404983574362
The Sinking City devs posted about the Epic deal.
The Sinking City devs posted about the Epic deal.
I dont know how to use steam spy and I know it is run by one of EGS's heads but cant someone more knowledgable just look up sales numbers? I guess we only have made up numbers for EGS though.
The least the can make is to force devs to have their games released on Steam if they create an entry/store page for them, once they're completed. It is not fair that they use the platform for promotion and marketing purposes and then decide to leave just like that.
Calm down, everyone. Maybe Epic is fudging the numbers, maybe it isn't, and maybe it's fudging them a little less than expected. It's kinda too early to know. There's even an option they're not fudging them but EGS users tend to buy new stuff more than the old stuff so it's less of a great picture than it sounds it is.
Hopefully someone hijacks an EpicSpy into EGS at some point this year and we can see how is the situation really going.
Hopefully someone hijacks an EpicSpy into EGS at some point this year and we can see how is the situation really going.
After testing the Epic Games store client ourselves we are positive that the customer experience is excellent and hope you will feel the same.
I still find it extremely funny that Steam is the way these companies go about sending information about how their game is not on Steam.
Yeah, no way.
Still doesn't make comparison useful at all.
Metro Exodus even (probably) sold better on Steam than Last Light even though Epic paid to remove it from sale.
We aren't going Metro Last Light 2013 prelaunch sales on Steam (without cd key sales).
They don't need to fudge when there is no comparison point for data at all. All it needs to do is sound good and be vague so you can claim misunderstanding if someone questions it.
This is just, marketing BS, sponsored by Epic.
yeah it's weird especially since when devs post on the PS Blog they never mentions other platforms (obviously), but the Steam announcements section and forums seem to be the wild west when it comes of this stuff, I'm amazed Valve doesn't have policies when it comes of this.
People are always bringing up "how else can they compete?", and I normally highlight the console games which are now making their way to PC as one type of exclusivity I'm okay with (assuming they are the reason why it happened).
Thanks to the Epic event, I think I figured out another way which would work pretty well for everyone: If Epic were to get involved in the localization of PC games that get stuck in various countries in asia. There are many games on Steam which are Chinese only with no luck of them getting translated. There are MMO's like Lost Ark Online which are locked down and a pain in the ass to access outside Korea, etc.
Exclusivity deals which open up games to more people (in this case, English speaking people) are fine.
Thanks to the Epic event, I think I figured out another way which would work pretty well for everyone: If Epic were to get involved in the localization of PC games that get stuck in various countries in asia. There are many games on Steam which are Chinese only with no luck of them getting translated. There are MMO's like Lost Ark Online which are locked down and a pain in the ass to access outside Korea, etc.
Exclusivity deals which open up games to more people (in this case, English speaking people) are fine.
No one has the Monhun pic with all the stores and the ashen with epic only on hand?
It's true that PC gaming is a lot bigger but the people that buy a lot of games every year are still a minority among them. We don't have to persuade the masses to take a stand, just those people that can really make a huge different in actual sales, especially for indie devs.
Can't imagine a sane person saying this with a serious face.
Thanks that's exactly what I needed.Yeah, that one I've got. The metro one I haven't.
What happened with the cut being unsustainable and it being offloaded to consumers? I'm talking to someone and don't wanna spread misinformation.
How likely is a future where developers(of larger games) auction their games to stores? Clearly they are making good and safe money, if they start getting sales regardless of whatever store they are in, it becomes more profitable to isolate games.
This could lead to a fragmented environment where stores have to gamble on games and possibility(likely)screw us to cover the extra cost of paying developers.
This could lead to a fragmented environment where stores have to gamble on games and possibility(likely)screw us to cover the extra cost of paying developers.
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