Now that it is a full exclusive, I don't think that's an option at all.
This is what's funny to me. Publishers out here tying bonuses to Metacritic scores but now we're supposed to believe they will be giving the devs all this extra money.
Hasn't there only been like one confirmed case of a game not bombing on EGS so far? I remember reading one hit 500k copies. All of the rest they refuse to give any sales numbers on. I don't think games are doing that well on EGS right now
Who says there's anything wrong with multiple store. Epic is forcing a one store monopoly by buying all the merch and making it exclusive. It's the opposite of what you're saying, and I don't get this mentality either that we bait and switch is perfectly reasonable, especially for product you've already preordered. I support all stores expect when they pull shenanigans like this.
Jesus, they do have obligations for the money they are given. It is a basic contract, yes. Steam was explicit. Some people...
People were promised Steam keys and are annoyed that they aren't getting them because EGS is a functionally worse platform.
Some people have a hatred for the Epic Games Store because it isn't as fully featured as Steam and doesn't offer as good deals for people in other countries. And don't like the inconvenience of having to use different game launchers for different games.
Nothing on Kickstarter is legally binding. Your essentially donating money your not an investor with a stake in the project. And besides as long as they provide a digital copy like they promised to backers they are still fulfilling their end of the bargain.
In a preorder maybe, not in a Kickstarter where you aren't ordering a product at all.
Backers literally put money forward and now they're not "entitled to anything".
Apparently you're not entitled to your money /s
From here on out I think game announced for PC should just have the PC logo, don't promise steam keys, but the generic [PC] logo keys. and if pre-orders are involved use some other pay the developers directly from their site and get your key to whatever available store when it's ready to preload. Pre-ordering digital stuff is silly outside of wanting it preloaded to me. People should just wait a bit longer to buy games, not something like Cyberpunk which is barely under a year away. Hopefully this will be an eye opening experience.
