For me it was June 29 of last year. Search your email for Shenmue, that's how I found mine.
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Shenmue III is timed exclusive to Epic Games Store, backers PC code redeemed on EGS & no refund (See Threadmark) [READ STAFF POSTS BEFORE POSTING]
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What a terrible situation. A friend of mine is on a rampage over the news. Not a fan of Epic's way of doing things in the least.
Fortnite audience only plays fornite, almost all egs exclusive bombed one way or the other
Epic is trying to turn PC gaming into a walled garden by locking certain 3rd parties to their stores. They're not trying to pull themselves up by offering a superior storefront, they're dragging everyone else down.
Thanks mate, I managed to find it by search my email for fan gamer. All sorted know. Appreciate it.
This is me now.
If its indeed exclusive to epic, I'll be getting my money back. For the record I have no problem with exclusivity deals but I won't abide bait and switch practices for anyone or anything...I'll pick it when on sale. Bye Ryu.
This should be in the OP. Go to this page to get your survey resent to you so you can change your copy to a PS4 version. https://fulfillment.fangamer.com/kindling/shenmue3/resend_survey
I imagine Suzuki needed the money to make a better game so can't be too mad.
In their eyes, Epic is eating up all of the most anticipated video games like some sort of digital Galactus.
Fullfilling your backers rewards vs being a shithead of a company
Epic PR keeps spinning these deals as good for the devs and growth of PC gaming, but it's clear to anyone with a brain that only a handful of executives are ever going to benefit from exclusivity deals
The correct take
Backing Epic is not remotely comparable to being an anti-vaxxer or flat-earther lmao, though I do understand what you're going for.
Let's try to steer away from that in these discussions though. Lot of folks with these takes don't even play on PC, so to them they literally can't understand the problem since "you play the game on the same machine anyway, what's the problem". There's no fighting that mentality and Tim and Co know this. Save your energy and just don't buy from Epic
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Im not blaming folks for backing it then.
Im saying from here on out folks probably shouldnt unless stricter rules are applied for missing/changing milestones.
I think it sucks that folks who want certain versions of games and pay in just for that version dont get it. It's unjust.
Agreed. I hate the whole idea of money hatting exclusives. If Epic created a bunch of studios, came out with some killer games THEN started their platform with only their games being exclusive I'd use them just like I do origins or Uplay. This is disgusting though. They hustled backers then turned around and fucked them for a bit of cash. Nah man, might give this shit a rental at most and thats saying something for me
I don't hate the EGS store but their comment that they decided on it while 'looking for the most enjoyable way to play on PC' seems disingenuous as hell. Both store fronts wouldn't be 'enjoyable' - they're storefronts. Why not just say they've decided to switch to EGS and not pretend it's for nothing other than business reasons?
They should arguably offer refunds or switches of backing to PS4 for users that don't want to support EGS
They should arguably offer refunds or switches of backing to PS4 for users that don't want to support EGS
No idea how to find it. Clicked on the 'threadmark' dropdown, got nothing? I went through the KS campaign before to make sure what I posted was accurate. No mention of Steam till after the campaign, possibly years after(?), so referring to people as "Steam backers" is just flat-out inaccurate.
Ok...found the staff post. Definitely not arguing it was "never" promised to backers. I'm saying it wasn't during the campaign, when people put down their money.
should probably have let fangamer know to update the surveys
Oh shit, you're right, I didn't even think about that when I changed mine to PS4. Jesus this is a total fucking shitshow.
I gave them 300 bucks. I don't give a fuck if they get better revenue. I want them to deliver what they promised me. What I paid for.
User banned (3 days): ignoring staff post
Backers weren't promised a steam key, just a digital copy. Which they are still getting.
Imagine waiting a decade for game only to throw a fit and not play it because it's not on your distribution platform of choice. They could put it on the fucking GOG launcher for all I care.
Backers ordered a Steam key. For fuck sake. Please read the thread at least:
I maintain that the most obvious sign of technical debt in the EGS codebase is the inability to let developers opt in or out or set specific prices in the current sale going on. I can take or leave the shopping carts because I rarely buy more than one game at a time, but having a flat discount for everything is straight-up hurting their ability to get games onto the service right now.
Wouldn't gamepass require it to be published either through the MS store or on XBox? This seems unlikely to me because I thought they confirmed this was going to be only on PS4
Wouldn't gamepass require it to be published either through the MS store or on XBox? This seems unlikely to me because I thought they confirmed this was going to be only on PS4
Maybe it would have looked worse? This project was always woefully underfunded for its scope.
which method of distribution do you think people should have assumed going into backing it? why was steam eventually selected as the choice for distributing the pc copies?
It isn't. Even with the millions they've dumped, few developers have shared sales figures aside from Coffee Stain and World War Z devs, every time they try to discuss sales figures they use bizzarre metrics like twitch views. The recent fire sale where they outright compensate developers for sales difference cut speaks volumes. (and they even botched that one up)
Let Timmy continue with his glorified ego trip.
I love how people will always find ways to defend scummy practices.
And most likely Deep Silver is the one behind this.
wait, is the 5% fee stacked on top of the 12% fee? Or is that a 5% fee for everything?
Valve will still take a 30% cut and Epic will take an additional 5% cut for UE4, if the game makes more than $3000 per quarter. To me, they would still be making more money with the EGS model. But with Deep Silver involved... that might change my original statement. But I guess they could still be making more money per game sold, with Deep Silver's cut.
"Fool me once, shame on you, etc."
First crowdfunding campaign I bothered with. Why should I line-up for a Round 2 after getting burned on a $300 bet?
God PC gaming is a mess right now. I don't buy into the whole Kickstarter thing anyway since there have been so many failed projects and high profile disappointments but now you can't even guarantee that a project you back or a game you pre-order is going to be available on the storefront of your choosing. Of course the hypocrisy on display by Sweeney is good for a laugh though, so at least we have that.
I'm repeating myself and will continue to do so: it needs to be impressed upon yu Suzuki and the dev team that they need to get steam keys to backers who asked for them. No excuses.
That the game isn't available on steam for purchase should be octagonal to honoring the commitment to backers. They may not realize the extent of the betrayal here. (Note: Twitter spam is probably not the method to communicate this)
That the game isn't available on steam for purchase should be octagonal to honoring the commitment to backers. They may not realize the extent of the betrayal here. (Note: Twitter spam is probably not the method to communicate this)
100% chance you're wrong btw
Backers ordered a Steam key. For fuck sake. Please read the thread at least:
Ahh, they better at least let people change their survey answers. I won't be since it doesn't actually matter what client I use to download the game, but for those that think it does let them change to PS4.
The game was already on it's last months of development when this deal happened, also the game had stretch goals promising much larger scope if they got more money, something didn't happened here. Let's not be naive.
They'll just steal another hip-hop dance and fund another 10 exclusives.
"Help us create a sequel to this classic because Sony didnt want to fully fund it themselves, but they still want to be console exclusive. Suckers! This whole kickstarter was just a long term advert anyway."
Is this strategy of getting everyone mad in exchange for exclusives working out for Epic? I bet it hasnt but I dont really know.
I dunno, maybe a DRM-free GOG version? That would've been nice. Wouldn't have to deal with Steam.
Are we sure "everyone" is getting annoyed. I'd think it's more of a vocal minority
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