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The Division 2 Is Ditching Steam For The Epic Games Store On PC [See Threadmarks]
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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It does when they are taking it off steam for the epic store. If they weren't being given something than it would still be on steam but it's not.
Ffs you have Satisfactory's dev telling us that Epic paid, and you're still telling us there's no moneyhatting ?
What's that even supposed to mean and why does it matter? The game gets regularly featured on the frontpage during sales and events and many people bought it there despite it being available on Uplay. It being available on Steam certainly helped. And the more general point is that Ubi's games sell extremely well on Steam and retain players there.
You still replying to that dude? Shame on you.
If Ubi's brave move will be successful then we will see more publishers doing this thing.
But in the end Steam will always be the big boy in this competition.
But in the end Steam will always be the big boy in this competition.
Sorry fam, you're definitely the one coming off as clueless and antagonistic laughing at people with genuine issues with this. Regional pricing is a big fucking deal for people as is the ability to get refunds.
Coffe Stain isn't exactly small or desperate and they moneyhatted them. Pls stop moving goalposts.
Isn't it 2 refunds and then one each year (non-stacking) after you've used those?
Still better than uplays 0 refunds tho.
Meh get it on the Uplay store. This is a stupid move but unless Uplay completely goes away I will just purchase Ubi games from them direcectly. I really dislike this move as the Epic store gives zeron incentive for me to purchase games from them as a store front outside of free games they have done nothing for the end user experience.
Epic most be playing hardball by securing these newer releases then. Really curious how this turns out then.
I don't care about which storefront it's on, I'm not skipping on that game. Hopefully the Epic store is solid by the time the game launches.
I'm just glad that the little indie dev Ubisoft, will finally get some spotlight on their small games, like The Division 2.
No, it doesn't. The entire point of the openess of PC gaming is choice, this decision is a direct opposite to that.
All them Fortnite money in use!
Will be interesting to see how these Epic Store exclusive games are doing this year.
Will be interesting to see how these Epic Store exclusive games are doing this year.
Ubisoft games perform very inconsistently on my PC. So Steam Refunds make purchasing them less risky for me. Uplay has no refunds and Epic's refund system is crap. Makes it a lot harder for me.
Ubisoft's PC ports are full of problems and im not the only one having performance issues with a lot of their titles.
Yea, it has to end.
We should be more accurate and say
"No refunds, no big picture mode, no workshop, no linux support, no forums and no community hub - no buy"
"A storefront is paying a publisher to limit their choice. Why people complain ?"
What? I called someone out for whataboutism and then responded to their points anyway.
Yeah, it makes no sense on Ubi's part. The cut via UPlay for them is zero, which is better than the cut Epic takes. Also, seems like they are going out of their way to advertise this being on Epic's launcher rather than their own.
If you are a company that has your own launcher, it makes zero sense to do this. Also, some of these companies will find out the hard way that the primary reason people have the Epic launcher is to play a free game. People aren't going there to buy $60 games on day one.
That's just about preference though. I mean actual features like supporting tons of controller options. Epic is objectively worse for controller use (at least non-Xbox ones), among the other things it's worse at. It can be a bit of an issue when you're stripped of good features because of (alleged) moneyhatting forcing you to use a barebones store.
Just buy it from Uplay and Ubisoft gets 100% of the transaction. You will be using Uplay anyways.
Steam may have the best feature set from a consumer stand point, but clearly there is enough money on the line from a Publisher perspective for them to start experimenting with other models compared to Steam. There will be some chaos in the short term as it sorts itself out. Steam is becoming a victim of their own success now that PC has grown large enough for major players to make moves and grow their market share. It will take time but will ultimately move back toward consumer friendliness once the war for storefront revenue share is settled.
Epic's store at its current state in no way "competes" with Steam in terms of feature set.
Explain why.
I wait for that. Explain me what needs to be done and how does moneyhatting games will make things better.
Because I have something to reply to that bullshit:
Games not coming to Steam means Valve may finally take a hard look at their revenue sharing with developers.
That's why we're saying competition is good.
This situation is fucking disgusting. It's not like it's going to be epic launcher exclusive, they still going to sell it on Uplay, so epic paid Ubisoft SPECIFICALLY to not release it on Steam. Division 2 is not a struggling indie who needs additional marketing, they just want to take it hostage for those who prefer to buy it on Steam before. And this really doesn't make sense outside just to fuck with Steam customers, people who didn't give a shit about Steam would buy in on Uplay anyway. Sweeney is a fucking asshole who is trying to create chaos on PC market
On the positive side: now smaller titles have the chance to get a spotlight on steam.....
.....don't kill me jk.
.....don't kill me jk.
lol, do you actually believe the bolded? Ubisoft are more business-savvy than EA. They understand the benefits of reaching a market outside their own ecosystem. Epic offers a more bespoke selection that allows their offerings to stand out among the crowd. Ubi clearly understands the benefits and downsides to making the switch, and has determined that it's going to be a worthwhile risk. Reducing this down to a moneyhat is ignoring that Ubisoft is the most forward-looking of all the AAA's and likely has a grasp of the situation.
Suuuureeee... Call me when Epic Store or any other launcher has the same, or many of the features, Steam has.
I'm sure as developers get more of a cut prices will come down!
😂
a moneyhatting publisher that's removing purchase options isn't competition
look at how well supposed 'competitors' Origin and Uplay are doing now
Seems to be getting a lot of games as of late though. Wouldn't be surprised if more big games comes exclusively to it. Fortnite has done wonders to Epic Games