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The Walking Dead Season 4 on PC is moving to the Epic Store; Epic funding dev (Steam season pass owners will still get final episodes on Steam)
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I get that the only place where to buy it "New" is from their store, but, wait, Epic is paying for the development of the rest of the season?
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I guess that answers my question.
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I guess that answers my question.
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Wait, did they say people that already purchased on Steam get the final episodes there?
Woo-Hoo! Wait, then how are the future episodes locked off of it at the same time?
Woo-Hoo! Wait, then how are the future episodes locked off of it at the same time?
That's it guys. That'll convince people to move over to the Epic Store.
(But at least it's getting released at all. Are Epic finding it or something?)
(But at least it's getting released at all. Are Epic finding it or something?)
You can still get a Steam key for the complete season from one of those dubious key sites.
Kinda expected that move when they were a bit elusive about the PC release in a tweet earlier this month. Now I don't feel bad that they won't get any of my money.
Kinda expected that move when they were a bit elusive about the PC release in a tweet earlier this month. Now I don't feel bad that they won't get any of my money.
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Yes. If you got it before TT went down you will get it on that platform, but all future purchases are Epic Store only.
I need to ask, but why are a lot of people writing like this these days?
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Welp guess I won't see this final season concluded. Must have gotten big sacks of money to come up with this boneheaded decision.
If you bought it on Steam before all this. You'll still get the episodes on Steam.
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If you already bought the whole Season 4 on other platforms, you will get the episodes regardless of where you are playing.
If you haven't bought it, the only way to get Season 4 now is exclusively tru the Epic Games Store.
Honestly I'm ok with this. If this were any other title and under any other circumstance, I'd get the whole exclusivity frustration. But we are talking about a company already dead, from a game that was beyond saving. If this is what it takes to save this franchise and give it a closure for the fans and paying customers, I'm up for it.
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If you bought the Season from Steam before the TT collapse, you'll still get the full season through Steam.
The Season will now only be available on Epic Game Store for new purchases.
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Is this the way it is going to be now?
Consoles/platforms getting exclusives are understandable but this?
Hope this shit trend fails and everything returns to the way it was.
Consoles/platforms getting exclusives are understandable but this?
Hope this shit trend fails and everything returns to the way it was.
So by removing consumer choice they're giving competition to steam.... My God epic store is turning out to be a huge fucking cancer for PC gaming.... and this is just one title from a single dev... if this shit spreads then Epic is basically proving to be a huge cancer for PC gaming.... the faster this whole endeavor of Epic's fails the better for PC gaming. This is NOT the console space where you take what you want as exclusive and moneyhat devs FFS.
So far I have been okay with Epic scooping up a few exclusives to promote their store but this crosses a line. This is super scummy.
If you're bit playing on pc then you're playing on consoles which is the same shit
Lol. there goes another game I wont be purchasing, good luck. I really regret buying Season 3 last month or so whenever there was that fire sale. Real consumer choice means putting the game on multiple platforms. Also, I have all the prior games on Steam, wtf would I want the finale in the series to be on a different platform?
As someone who doesn't partake much in PC gaming, why is a competitor to Steam different than the console market? Everyone says we need 2 or 3 consoles to keep the others in check and loves it, and they get their competition by making/buying exclusives. How is this so different especially when the user doesn't even need to pay for something extra? Is it just people not wanting to not use Steam ever?
because they don't like competition, probably
they're mad that there's some serious competition for steam that's not 100% feature complete (since it's brand new) despite likely bringing forth positive change to the industry
Epic dont want competition. They want their own little monopoly. And everyone getting into that store exclusively is also against competition since for them, a good storefront is one where their product is bought at full price and is curated. I'm not supporting this and I really hope it doesn't take off because I feel like this will only lead to a worse platform as a whole.
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Sounds like Epic is helping to fund and finish the series.
Sounds like Epic is helping to fund and finish the series.
The only people who don't like competition are the ones who scream for it until consumers decide which one is better, at which point they go "everyone needs to be equal cause monopoly!"
Do prior owners lose access to them or is it just something for new purchases? I guess my question is, what is a company like Epic to try and do if not to try and pad out their content lineup? Even if the service was similarly good to Steam people would ignore it because it isn't Steam.
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And what is wrong with customers wanting to buy where they want?
Hahahahahaha so now not only are they taking games that hadn't been released but had already made plans for launch with competitors but they're straight up yanking games THAT WERE ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
Fuck Epic forever. I don't even wanna play Fortnite anymore because of this shit.
Fuck Epic forever. I don't even wanna play Fortnite anymore because of this shit.