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Makes me feel better about waiting for the Steam release. Sorry to anyone that got boned by this though :(
They literally signed the deal to fuck their pc players over.
Put 300+ hours into Hitman 1/2. Would like to be excited about Hitman 3, but after giving EGS a chance for the last year and losing around 700GB of game installs and their saves, I've uninstalled it and moved on. This kind of shit is just icing on the cake for me. No thanks, plenty of games in my backlog I've been putting off.
who they agreed to work with
I'm not sure why you're so determined to absolve ioi of everything
Ah yes, the endgame is fucking over players and not making money. They signed a deal to secure income which is fine / whatever. They fucked up by not making sure their steam license rollover was insured in the deal.
Such a stupid decision. Considering a vast majority of the people buying 3 already own 2 on Steam, it's such a shitty business move.
Oof. Just make both Hitman 1 and 2 free for people who buy Hitman 3 on Epic for the first 10 days. This is a no brainer. 80% a game people already own on steam isn't a deal lol.
I'm glad I double-dipped, so I'll move over to PS5 for this. EGS is a pain for comfy couch PC players.
This is undoubtedly a big mess up and not a good look.
But despite that, they clearly thought they could do it or they wouldn't have said they could, and I do have some sympathy for them given the financial imperative going independent places on these kind of deals.
But yeah, really, really not ideal, and they definitely should have said this before now as they definitely didn't just find out. Making Hitman 1 free was a fair response but maybe they should've done the same with 2. Or generated codes for those who could prove they owned 2 on steam.
Realistically, unless Epic has tightened up their coffers, they probably gave IOI enough money to keep the lights on even with the disgruntlement and (some indeterminate number of) loss of sales.
Honestly, this situation would have probably been...at the least far less irritating if they hadn't even said anything about carrying Hitman 1/2 levels over from Steam, and 'just' had the cheap/free variants on the EGS and explain that it's a licensing issue.
This happening AFTER the initial statements just throws more gasoline on the fire.
Nobody knows, hitman 2 isn't on the store yet...
Shouldn't it be possible to use your Steam save in the Epic version?
Considering most people who pre-ordered Hitman 3 on Epic probably utilized one of the sales/coupons they have going almost all the time, this really doesn't seem like the biggest deal in the world. It sucks, but It sounds like the access pass will be like $5.
Hitman is one of my favourite franchises, ever. But fuck this. I'm not paying for Hitman 2 twice just to give Epic more money. Its already $40 fucking dollars more for the deluxe edition.
Thanks for waiting 5 days before release before telling us.
Thanks for waiting 5 days before release before telling us.
Assuming it's priced the same as Steam it'd be about £9 at 80% off.
Base game: 60 * 0.2 = 12 USD/EUR
Base game + expansion pass: 90 * 0.2 = 18 EUR or 100 * 0.2 = 20 USD
edit: gold ed. is 100 bux
edit 2: hmm doesn't seem like the game itself will be on EGS, just the pass for the levels as DLC to 3. So I'm guessing the pricing will be different than the full game either way.
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This definitely sounds like more Epic fuckery, that's really REALLY odd though, like you'd figure IOI could just rely on player data via its internal account system to decide if you should have access to all the content on the epic version, considering all the content is in the initial download anyhow...
Keep on fucking things up epic, yaaaaay
(IOI definitely should've said something about this in recent weeks though, droppingthis now is just a dick move)
Keep on fucking things up epic, yaaaaay
(IOI definitely should've said something about this in recent weeks though, droppingthis now is just a dick move)
Wow. I just recently bought Hitman 2 on Steam because they said you would be able to transfer it to EGS. I specifically wanted to buy it on EGS to avoid this potential problem, but it wasn't available on EGS, so I assumed the Steam version was the only way to go. Why has it taken so long to put Hitman 2 on EGS?
I doubt i can refund the game on Steam now. Bummer.
I doubt i can refund the game on Steam now. Bummer.
As always, just easiest to wait these out until they hit Steam. You end up with a better game and sometimes for a solid discount.
I hope they pay you well enough for dying on the hill of them fucking over the playerbase that supported them for 20 years my friend.
How is it in Epic's interest to introduce a barrier for customers transitioning from Steam? Why would they give Steam users an incentive to not migrate over to the EGS to play Hitman 3?
Overall speaking, it is IO's fault. The game is literally releasing everywhere even on switch albiet its cloud version but on PC they're handicapping the customers for easy money for a functionality that unlike other games is important for people who played hitman 1 and 2.
You should be able to, this is the refund policy for gmg
- The time of your request for refund/credit is no more than 7 days from the time of purchase.
- The game has not been activated or downloaded (including keyless redemption).
- The game activation key (including any bonus or beta keys) has not been disclosed to you by email or web page.
- We are unable to process refunds 48 hours before a game is due to be released or preload begins.
- Due to Paypal limitations, Paypal refunds cannot be processed any later than 120 days from purchase.
This is always my stance when indie devs take the Epic money. Fair play, secure your future.
In this case though, they are releasing this info really late in the game.
Yeah I'll continue waiting for the Steam version thanks.
I've gotten refunds on pre-purchases from GMG before. Not sure if it's different for Epic keys.
I've gotten refunds on pre-purchases from GMG before. Not sure if it's different for Epic keys.
Eh I was waiting on the steam release anyway but it really sucks for those who want to jump right in. Fuck EGS.
Base game won't be 60 for me. For instance, H3 is $24 for me right now. So is hitman 1. I can only assume H2 will be the same but who knows anymore.
Going to be hard in this case because Hitman 2 isn't on EGS yet lol
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