PC Version of Phoenix Point (X-Com spiritual successor, crowdfunded game) 1 year exclusive to the Epic Game Store
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Considering that The Division 2 keys are (apparently) getting pulled from non-Uplay and non-EGS stores on launch day, I wouldn't be too surprised if that also happened there.
Man, those Fig comments, woowee. I guess this does extend beyond ERA digital walls.
Either you are joking, or you don't know what crowdfunding means...
It's apparently coming through Transferwise, so you can probably choose where the money goes once you get the email.
You'd think that the Fig contract would have some hefty penalties for this kind of stuff. Any info on that?
Screw the EGS, anti-consumer POS. If they gain enough traction, I wouldn't be surprised if their endgame is to be as much console-like as possible. No discounts on new games and rare sales with crappy sale prices (Nintendo-like), charge for features normally free on PC like cloud saves, online play, etc...
they made that choice when they decided to crowdfund.
They can't have their cake an eat it.
Those devs just got a loan without interest so yeah. Fig should at least to ban them from the platform, otherwise it's a precendent and similar cases can follow.
Wow they are not talking about refunding people, they are talking about people giving them payment details to a separate third party payment system. It's not a refund at all. Extremely dodgy to withhold refunds unless people sign up to an entirely unrelated third party service, rather than just actually refunding people's original transactions.
They made ends meet when they launched a successful fig campaign.
Yup discouraging refunds by making it a convuluted long process.
That money is gone, presumably. It's up to the developers to refund people using the moneybags epic paid them.
in the official discord the community manager has said you can get a steam or gog key in a year when they launch there in addition to the epic key now
includes that year of dlc or whatever
just as an update btw
includes that year of dlc or whatever
just as an update btw
The interesting thing will be the fig situation. This is the first time something like this has happened no?
This is like if you invested money in a restaurant chain which promised to release in Los Angeles and New York and the guy who took your money told you it's only releasing in Milwaukee now cause the city paid him money (which you're not seeing a cent of) to cancel the construction in the other cities for now.
This is like if you invested money in a restaurant chain which promised to release in Los Angeles and New York and the guy who took your money told you it's only releasing in Milwaukee now cause the city paid him money (which you're not seeing a cent of) to cancel the construction in the other cities for now.
God, I'm so mad about this. Snapshot was one of the good ones too. They handled Chaos Reborn's campaign and development incredibly well. Phoenix Point's campaign was excellent and I've been impressed with their backer preview builds.
Fuck em. This is beyond disrespectful to their backers, not to mention their Fig investors. I'm entering my refund request now.
Epic can go to hell too. This is the absolute worst way to compete with Steam.
Fuck em. This is beyond disrespectful to their backers, not to mention their Fig investors. I'm entering my refund request now.
Epic can go to hell too. This is the absolute worst way to compete with Steam.
They want people to stop refudning their 100 dollar collectors editions.
wont stop them.
That's a U-turn, and probably won't quell the rush to refund.
I don't understand why YouTube continues to recommend years old videos.My Youtube recommendations q.q
they updated the official faq too:
Where will I be able to play Phoenix Point on PC and Mac? Will the game ever be released on Steam, GOG.com or through other third-party outlets?
Part of our arrangement with Epic is a one year-exclusivity period on PC and Mac through the Epic Games Store. One year after release, we'll be able to distribute the game through other third-party stores, such as Steam and GOG.com. All backers up to this point will also STILL receive a Steam or GOG key after the 1 year exclusivity period.
https://phoenixpoint.info/epicfaq?_ga=2.125820042.1898538789.1552414257-1678385940.1552414257
Thats not what they said directly on twitter and etc.
So they are now reacting to the massive backlash, cause they probably saw refunds coming in immediately.
There is a tweet from their offical twitter account, "you can only get it on the EGS when it launches, ther is no steam or GOG key"
because the backers gave their money with the promise that they would receive keys to their platform of choice. Now they're being told that they have to wait an extra year for that while the already finished product is availble on a storefront that didn't even exist when the campaign was active.
Honestly the whole "Don't worry you will still get your Steam/GOG IN ADDITION to your epic key" reeks of backtracking.
Not really because they are only acting in response to mass refunds, and tehy are still making it really hard to refund with this third party nonsense.
I would say that's considerably better, to be honest. However, that is still very, very bad because the way it was before was absolutely terrible.
Haha. This is a mess. They must have had a large amount of refund requests. Not sure what else they expected TBQH.
Well I've put my refund request in already and presumably can't cancel it.
Can't say I'm mad frankly, fuck them.
Can't say I'm mad frankly, fuck them.
That basically confirms is the deal with Epic that prevents them to honour backers their Steam keys before the 1 year deal.
If they're already backtracking, there might be a chance they will offer steam- and gog keys for backers afterall.
I'm gonna wait a few days before setting up a refund order, as i have the very generous timeframe of 28 entire days afterall.
I'm gonna wait a few days before setting up a refund order, as i have the very generous timeframe of 28 entire days afterall.
Reminder: there's going to be an AMA tomorrow about this deal at /r/PhoenixPoint. Bring popcorn, it's going to be a mess.
Does this mean you get an egs key now and another steam key in a year, or you can elect to get the steam key in a year?
Yeah, it's probably better to refund it now, and just wait until it's cheap.
They used backers like an interest free loan. Backers should do the same.
Oh sure, gotta wait another year to get my Steam or GOG key.
Nah, if I had backed the game, I would still ask for a refund. Then going to wait when it is 75% discounted or more in either Steam or GOG.
Nah, if I had backed the game, I would still ask for a refund. Then going to wait when it is 75% discounted or more in either Steam or GOG.
Yea, anyone thinking this is a good direction in how Epic is handling the store is sadly mistaken. There is a much better way to do this.
Judging by the wording of FAQ, you'll get both. However, considering this is a pretty hasty backtrack (announcement video was posted here two and a half hours ago), don't take it as a guarantee.