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RAGE 2, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, and DOOM Eternal to release on STEAM, Fallout76 also coming later 2019
- Thread starter Rodjer
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I think part of this is that Fallout 76 was meant to get people to install the bethesda.net launcher, but then Fallout 76 ended up being a shitty game so not enough people did. Rage 2 would have come out pretty quietly and many wouldn't have noticed.
But more importantly, will they all be available on the Epic Games Store, the preferred game launcher of all true PC gamers?
Soon enough I hope. I would double dip Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Unravel, Sims 4 on Steam any day.
I've been waiting for mirrors edge 2 and both titanfalls for years
I'm thinking something like this along with the preorder numbers for those games on their store being... lower than expected.
Also, what the hell is Cyberpilot.
Pre-orders must have been extremely low. Or perhaps Bethesda saw an opportunity now several long awaited games are skipping Steam?
Anyway, it's great news, the more choice the better. I don't mind using other launchers, but games on my wistlist often means I'll be buying them sooner.
Anyway, it's great news, the more choice the better. I don't mind using other launchers, but games on my wistlist often means I'll be buying them sooner.
My memory is a little hazy, but were there ever any official announcements that RAGE 2, DOOM Eternal, etc would be launching on the Bethesda store/launcher exclusively?
It's their VR project (also coming to PSVR), we've not heard anything about it in a while though
Rage 2 was only available for pre-order through the Bethesda store/launcher. Can't remember if the trailer for the game included that explicitly, though. Doom Eternal wasn't announced for pre-order anywhere yet, but many (including myself) were speculating that it would be exclusive.
I'll probably buy Rage 2, and I'm definitely buying Doom Eternals, and I'll be picking them up on steam for sure.
Now don't pull that Ubisoft U Play shit and make steam launch the Bethesda launcher.
Now don't pull that Ubisoft U Play shit and make steam launch the Bethesda launcher.
I'm pretty sure RAGE 2 was supposed to be exclusive, the other games hadn't been confirmed yet
RAGE 2 yes, I think the game had a Steam page prior to that? Doom Eternal was just speculation seeing as RAGE 2 was probably testing the waters.
While this is true, there's no PC VR audience is looking for VR games outside of Steam and Oculus.
(Also, for Oculus HW, people need to enable some setting first to even be able to run stuff that isn't from their store. As if your PC was a cellphone. Brrr)
Nah. That it began popping up on third-party stores like Fanatical and GMG but not Steam is what got people wondering.
I imagine the retail key situation will remain unchanged. There are no retail packages in the Steam registry, just the current store subs, the post-release store subs, and the beta testing and developer autogrant subs.
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that the situation will be identical to how Ubisoft distributed Uplay keys to third-party storefronts for their games that were also available on Steam.
This doesn't really change anything though. Unless Bethesda will be distributing Steam keys to third party resellers, this will effectively be a choice of paying significantly more or overlooking Bethesda's recent flourish of incompetence.
Given that choice I'd go with buying at GMG and registering bullshit information for my Bethesda account.
Like, Rage 2 is 625 SEK on Steam, 415 SEK for a Bethesda key on GMG. I ain't up for paying 50% more.
Either that or I'll wait for Bethesda to drop the price on Steam for the winter sale or whatever.
Given that choice I'd go with buying at GMG and registering bullshit information for my Bethesda account.
Like, Rage 2 is 625 SEK on Steam, 415 SEK for a Bethesda key on GMG. I ain't up for paying 50% more.
Either that or I'll wait for Bethesda to drop the price on Steam for the winter sale or whatever.
Would be very unfortunate, because Uplay is at least a decent store/launcher. Bethesda.net is pretty horrible and I wont be buying any key for it. I might have to pass on Rage 2 still until a Steam sale (not worth $60 to me), but I would definitely buy Doom Eternal on Steam for $60 no problem.
Man the pre orders for rage 2 must of been abysmal. This means the next ES gonna be on steam too, im happy.
Good news for everyone. I'd have gotten Doom and Rage 2 if they were Bethesda Launcher exclusive, but I prefer it this way.
Well I can honestly say now that Epic's blunder in how they handled some of the things on their store has lead to others re-evaluating their own stores.
More Options is good for everyone.
Thank god I can finally buy Doom:Eternal now.
More Options is good for everyone.
Thank god I can finally buy Doom:Eternal now.
