I certainly couldn't blame someone in China for doing so, considering it's literally impossible to buy the game in any way in China until it comes to Steam.
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4A Games developer: If Metro Exodus does not sell on the PC, the next Metro will not come out for it (Up: Deep Silver Official Response)
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I really, really doubt that is the official position from the developers. Must be some stupid isolated employee's opinion.
I see very little discussion value in this thread. It's totally baseless and is just going to illicit a bunch of drive by shit posts about a topic that's already being discussed, not to mention all the ire focused at the devs when they're not the ones who made the original decision.
Sure, people will inevitably pirate games no matter what but I feel like all the stuff going on around Metro and the Epic store is just going to put a bigger target on the back of that game to get it cracked and get pirated copies out there maybe quicker than it otherwise would have been.
Thats sort of the great question mark with the Epic Games store, I think. Maybe it was that earlier interview with the SteamSpy guy, I can't recall, but the point has been made how so many Fortnite players don't have Steam installed at all. But it seems a leap in logic to think that just cause a Fortnite player has the Epic launcher that they'll automatically convert to a paying consumer for any of these games that Epic is gobbling up as exclusives to their launcher, which seems to be what they're trying to do. But why should they expect that at all?
That sacrifice line makes me think of lord farquaad sending men to die & claiming it's a sacrifice hes willing to make. im pretty sure Epic is more than happy for Metro to bomb to promote their platform.
Well 4A, maybe you shouldn't limit yourself then, to exclusively sell your game in a store nobody cares about.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
Well, maybe. I was under the impression that announcement way back was just made to find funding interest in the game and didn't represent any work actually having been done. I don't know if there is any money behind the game yet.
The cut Steam takes should be smaller honestly, but that goes for all of digital, digital games should have never been $60 but it is what it is now & the 30% cut is the standard.
The truth here is no one is bashing Sony or Microsoft 30% cut because they are afraid of the backlash from the big corps, but Valve is a small private company, so they can bash them all they want & seem like heroes for sticking up for the indie devs, when it's just to promote their own store.
There probably is. The S.T.A.L.K.E.R series have been a success. The only problem is that the majority of the original developers whom have worked on the previous titles have since left the company. I am wondering how that would affect the game.
There's always other games, you can't try and blackmail people when there's so many games released each year that are GOTY material and everyone has massive backlogs.
Unless it's some iconic name like diablo or something, your game won't be missed.
Unless it's some iconic name like diablo or something, your game won't be missed.
It will sell well. I'm pretty sure most have zero qualms buying off the Epic Store especially the people in areas who now have regional pricing that Steam never gave them. Its equivalent to refusing to buy a car you want because it doesn't have tinted windows.
Welp! That was a good series while it lasted. Skipping over steam till next year was a big mistake.
Not everyone is North American though & there is now no cheap 3rd party keys, on top of Chinese players now can't play this & Australians get screwed on pricing etc.
You do realize that Epics regional pricing is worse than Steam's right? Having to cover the payment processing fees because in the words of one Tom Sweeney "That's not covered by our 12% cut" is a laughable excuse while also throwing shade at third world countries ... like half of Europe lol
Maybe i'm missing something but this comparison doesn't make sense at all :p
They probably could buy it on consoles tho. If I have to wait for a dragon quest 11 localisation, it still wouldn't be an excuse for piracy. It never is.
Way to ruin all the goodwill the Metro series has been getting from PC gamers in one fell swoop, 4A. Great job.
Thats a pathetic comparison, comparing learning a language to changing country just to be able to buy a game.
Remove game from the most popular store on PC.
Remove game from the most feature rich and straight up best client on PC.
Try and guilt trip customers and call em pirates.
As far as i´m concerned i hope the game fails on PC and they leave the Platform.
Remove game from the most feature rich and straight up best client on PC.
Try and guilt trip customers and call em pirates.
As far as i´m concerned i hope the game fails on PC and they leave the Platform.
If the sequel isn't released and I can't get it on PC, it will have exactly zero effect on my life.
Zero.
Zero.
I have my copy pre-ordered for PS4. For anyone who wanted to play on PC but has decided against it but also owns a PS4 or Xbox One, I suggest buying the game for the console and trading it in when completed. It would actually cost you less money to do that than it would to wait a year for the Steam release. It's also about the game itself. I look at it like this - if you really want to play the game, it shouldn't matter how you play it as long as you play it at launch.
THQ Nordic should eliminate the Deep Silver name and bring them under the THQ Nordic name and let Koch Media run the things that have nothing to do with video games. What's the point in even owning something if you don't control it and run it? Said this last year when THQ Nordic acquired Koch Media and in turn Deep Silver but they decided to keep them running separately. Obviously, that wasn't a good idea.
Back to Metro Exodus, passing on the game just because of the timed exclusive deal isn't going to help 4A Games which is an excellent developer and the franchise itself which is a superb stealth, survival, exploration, story driven FPS.
Really wish that "gamers" would stop caring about all the business aspects and bullshit that comes along with it and just care about the games themselves and if said games are good or better and worth buying and playing through.
THQ Nordic should eliminate the Deep Silver name and bring them under the THQ Nordic name and let Koch Media run the things that have nothing to do with video games. What's the point in even owning something if you don't control it and run it? Said this last year when THQ Nordic acquired Koch Media and in turn Deep Silver but they decided to keep them running separately. Obviously, that wasn't a good idea.
Back to Metro Exodus, passing on the game just because of the timed exclusive deal isn't going to help 4A Games which is an excellent developer and the franchise itself which is a superb stealth, survival, exploration, story driven FPS.
Really wish that "gamers" would stop caring about all the business aspects and bullshit that comes along with it and just care about the games themselves and if said games are good or better and worth buying and playing through.
Video game companies trying to guilt consumers into buying their products is such a weird marketing tactic. I am not aware of movie companies saying "preorder Fast and Furious tickets or we won't make anymore!"
Sadly, there are many, many consumers who like being exploited.
Guys it's just the opinion of a worker from the company in a Russian Forum. It doesn't represent what the whole 4A Games are thinking.
PC gamers to 4A:
This is exactly what went through my head when I saw the post lol.
All they've done is convert the US dollar price to that currency.
And if they don't have a console? Will they have to spend 300 dollars+ to buy a PS4 or Xbox One so that they can play one game?