Just a confirmation, if you've been paying ANY attention to PC Gamer in the last, uh, let's say six-8 months?
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E3 PC Gaming Show 2019 is being sponsored by Epic (See EGS Guidelines)
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Epic gamer showed his ass finally, it doesn't surprise me a bit. At least they can finally stop burying their head in the sand.
Sadly there is day9 hosting the event, I love him so much but I'll not follow this shitshow this year. I wish you the best Sean!
Sadly there is day9 hosting the event, I love him so much but I'll not follow this shitshow this year. I wish you the best Sean!
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Apt comparison, since it also keeps being unformed and disgusting.
Sorry, but acting like Battletech in 2017 or Sable, Satisfactory and Neo Cab in 2018 didn't exist because all you can remember is Yakuza and thus PC Gaming Show is always bad is ridiculous.
Again, I posted earlier how a PCGamer writer actively shunned rational call outs on his reporting and dodged being questioned on accepting Epic's excuse without verifying the other side of the story. In no way this means I think he is getting bribed because of that. It's just weird, and it's fucking healthy to be skeptic of a place that has doing that as a pattern.
First, if they did that, a lot of very fair and reasonable questions would arise.
Second, there would be zero reason to trust a company that in one day decided to have a lot of features they are actively championing against.
Third, their stance regards foreign markets still is shit and elitist.
Giving biased of coverage of something is not the same as getting checks, even though that is the only way people are able to interpret review scores (thanks, years of Famitsu threads?).
Again, I posted earlier how a PCGamer writer actively shunned rational call outs on his reporting and dodged being questioned on accepting Epic's excuse without verifying the other side of the story. In no way this means I think he is getting bribed because of that. It's just weird, and it's fucking healthy to be skeptic of a place that has doing that as a pattern.
Way to be reductive and disingenuous but ok.
First, if they did that, a lot of very fair and reasonable questions would arise.
Second, there would be zero reason to trust a company that in one day decided to have a lot of features they are actively championing against.
Third, their stance regards foreign markets still is shit and elitist.
Excuse me, how my "pretends to be shocked" is a tantrum? Yeah, I expected Epic to sponsorship this show. It happened. Boo-fucking-yah. I'll still watch it and not buy anything on EGS. Is my position that offensive I can't post about it?
If you go out of your way to ignore hundreds of posts in every EGS thread explaining in great detail the issues with it to make such an hyperbolic statement, maybe. Yes, there are people adding noise and nothing more that are against the EGS. As there are people in favor of EGS doing the same in this very thread, as I believe you saw when scoring for your quotes (fuck, see the damned implications that skepticism towards PCG coverage of EGS means we are gamergate). If you want to do a call out, then do it properly.
Nome, please.
Even if that is the case outside of ERA, nobody here is supporting that. Your line of reasoning is irrelevant.
Fronting like a game that is out first on EGS then steam 6-12 months later 'isn't really out it's just delayed' for the interval is exactly the sort of empty mouth sounds that the Form Letter posted in every single EGS thread interdicts. It's not a uniformly enforced rule at all but it's correctly identified as shitposting. So yes, you contibuted childish noise. Improve.
Ah yes, good to see you ignored everything else in both my posts. Take your own advice.
I want to say that for the most part I think the moderation on this topic has been fairly good. I was concerned when things started to get a bit heated, but that was unwarranted apparently.
I experienced a lot of "communication through action, not words" through my many years of Dota 2. Some appreciate it more than others. "Lack of communication" is cited very frequently as an issue some of the community has with the game. But we know the employees read the subreddits. And we know actual action takes time. But I guess everyone has limits to their patience and with no real pr branch some feel it's like talking to a brick wall.
I enjoy hearing about your time there.
I experienced a lot of "communication through action, not words" through my many years of Dota 2. Some appreciate it more than others. "Lack of communication" is cited very frequently as an issue some of the community has with the game. But we know the employees read the subreddits. And we know actual action takes time. But I guess everyone has limits to their patience and with no real pr branch some feel it's like talking to a brick wall.
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Ah yes constantly introducing more dev and consumer facing features is >looking for ways to do less work
*sigh*
you asked a question and I answered it.
Don't ask questions if you're worried you won't like the answer.
'Pretends to be shocked' is the tantrum, here? I'll take it under consideration.
There will be megatons.... lets hope at least one of them is good.
Thanks. I wish I could share more, but alas, my friends and ex co-workers work too hard to have me going around spewing stuff I shouldn't.
With that said, you nailed it on the bolded, and this is almost the exact phrasing used to describe it to me when I joined.
The subreddits and Steam communities for DOTA2/TF2/CSGO were heavily trawled for sentiment and often discussed. If there's one thing you can be sure of if you're playing a Valve game, it's that someone at Valve is listening, even if action is not immediate. They are quite aware of what their fans want :) Like every company, it's processed and filtered, and there of lots of internal dynamics that influence action (or inaction). During my time there, I never saw Valve act in bad faith. The people there are incredibly talented, some of the best I've ever worked with.
No, but maybe you could recognize their inaction compared to others in the space and imagine a world where they cared as much.
Constantly? Their introduction of new consumer and dev facing features happen at a tiny fraction of the rate of any other player in the space charging a 30% revenue share. And many, many of Valves initiatives are primarily self-interested or strategic hedges. Even their VR support is embarrassingly anemic compared to the large number of third party games both Sony and Oculus have directly financed to keep the burgeoning market afloat.
Since it seems or all take two games are 6 month exclusive this wouldnt surprise me. I'm expecting it at this point.
Okay I got a good one.
Tell us what their action should be as opposed to your perceived inaction.
Here's an idea: sponsor an E3 showcase to promote upcoming games and raise the profile of their platform!
Happened to me as well.
I was wondering if someone crossed some line at some point and I didn't remember about it, but apparently it's a widespread phenomenon ans we can all guess what was the common ground.
Like the official announcement (https://www.pcgamer.com/pc-gaming-show-livestream-2019/) says, it's thanks to the companies sponsoring the conference that it can exist in the first place. Good on Epic for picking up the gauntlet, even though they obviously have commercial incentives to do so. Looking forward to the show. Hopefully not too many of the games announced will be Epic store exclusives.
Valve don't do advertising and they've been pretty upfront about not being interested in doing promotions like that.
Doug Lombardi (VP of Marketing at Valve) did a talk regarding this a few years ago:
Now, if this is the best way of doing things is up for debate. I think he has a point but yeah, I think some promotions or some form of attendance at E3 or similar wouldn't hurt.
I want to see this just to see the rage, there will be so much of it Mephisto the Lord of Hatred will come back from the dead.
Ah yes Valve's moves are the only ones primarily in self interest. I forget companies all work on the concept of charity.
Also there's still a big damn difference between "trying to do as less work as possible in maintenance" and introducing new things such as the steam link app, big infrastructure support for PCVR, proton and their work for linux support in general etc. With that stuff just being last year with this year seeming to have even bigger impact changes.
Tell me which other store that charges 30% is making as many steps forward in pc gaming as Valve is.
Whenever Epic is in the news, I pop some corn and come to ERA for the hottest of takes.
They are likely there for Maneater, which they debuted last year at the show and was one of the first announced EGS games.
You're telling me people wouldn't be upset over EGS if it had feature parity with Steam and was available in as many regions with as many payment options?
I don't believe that. People here are primarily railing against buying exclusivity.
Steam is their platform. Idk what pc gaming at large is but i wouldn't call it their platform or anyone else's.
Nevertheless, they have done great things to raise the profile and the health of pc gaming. But let me get this strait: That's inaction. But sponsoring a stage show to promote themselves is action.
That's an equally benign comment. Compare to say, accusing people of tantrums and calling them childish.
580 posts in and only a handful of posts about the actual games and publishers that would be part of the stream. :(
I don't buy that for a second. Some people say it's about principles but I honestly don't believe most people when they claim that. For some it is, but if Valve would do the same thing Epic is doing I don't think many people would care since Steam is already the golden standard and the place where most people buy and play games.
If EGS was a carbon copy of Steam with the same set of features, do you really believe people would be just as upset as they are now? People would still be annoyed by the arbitrary limitation (myself included) but in no way would it be at the same level. Do you believe people would be as upset by Steam exclusivity?
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I think its about how it all adds up rather than the individual pieces - no one would have to care about a feature incomplete store if they didnt have to use it. On the other hand using exclusivity to force people onto your store which sucks feature wise compared to its competitors just leaves a bad taste.
If Epic had same features as steam, similar prices and similar ability to buy cheap keys off 3rd party vendors AND it took the 12% cut, a lot of people (myself included) would consider it superior to Steam due to it being a better deal for devs AND consumers.
but since it offers nothing to the consumers AND forces exclusivity which drives up prices.... yeah, it's got nothing significant going for it in my eyes.
Epic pays studios to be exclusive to their platform for 6-12 months, in practical terms, Epic pays developers and publishers to release on a platform that is objectively worse and less robust. There's zero advantages to effectively paying developers/studios to be on a platform that's worse and the only reason it happens is to make a quick buck. Between the EGS not having email verification of new accounts, and the laughable issues that these amateurs had on Android with Fortnite, it's obvious these chumps are thoroughly incapable of maintaining a platform/ecosystem much less a store. Email verification is full-stack development 101, like...
Seriously not trying to be rude, but what does any of that have to do with them sponsoring a livestream?
I mean, totally seriously, is anyone going to change their stance on EGS at this point?
It just seems to be that once a thread title mentions EGS then everything goes to shit as people rush to get their talking points in. And nobody talks about the actual games being highlighted.
:(
(I just really want to talk about Witchbrook)
I'm unhappy that a company who's notorious for having a platform that's cheap, insecure garbage sponsoring a PC Gaming show.
Oh wasn't this that chucklefish magic academy game? If so man I was wondering where it went, hope it gets a release date this year plsAnyone else excited to see more from Witchbrook? I am hoping for a release date!
Me too. There has been such an odd silence from the devs and publisher throughout the game's development. Makes me wonder if it will end up being a 2020 game.
(And that people regardless of platform/store get to have access to it) :)
That said chucklefish seems to be blowing up these days so they could have a lot of interesting stuff to show!
one of my most anticipated games, straight up. I get the impression it's still a long way off tho: one of the devs was asking for feedback about some seemingly pretty fundamental aspects of the game on Twitter recently:Anyone else excited to see more from Witchbrook? I am hoping for a release date!
For what it's worth, I like the idea... But my handwriting/physical note taking skills are garbage, so I def. wouldn't end up with a cute grimoire of my own by the end of it.
Yea. I am hoping for 2019, but I'd be happy with a new trailer and a first half of 2020 date. I really just want to see new info on it.
Yeah they've been pretty good with their streak of games so I have faith in their stuff, also huh I thought eastward already had a release date...Me too. There has been such an odd silence from the devs and publisher throughout the game's development. Makes me wonder if it will end up being a 2020 game.
(And that people regardless of platform/store get to have access to it) :)
That said chucklefish seems to be blowing up these days so they could have a lot of interesting stuff to show!
I think it might end up late 2020, tbh. That thing from one of the devs I edited into my original post kinda gave me the impression they still hadn't decided on how some fundamental aspects of the game were going to work exactly as of last month, which means there's probably still a lot of work to do.
Here's to hoping it becomes more of an event and worth watching. The more investment in giving developers such a huge stage the better.
The PC Gaming show has always been the red-headed stepchild of E3, it won't be really hard to pass on it.
I have to say, I'm amazed at the schadenfreude some people derive from trolling these threads. The EGS is objectively a terrible value proposition on top of being toxic, trust-breaking and hostile to the health of the platform it tries to invade. Cheering for it just because it pisses off people who care is a little too deranged for my tastes.
The upside of this annoucement is that PC Gamer selling out is pretty much a fact at this point and not merely an observation of their editorial stance.
I have to say, I'm amazed at the schadenfreude some people derive from trolling these threads. The EGS is objectively a terrible value proposition on top of being toxic, trust-breaking and hostile to the health of the platform it tries to invade. Cheering for it just because it pisses off people who care is a little too deranged for my tastes.
The upside of this annoucement is that PC Gamer selling out is pretty much a fact at this point and not merely an observation of their editorial stance.