Good question. Definitely not Japan Studio so another Japanese dev will have to step in.
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Epic Games announces multiplatform publishing partnerships with studios behind Control, Limbo, and The Last Guardian
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Good question. Definitely not Japan Studio so another Japanese dev will have to step in.
That's awesome, and having Gendesign games on PC is pretty cool, even if it's epic store exclusive it's still on PC which is just so much better than playing the same game on console so I'm happy.
Honestly some great gets. I also prefer this approach over them trying to swipe up games last second already announced to be coming elsewhere.
After announcements like this I guess that "Steam users" should simply start to consider themselves as "PC users".
Three studios who've all made games I've absolutely loved in the past - good job, Epic!
At least this likely means no timed Sony exclusivity for Remedy's future games.
At least this likely means no timed Sony exclusivity for Remedy's future games.
If Epic is underwriting all the risks and burdens of publishing games AND lets the devs keep the IP rights....
I'm okay with that. That's putting the Fortnite money to use for good.
Now, if they'd just let me pay in CAD on the EGS.... and preferrably get achievements and stuff like that figured out...
But overall, this is the good kind of news. And it's a much better way to become a storefront than moneyhatting existing games as exclusives.
I'm okay with that. That's putting the Fortnite money to use for good.
Now, if they'd just let me pay in CAD on the EGS.... and preferrably get achievements and stuff like that figured out...
But overall, this is the good kind of news. And it's a much better way to become a storefront than moneyhatting existing games as exclusives.
Fwiw, that's probably pretty normal for publisher deals. This still seems like a better deal than developers usually get.
After The Last Guardian's sales I don't think Sony was eager to invest in them anyways.
Also, this could mean Ueda games on Switch.
I think this goes without saying... Unfortunately, I won't be playing their future titles now
It's not a large cut. It's the industry standard cut for almost every digital industry. Epic has made people think it's large, somehow.
Developers retain 100% of all intellectual property and full creative control of their work. Epic Games Publishing will cover up to 100% of development costs, from developer salaries to go-to-market expenses such as quality assurance, localization, marketing, and all publishing costs.
It will have 50-50 profit sharing. Epic said developers will earn a fair share for their work. Once costs are recouped, developers earn at least 50% of all profits.
It makes life actually alittle easier if you know what you are doing.
Since Epic will fund the game, you can budget how much you are gonna spend on it knowing or atleast guessing how much you will be able to sell and forecast when/if you will make a profit. With no deep pressure from the publisher since you are dictating a good portion of whats going on.
It is dangerous, but again with clever management its actually brilliant, a studio can say we know we only need 2 million to develop this game, we can sell enough "break even" then from there its a direct 50/50 split for profit.....but said planning stage isnt as much of a struggle because you know you have Epic bankrolling you.
Reading Jason Schriers book made me really feel for independent developers in the early chapters.....so these smaller companies having someone to bankroll them and handle go-to-market expenses must be a huge weight off their shoulders during development atleast.
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Looking forward to being charged $90-$100 for these games because Epic absolutely refuses to acknowledge Canada and CAD support for their shitty store.
I've said since the beginning if Epic wanted to fund and publish games I have no problem with them locking said games to their own store. It was the moneyhatting games to keep them off of Steam and other stores (especially at the last minute) that I had an issue with. That said, I still wouldn't be against these games being sold on other stores. :P
Oh, the next games. Really though we would get the last guardian on PC.
Not like these studios set charts on fire either, so there is no real loss here.
i just want playdead's next game to be on switch also. what are the chances of that?
would be cool to have ueda's game on switch also, but i'm not too hopeful.
would be cool to have ueda's game on switch also, but i'm not too hopeful.
Who knows how Control would have sold if it had released on Steam.
As long as Epic continues to build out their features on their ecosystem I'm good. But they have a ways to go.
I'm not sure we should be calling this a bad deal when we don't know what other publisher deals are like. This is likely true of other publisher deals as well.
Up until now they have mostly just cared about stopping Steam releases. Tim Sweeney has an inexplicable almost personal vendetta against Steam.
Power move. Can't complain about it being exclusive to their service if they're straight up funding the title
It's debatable. These three devs obviously wouldn't have taken the deal unless they saw the potential in it.
The deal seems to be that EPIC fully funds development, and I'm assuming it has to come to the EPIC Store, but they get to keep full intellectual property rights of their work and get full creative control, but when it releases the developer doesn't get anymore money until the cost it took to develop is recouped and then past that all profits are 50/50 (which is a better split than most publishing deals).
Honestly, I get the appeal of it. It's not a deal all would like and there's definitely some huge clauses to it, but honestly depending on the developer I can see this being an appealing deal to them. Actually the three developers that took it don't surprise me at all with what the deal itself presents.
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