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Epic Mega Sale is now live ($10 off every game priced $14.99 and up!) [Read Staff Post]
- Thread starter NeoRaider
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here ya go
Holy shit. I love Supergiant's output, but that's some real scummy shit. I'm glad I bought it this morning before they decided to raise the price mid sale.
It used to happen on Steam, so Valve adopted consumer protection policies preventing it.
I mean, that says they are in talks with SuperGiant for the change, but this new development makes that change more suspicious lol (as the price now is pretty much the same as the price before Galy "fixed" it).
This had to have been a long time ago, considering I don't honestly remember the last game that this happened to.
And considering it doesn't (seem to) happen anymore on Steam, you'd think Epic would have seen this coming and put something in place to stop it from happening on their store as well.
I didn't remember exactly when either, so I Google'd it and I'm seeing stuff about it from 2015, 2017, 2018...
Not much to understand really. You guys had the ability to leverage EGS's financing part of the cost of your title. And instead decided to increase the price (in seeming regard to the sale). To get extra cash. And you'll lose out on a lot of sales because of it. It's unfortunate but so was the timing of the price increase.
Unless you guys already announced that you would be raising the price today, it's a pretty shit move to raise the price without notice because you suddenly woke up this morning and felt that the game had more value. And then to cover yourself by saying that you may raise the price further once out of early access. Seriously?
Other than Hades, how many other games did something similar?
Because it seems like most games were simply cheaper.
Was going to buy Hades despite not knowing much about it because of the price. Now I will either just not get it and wait for a bundle, PS+, etc when the EGS exclusivity ends, or buy it when the go back on their decision to raise the price.
So, Epic decides to discount games at no cost to devs… and devs respond by spiking prices and withdrawing games.
That really seems like it deserves its own thread. WTF.
That really seems like it deserves its own thread. WTF.
Epic: It's sale time!
Supergiant: Ay let us wet our beak a lil' mo
Paradox: ayo we out
Klei: yo we out too
Me: I have no money
Supergiant: Ay let us wet our beak a lil' mo
Paradox: ayo we out
Klei: yo we out too
Me: I have no money
Paradox halted the sale of Vampire the Masquerade 2
Klei halted the sale of Oxygen not Included
Ubisoft games are currently unavailable because of "Uplay integration issues"
https://twitter.com/SupergiantGames/status/1129055307169116160
Is this real life?
They went back on this tweet hours after posting it?
Is this real life?
They went back on this tweet hours after posting it?
Oxygen Not Included and Vampires The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 were both pulled hours after being on discount during the Epic Sale.
something something larger developer cut something something pass on the savings to consumers
my ass.
Love the work you folks do, but this was a really dissapointing decision.
Between not being particularly interested in in EGS or early access, Hades was on the back burner. Today, I saw the deal and thought, well, let's give this a shot! Get home from work today to find this. Regardless of the rationale, its definitely soured me on picking this up. The timing and decision aren't good ones.
I don't get it, if Epic is eating the 10 dollars for the devs why are devs pulling out? Ubisoft I could understand cause they have their own store... but why the rest?
This is the part that throws me off the most. Devs were making the exact same amount.
Ironically some of those incidents from 2015 involved SteamSpy calling devs out, so I'm even more shocked that Epic didn't account for this possibility.
Part of the pitch for the Epic store was that sales devalue games, that it conditions consumers to not purchase games at full price, but "wait" for sales to happen, where the dev/pub is getting less than normal per copy sold. And considering EGS is all about the "devs", that cannot do.
These devs probably fear that even this $10 off event will do exactly that maybe? When the sale is over sales will dry up as people "wait it out" for Epic to run another sale.
At least I have to guess that's why.
screen shot just in case they decide to delete it
https://i.imgur.com/VrkFi9O.png
but yeah... this is a really really really bad look for them.
Lol I knew that there was probably evidence like this.
They probably feel it's lowering the value of games. Like iIf Hades was 7$ one time why should you pay more for it and not wait instead?
Two early access games and one that went up for preorder like a month ago
I could see why they were like nah chief but you knowwww
most of the developers on the Epic store got fed with exclusivity deals and are being extra fucking greedy by jacking up prices on consumers.
I can't imagine that people are going to be nice on here about this. Edit: We'll just leave it at that.
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Operencia caught my eye earlier. I had no it existed, but it looks good.
Edit: Just noticed Hades went up in price. Glad I jumped on it earlier. Was the price intended to go up alongside the sale?
But to raise the price mid-sale? After saying they'd announce it, etc etc. :/
Sorry, when your team tweets and then raises the price hours later without warning, that is pretty bad.
I'm pretty amazed that Tweet isn't from 6 months ago when the game entered early access, but literally 6 hours before they went and raised the price.
I think the real reason for the price increase is to fix epics mess. Other studios like Paradox and Klei left the store, Hades can't leave the store because it's not available anywhere else.
Check also the tweets of people complaining they didn't get the 10$ discount in the EU, and them saying they fixed it so the discount should be good for everyone too.
Email Epic and see if they'll throw you a bone, worst case is they say no
Devaluing unreleased games is a terrible strategy. If I see a 5 bucks lowest historical price on is there any deal? I ain't buying it for 25 fam
Well that is quite the hot take. How exactly are they "fucking over consumers"?
Hades gone from skipping til Steam to just skipping. Real shame from an indie dev that I tend to have a lot of respect for.