In my region:
Metro Exodus = 4$
Metro Redux = 2.24$
BL3 : 50$
Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines : 39$ in Epic 22$ in Steam for me
Heavy Rain: 10$
Beyond: Two Souls: 10$
Detroit: Become Human: 10$
Ashen: 14.24$
Control = $17
World War Z = $9
Darksiders III = $16
The Sinking City = $18
Walking Dead Final Season = $6
Aren't people generally talking about the fact that Epic are subsidising these discounts, rather than the fact that they are discounts.
Bribe isn't accurate language though. Subsidised discounts is more accurate.
Just because they are sales, or because Epic is subsidising the discounts?No, the person he is referring to literally called it a bribe.
YesJust because they are sales, or because Epic is subsidising the discounts?
These prices are insane . Metro exodus is 5$ and control preorder is 17.99$ in my region.
It's $5 because pre discount price was $15 in that region.$5 for Exodus?? How are these regional prices so wonky? It was $40 for me, last time I checked.
Is the mobile site just garbage or do they really only have so few games and no organization?
can anyone explain to me why all this hatred towards EGS bacause timed exclusivities games ?
didnt blizzard set a deal with activision to have exclusivity on BO3 and Destiny 2 ? i dont remember seeing this level o hate back then and those games are not timed exclusivities.
That's diff.can anyone explain to me why all this hatred towards EGS bacause timed exclusivities games ?
didnt blizzard set a deal with activision to have exclusivity on BO3 and Destiny 2 ? i dont remember seeing this level o hate back then and those games are not timed exclusivities.
Sorry wrong replyGuess it's time to go big on Epic. I mean, I still HATE the exclusivity, but when some of the games I wanted are now so cheap it's like... well...
I'm a hypocrite. I still don't want them to buy exclusives but at the same time I want these games and they are cheap now and you just know when they are allowed to be on Steam it will be at their full price.
Fuck. This was a good move by Epic. I hate it and fuck them but also fuck me.
didnt blizzard set a deal with activision to have exclusivity on BO3 and Destiny 2 ? i dont remember seeing this level o hate back then and those games are not timed exclusivities.
didnt blizzard set a deal with activision to have exclusivity on BO3 and Destiny 2 ? i dont remember seeing this level o hate back then and those games are not timed exclusivities.
Anybody else remember the simpler times when Steam was new and everyone hated that?
There is plenty of explanation on other threads, but just to address this specific question: BO3 and D2 were financed and published by Activision, who also owns Blizzard. Blizzard's store is effectively Activision version of Uplay or EA Origin. Epic bought exclusivity on games they had nothing to do with, some about to release on Steam or with Steam store pages with forums and betas, that yanking of carpet right under your feet via moneybag is what pissed people off, with good reason, because on the PC market it has never been done before.can anyone explain to me why all this hatred towards EGS ? just cause timed exclusivities ?
didnt blizzard set a deal with activision to have exclusivity on BO3 and Destiny 2 ? i dont remember seeing this level o hate back then and those games are not timed exclusivities.
Epic's client did god knows what with my steam data without my permission, and I have no reason to believe it was just for their hacky and privacy violating friends import feature before they used the official APIs. Also, Epic is looking to more or less strangle out anyone else with margins so thin it just keeps up the store then increase their margins when nobody can fight against itcan anyone explain to me why all this hatred towards EGS ? just cause timed exclusivities ?
didnt blizzard set a deal with activision to have exclusivity on BO3 and Destiny 2 ? i dont remember seeing this level o hate back then and those games are not timed exclusivities.
All Ubisoft games have been removed due to technical issues.
It's $5 because pre discount price was $15 in that region.
The pricing depends on the pubs themselves.
The thought process is probably that getting people used to spending money in their ecosystem, even at a discount, will ultimately make them more willing to spend money in general. As far as the training for sales thing, I think that's the norm now regardless, and they can probably mitigate the issue somewhat by making their sales more random rather than clockwork sales on Steam.I wonder what they're cooking up to keep people spending, though. Sure, I'll take free games, sure, I'll (try to) take Control for $18, but they're basically training the audience to act exactly like what they criticized Steam did, if not more so.
And I don't mean this as a "gotcha", I don't care about them being hypocrites, changing their mind is good, I'm just not sure how sustainable that is, they're losing money in some of these sales from what others have said, Steam never loses money, at most they don't make any like with third party key sellers.
I'm still seeing USD when I add anything to the cart. I'm holding off on buying anything until that changes. Have they said when the sale is going to end?