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Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade releasing on EGS in December 16 (Up: Coming to Steam eventually)
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My first time seeing that legendary post you made. That is simply outstanding and such a great analogy. This should be stickied in every post mentioning EGS. No one can say they "don't understand" why everyone hates EGS now.
Good work, king.
You forgot to add "get paid for PS4 version on PS+ and refuse to offer free upgrades to the PS5 version so they have to pay for it and the DLC that is exclusive to the PS5 version while people blame Sony, instead of Square Enix, for it not being free."
Whelp. Not paying $70 for this on Epic. Already paid for it on my PS5 you greedy fucks. Wake me up when it's cheaper and on Steam.
I can try to explain from a personal standpoint how FF7 in particular going EGS screws me and many others over.
Square Enix put up preorders for Forspoken today and FF7's pricing has been confirmed. In Canada they are both $93.49 and both EGS and Steam charge 15% taxes in my location so that jacks the price up to $107 CAD, Insane pricing I know.
However, Square Enix very commonly puts their games up for sale on 3rd party sites like GreenManGaming which do not charge taxes in lots of locations, Canada included. On top of this, they always do 20%-30% off discounts for preorders/launch periods. Forspoken went up on GMG a few hours ago with a 20% off discount for VIP members. With no taxes this brings the game from $107 to $74CAD, A VERY large discount, and a much more reasonable price.
This is where EGS exclusivity ruins everything, Epic has a very weird exclusivity clause where publishers cannot release their games on 3rd party sites. Some publishers like 2K, 505 and Tripwire are exempt from this clause however and can happily sell their EGS exclusives on sellers like GMG, Humble, Fanatical, etc (Likely due to some arrangement with Epic). Square Enix unfortunately for whatever reason, is not one of these publishers. This means the only place you can get KH, The World Ends With You NEO, Final Fantasy Origins and now FF7 is directly from EGS. Making these games significantly more expensive for people like me. If I want to get Forspoken and FF7 Remake, I have to pay $33 more for FF7 remake than I have to for Forspoken solely because Square sold out again
This is garbage, full stop. It doesn't benefit the consumer at all, FF7 was going to come to PC regardless and anything who thinks Epic brought these games to PC is delusional. People on here will defend it though like they do everything else. There are many reasons people don't like EGS, But this is definitely one of the biggest ones for me.
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Looking forward to the next epic leak and how much they've paid square over the last year to snip their pc sales to a fraction
At least egs will probably be dead by the time part 2 comes out in 2025
At least egs will probably be dead by the time part 2 comes out in 2025
Expected, unfortunately
There's already a whole lot of "many more things" uwu
There's already a whole lot of "many more things" uwu
I was skipping all around and mostly skipped the speeches inbetween trailers, what makes it clear that it is actually a 1 year Epic exclusive?
I assume it's similar to Forspoken on Steam, 80€ for base / 105€ for Deluxe.
Lucky you! I'm dying to play Episode Intermission. But that price :/
Yeah, no. 80 bucks to play the game on the EGS, it's not gonna happen.
I'll wait for the Steam release next year. Until then, the KH franchise should also release on Steam and it'll help pass the time.
I'll wait for the Steam release next year. Until then, the KH franchise should also release on Steam and it'll help pass the time.
We are talking about Square here whi launched KH games on Epic Store at full price same week when they had sale on consoles where you could get entire collection for like 30$ (over 120$ on PC for same package).
Gosh, Square Enix's addiction to timed exclusives followed by effectively releasing this exclusively on The Pirate Bay for 12 months. It's like they didn't learn anything from Kingdom Hearts PC.
Yep, just saw it on the EGS. Already played it on ps+ so I don't mind waiting another year for Steam. Gotta love the lack of regional pricing on EGS lol.
80€ Epic exclusive will go well with the PC crowd.
Remember that Kingdom Hearts was released on PC? Yeah, me neither.
Remember that Kingdom Hearts was released on PC? Yeah, me neither.
They need every cent they can get with each of their games seemingly in development hell.
They likely made a package deal. But then again, SE is that dumb of a company. While every other publisher has seen a huge growth on other platforms, SE has actively reduced their userbase
Yeah, package deal seems very likely, considering this was where Epic wanted to move according to papers from Epic v. Apple.
Didn't KH games get sale like right when they launched? Probably means presales didn't meet expectations.
They did because it bombed yeah. I imagine that's what's going to happen.
In fact, for this specific release unless it has Denuvo, I expect the piracy numbers to be higher than the sales numbers.
It was during Summer Sale i think that there was significant price cut.
I've been waiting to play this ever since it was first revealed at that Sony E3 press conference years ago. The only reason I didn't buy it on PS4 was because I knew it would look and run better on my PC and I didn't think the timed exclusivity would last this long... smh.
The EGS exclusivity annoys me since EGS is really barebones. It doesn't have the community features like Steam has, nor the input flexibility. If I buy the game on EGS I know I'm going to want to double dip and buy the Steam version when that comes out, so the logical thing to do is wait. But my excitement to play this game might win out...
The EGS exclusivity annoys me since EGS is really barebones. It doesn't have the community features like Steam has, nor the input flexibility. If I buy the game on EGS I know I'm going to want to double dip and buy the Steam version when that comes out, so the logical thing to do is wait. But my excitement to play this game might win out...
80€ for a 2 years late port
Denuvo
No cd key resellers
Yeah, I can wait until EGS gives it away for free or it pops up on Gamepass. Way to completely assassinate interest in a game. I have waited for 2 years already after the development hell that started back in 2016, I don't mind waiting for 2 more.
Denuvo
No cd key resellers
Yeah, I can wait until EGS gives it away for free or it pops up on Gamepass. Way to completely assassinate interest in a game. I have waited for 2 years already after the development hell that started back in 2016, I don't mind waiting for 2 more.
Get fucked, Square.
You already got me at full price on PS4. As much as I want to play the Intergade content, I'm not buying a PS5 or a PC to do so at full price again.
Square is aiming for that "Scummiest developer" moniker… it's just there's lots of competition for that title at the moment they don't have it.
You already got me at full price on PS4. As much as I want to play the Intergade content, I'm not buying a PS5 or a PC to do so at full price again.
Square is aiming for that "Scummiest developer" moniker… it's just there's lots of competition for that title at the moment they don't have it.
I am sure Square Enix is making a good short-term profit by taking every moneyhat that comes its way but their franchises will never be as big as they can truly be as long as they keep walling off customers for years at a time. We have plenty of examples of japanese games finding great success as multiplatform games, it's such a shame that Square's leadership seems unwilling to follow those examples.
