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Gearbox confirms Borderlands 3 launches on September 13, 2019; Epic Games Store exclusive [Read Staff Post(s)]
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"Questionable business practices" was clearly referring to "moneyhats", not that they don't service the same range of countries and payment methods as Steam.
There's no moral or cultural justification for piracy, so you should probably move off this line of reasoning.
People have many reasons to pirate, none of which are legitimate. It's an entertainment product.
do you really think the concern we have is because of THE LACK OF FEATURES? my god. also, your i dont use steam features argument, lmao.
oh and dont get me started on the origin argument, its not even the same thing as epic LMAO.
If the game was on both Steam and EGS, I would buy it on steam not because of the steam branding but because
1. They offer me better regional prices (EGS can be over 20% more expensive than steam for me) and
2. Steam has better features
If the game is cheaper elsewhere, I'll weigh the benefits of the launcher to the price difference. Natural monopoly? I think not. Guess what EGS can do to convince me to buy on their store. Hint: It's not exclusivity.
September seems like the perfect month for this. I'll probably be there day 1 for some cringeworthy dialogue and jolly co-op.
assume everything were equel for a second, which store do you buy it from? its steam right b/c that is where your other games are. it cant be equal to pull people away.
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Hopefully there will be a lot of people with some integrity who won't purchase this on Epics shit store, I have my doubts however as most people are garbage.
Which is why you compete. On price or other stuff? That's competition. You become better than the competition to pull customers over.
You can't expect me to be happy with having to pay more in addition to having a worse experience overall?
Disingenuous bullshit.
Every thread has these same ridiculous and stupid posts over and over again from people defending Epic with no legitimate defense.
In for a PS4 copy! Time to finally break in the PS4 Pro I got a couple months ago.
Not giving Epic another cent.
Not giving Epic another cent.
Why are they so tight-lipped on the consoles? PlayStation and Xbox already uploaded the teaser trailer, so we know it's PS4/XB1/PC.
Same reason as why Sony/Square removed the steam logo from Nier automata trailers, don't you like having a taste of EPIC C O M P E T I T I O N?
Guess its part of the epic store marketing i am sure theyll announce those fully soon. No way they gonna let console players wait 6 months lol.
Imagine in the future they do something that will affect even the console releases - lmao.
These timed exclusivity deals suck now, but it will ultimately be very good for developers, no? The Epic store will become a bigger and bigger platform, and Steam will eventually have to follow suit on the lowered cuts they get from game sales.
Wonder if there's much else to announce tomorrow for the official reveal event-thingy, aside from more weird sweaty magic tricks from Randy? If anything, I do hope to find out more about possible cross-play (progression?) between the three platforms. If Borderlands can manage to implement shlooter cross-play maybe there's hope for Destiny 3!
So all PC fans of Borderlands who purchase the game before it comes out on your preferred platform are garbage people?
EGS is trash but this is a really bad take.
After reading Randy's tweets, I'm kind of curious as to what 'benefit' he thinks being on the Epic store will be for the consumer.
The only 'benefit' Epic has ever offered was the 10 bucks off (for NA) for Exodus - aside from that, I don't think I can recall any specific consumer benefit Epic has brought to the table.
The only 'benefit' Epic has ever offered was the 10 bucks off (for NA) for Exodus - aside from that, I don't think I can recall any specific consumer benefit Epic has brought to the table.
it only hurts the platform in the long run what would you call them?
Devs. getting a good deal and the consumers getting shafted for a barebones featureless launcher? Idk how is that good though and its Epic games we are talking about. I have big doubts on them 'eventually' getting to be a 'bigger' platform than it currently is.
We still don't really know anything about the game officially. Maps, skill trees, customizations, end game focus, DLC plans etc.
Them going exclusively to Epic was never about the sales cut. If it was, Valve already offers a way to give you 100% of the cut
People choosing a better product for them is a good thing, it's how the free market should be. It's the only way the market can become beneficial for the consumers.
On the other hand, consumers are not benefitting from EGS's exclusive deal in anyway what-so-ever; Borderlands 3, Metro Exodus, etc aren't games that were in severe need of help, this isn't Sony/MS/Nintendo helping indie out, this is Epic using their massive warchest to buy games that are already guaranteed to sell well despite their help.
Are you proposing that as consumers, we have an obligation to give EGS a fair chance to run instead of picking a platform and service that are more beneficial to us?
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World's smallest violin. Gamers are such fucking babies and I'm glad publications such as Game Informer and Kotaku call them out for it.
Wait 6 months. You'll be OK.
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no, I am saying its ok for epic to use what they have, in this case money from fortnite, to give them a shot. if they didnt buy exclusives they would be another storefront noone buys anything from.
Really cool of you to call people being upset about not being able to play the fucking game in their country babies. Or the people who have to pay a shitton for EGS games because they don't support their currency.
Must be nice being an ignorant asshole.
100% right what do they offer? Other stores all offer something so far all epic has is a long list of features it's missing.
Oh and stealing away games from other stores and sales options lol.
Do you have anything else to say? You've been shitting up this thread all night.
Metro exclusivity will end in February, Blands 3 exclusivity will end in March (if it is 6 months).
LMAO! yes, we're garbage because we buy games from a store you don't prefer. Big YIKES! Era has reached a new low with this one.
there are real reassons not to like this, for example there are people on this fourm that dont live in a market epic games store does not serve.
China, you mean? The amount of concern trolling over the lack of EGS availability in China has been absolutely shameless. They have faced countless censorship, restrictions, and bans across numerous forms of media, and now people are upset all of a sudden. Sure.
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