Metro Exodus for PC a timed exclusive for the Epic store (Steam preorders honoured, physical copy with Epic key). [READ staff post]

BernardoOne · Jan 30, 2019

To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

Firefly · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

Why can't they do this advertisement on the EGS? Oh wait....

Steam just doesn't do enough.

CthulhuSars · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

It is funny and sad at the same time.

Isee · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

/Facepalm

Duxxy3 · Jan 30, 2019

fanboi said:
So, I am intresting, you posters in here, if you will still buy the game now?

No...

because I ordered it on Steam at that last minute.

chandoog · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

Man that's just sad ..

Deleted member 1849 · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

No surprise here. See my last post about them effectively abusing Steam as a free advertising tool. Of course they would continue it.

Arkanius · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

This is beyond pathetic and sad now.
I hope Valve does something about this.

Ge0force · Jan 30, 2019

fanboi said:
So, I am intresting, you posters in here, if you will still buy the game now?

No. I won't support 3rd party games involved in moneyhats or store exclusivity deals on PC. I won't buy the game at all. Plenty of other great games to play.

Dest · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

Wouldn't it be awesome if there was a platform that allowed you to get news, trailers and announcements of your game to the people who purchased it/showed any sort of interest in it? That'd be dope!

Deleted member 3058 · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

New news, new thread?

They should just advertise the new features/trailers for the game on the only digital storefront they are selling the game on.

m_dorian · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

Actions like the above make me form the lowest opinion regarding Deep Silver/THQ/Koch Media.

Letters · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

I said wow.

Armaros · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

So they know this is a shitty thing they did and they are just rubbing it in like wrong nothing happened.

Cooking · Jan 30, 2019

how Has valve not shut that shit down yet?

LordRuyn · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

Yeah, maybe Valve should remove the store page and forums until they are ready to release it on Steam.

Firefly · Jan 30, 2019

This needs to become a new thread so more people find out about it.

Doskoi Panda · Jan 30, 2019

Thank God for 'competition'. Look at all this positive change in action.

The fact that they're continuing to upload their trailers and news for the game on Steam because they simply can't on Epic store is preeeeety fuckin' funny

svacina · Jan 30, 2019

Duxxy3 said:
No...

because I ordered it on Steam at that last minute.

That'll teach 'em.

Mass_Pincup · Jan 30, 2019

But Steam is abusing devs and offers them nothing though.

ivan.k · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

So what? The game is coming to Steam. For people who pre-ordered and then next year for everyone. Since when they're not allowed to advertise Steam product on Steam?

Wolf of Yharnam · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

What a scummy company. Or shall I say companies. I hope this game bombs on PC (if it does great on console thats cool tho), would be a good source of schadenfreude in regards to Epic and Deep Silver.

Also not buying the game anymore. Not going to support these anti-consumer moves

BernardoOne · Jan 30, 2019

pathf1nder said:
So what? The game is coming to Steam. For people who pre-order and then next year. Who said they can't advertise the game on Steam since it will be released there?

They pulled the game from it and are still abusing their position to get 100% free marketing. Simply despicable and pathetic.

Armaros · Jan 30, 2019

pathf1nder said:
So what? The game is coming to Steam. For people who pre-order and then next year. Who said they can't advertise the game on Steam since it will be released there?

What? what kind of company advertises to a store they no long sell to?

What kind of disengeous excuse is this? Why would the people that pre-ordered need an advertisement? is that what normal companies do? advertise to people that already paid for that exact product?

Deleted member 3190 · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
They pulled the game from it and are still abusing their position to get 100% free marketing. Simply despicable and pathetic.

Valve would still get their cut of the copies already sold on Steam, wouldn't they?

Ge0force · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

That's disgusting. Deep Silver really knows no shame...

Kthulhu · Jan 30, 2019

Monster Zero said:
Yes, I want to see RTX GI and AO. I'm not going to wait a year because lack of cloud saves or party chat.

The Epic Store doesn't have cloud saves? Man this platform was rushed.

FF Seraphim · Jan 30, 2019

Nappael said:
The hardcore PC communities do far better than Era and other more console focused communities when it comes to fighting for consumers.

This has been the case for pretty much as long as I can remember.

Yep, ERA has a defender for most anything corporate related vs. costumer.

Armaros · Jan 30, 2019

binarymelon said:
Valve would still get their cut of the copies already sold on Steam, wouldn't they?

Why would people that already paid need advertisement?

Saoshyant · Jan 30, 2019

BernardoOne said:
To add to the already huge pile of garbage, Deep Silver keep being abusing their sjit and continue to use Steam to market their game

https://steamcommunity.com/games/412020/announcements/detail/1728722175258235230

Those guys have no shame, absolutely no shame. I don't think I'd care about their game even if they offered it for free now.

Deleted member 1476 · Jan 30, 2019

FF Seraphim said:
Yep, ERA has a defender for most anything corporate related vs. costumer.

ERA's hardon for most companies is disgusting.

Deleted member 1849 · Jan 30, 2019

Gattsu25 said:
New news, new thread?

They should just advertise the new features/trailers for the game on the only digital storefront they are selling the game on.

It would just be locked, just like other news stories. For example:

Epic Store puts payment processing costs onto customers: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ep...ustomers-using-certain-payment-methods.93026/

Metro creator being unhappy with the exclusivity deal: https://www.resetera.com/threads/dm...-metro-exodus-going-to-epic-games-store.96577

Cooking · Jan 30, 2019

Nappael said:
It would just be locked, just like othe news stories. For example:

Epic Store puts payment processing costs onto customers: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ep...ustomers-using-certain-payment-methods.93026/

Metro creator being unhappy with the exclusivity deal: https://www.resetera.com/threads/dm...-metro-exodus-going-to-epic-games-store.96577

Edit: nvm

Deleted member 3190 · Jan 30, 2019

Armaros said:
Why would people that already paid need advertisement?

Wait. You're complaining that your getting advertisements for a product you need to go elsewhere to buy? That's pretty much true of all ads on the internet. The only party that should take issue with that is Valve, and it's likely completely in their control to stop it if they want.

Ge0force · Jan 30, 2019

Cooking said:
Lol wtf? Why are these getting locked

All Epic Store news must be confined in one thread for some reason.

binarymelon said:
Wait. You're complaining that your getting advertisements for a product you need to go elsewhere to buy? That's pretty much true of all ads on the internet. The only party that should take issue with that is Valve, and it's likely completely in their control to stop it if they want.

Wait. You're saying it's normal when a company pulls a product from a certain storefront, but keeps using that storefront to advertise that product?

Wow...

Spyware · Jan 30, 2019

m_dorian said:
Actions like the above make me form the lowest opinion regarding Deep Silver/THQ/Koch Media.

THQ Nordic is openly against this whole thing, so don't think too badly of them.

m_dorian · Jan 30, 2019

binarymelon said:
Wait. You're complaining that your getting advertisements for a product you need to go elsewhere to buy? That's pretty much true of all ads on the internet. The only party that should take issue with that is Valve, and it's likely completely in their control to stop it if they want.

People do not seem to like it though and that leaves a bad impression on Deep Silver/THQ/Koch.

Deleted member 3058 · Jan 30, 2019

Spyware said:
THQ Nordic is openly against this whole thing, so don't think too badly of them.

They still said they were open to signing a deal with EGS.

They were just openly letting people know they had nothing to do with THIS deal.

The Cellar Letters · Jan 30, 2019

That's gross.
It's like Burger King stealing a Big Mac from McDonald's, forbidding McDonald's from selling Big Macs, and then standing inside McDonald's and saying "hey come to Burger King if you want a Big Mac!"

Mass_Pincup · Jan 30, 2019

Nappael said:
It would just be locked, just like other news stories. For example:

Epic Store puts payment processing costs onto customers: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ep...ustomers-using-certain-payment-methods.93026/

Metro creator being unhappy with the exclusivity deal: https://www.resetera.com/threads/dm...-metro-exodus-going-to-epic-games-store.96577

So new news new thread is only ok for certain topic ?

It's getting obvious now.

EloKa · Jan 30, 2019

Gattsu25 said:
They still said they were open to signing a deal with EGS.

It's kinda amazing how this can be your take from their tweet

Deleted member 3058 · Jan 30, 2019

Nappael said:
It would just be locked, just like other news stories. For example:

Epic Store puts payment processing costs onto customers: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ep...ustomers-using-certain-payment-methods.93026/

Metro creator being unhappy with the exclusivity deal: https://www.resetera.com/threads/dm...-metro-exodus-going-to-epic-games-store.96577

Well then at the very least that post should get a threadmark (pinging Theorry )

Launchpad · Jan 30, 2019

binarymelon said:
Wait. You're complaining that your getting advertisements for a product you need to go elsewhere to buy? That's pretty much true of all ads on the internet. The only party that should take issue with that is Valve, and it's likely completely in their control to stop it if they want.

Do GameStop advertise products you can only buy at Amazon or WalMart?

Doskoi Panda · Jan 30, 2019

Nappael said:
It would just be locked, just like other news stories. For example:

Epic Store puts payment processing costs onto customers: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ep...ustomers-using-certain-payment-methods.93026/

Metro creator being unhappy with the exclusivity deal: https://www.resetera.com/threads/dm...-metro-exodus-going-to-epic-games-store.96577

That is pretty weak, mods. What is the intent behind this strangely selective policy?

Deleted member 3058 · Jan 30, 2019

EloKa said:
It's kinda amazing how this can be your take from their tweet

Well, when only a single PC storefront is buying exclusive deals I don't know how else to read this part

AHA-Lambda · Jan 30, 2019

Mass_Pincup said:
So new news new thread is only ok for certain topic ?

It's getting obvious now.

It's almost as if the moderation is allowing misinformation to spread by being so hands off

EloKa · Jan 30, 2019

Gattsu25 said:
Well, when only a single PC storefront is buying exclusive deals I don't know how else to read this part

"We do not want to categorically exclude the possibility of timed exclusives for any of our games in the future, but speaking in the here and now, we definitely want to have the players choose the platform of their liking and make our portfolio available to as many outlets as possible." doesn't really mean "open / looking for signing a deal with EGS". It's actually more like the opposit of your statement

Ionic · Jan 30, 2019

Spyware said:
THQ Nordic is openly against this whole thing, so don't think too badly of them.

Their comment really left the door open for them doing more or less the same thing so I'm not gonna pretend like Biomutant isn't the next obvious pick to get pulled from Steam.

Anyway, I think it's in Valve's best interest to not burn any bridges. I feel like they want to weather this by doing what they've been doing which is providing a service with a customer base so significant that it's just kind of stupid to not release on their service.

EloKa said:
"We do not want to categorically exclude the possibility of timed exclusives for any of our games in the future, but speaking in the here and now, we definitely want to have the players choose the platform of their liking and make our portfolio available to as many outlets as possible." doesn't really mean "open / looking for signing a deal with EGS". It's actually more like the opposit of your statement

A game like Biomutant which runs on UE4 and feels like it will do ho-hum in sales despite being pretty exciting looking makes it seem like an easy choice for an exclusive snag. I agree that their Tweet ends on a suggestion that they won't, but it's really hard to ignore the fact the one of the biggest singleplayer shooters of the year got removed from Steam literally two weeks before release. I appreciate your trust in THQ's commitments to putting their games on a variety of platforms, but Epic is playing some serious hardball.

LewieP · Jan 30, 2019

Yeah it's bizarre to me that news that could be send as favourable to Epic justifies a new thread, but news negative to them does not.

Not sure exactly what the policy is here. I think the mods here generally do a great job, but I don't think they're handling this stuff well.

Doskoi Panda · Jan 30, 2019

LewieP said:
Yeah it's bizarre to me that news that could be send as favourable to Epic justifies a new thread, but news negative to them does not.

Yeah, that's what I don't get, but whatever. These facts ain't gonna stay quarantined to one thread, regardless of the actual intent of this policy.

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