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Star Wars Outlaws not available on Steam/EGS (at launch)
- Thread starter spad3
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Will likely get if when it comes to steam, but I wouldn't mind buying it on their launcher as well
Yeah, that's how they roll these days. Exclusive to their store, or only skipping Steam but available on EGS. A year or so later it's coming to Steam with a discount.
The game is still a year+ away and both EA and Ubisoft tried this once before and failed. I think it's more likely they just haven't announced a Steam/ESG build yet, will eat up whatever pre-orders they can directly through Ubisoft Connect, and eventually just require the app to run the game (similar to EA with their app) and have the game available everywhere.
Not building my gaming PC for some time, so yeah console.
Slightly OT, which engine is this using?
The gameplay demo looked mighty good.
Slightly OT, which engine is this using?
The gameplay demo looked mighty good.
Most likely
Yeah, I'm expecting some outrage but there's literally zero reason to own Ubisoft games on Steam.
Steam integration aside, I don't really care, even if you got it on Steam you're then going to have to deal with Ubisoft Connect anyway.
UBI waiting for a 💰 from Epic? :p
Or they're giga confident that folks will purchase through uplay (I do know that's where good game deals are for ubi games, the discounts on AC Valhalla short after release was significant)
Or they're giga confident that folks will purchase through uplay (I do know that's where good game deals are for ubi games, the discounts on AC Valhalla short after release was significant)
I want to play it on Steam. Period.
I have a bunch of games in the Ubi Launcher but I don't really use it. It's just cumbersome using so many launchers these days.
If they do not sell it on other PC store fronts the market will take care of it. Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, I am looking forward what Massive brings to the Star Wars Sabacc table to be honest.
Oh yeah, or I'll be doing this. Spending 15 Euros once to play the game for a couple of hours and cancelling the sub is far better than spending 70+ Euros on the game and have it be tied to Ubisofts horrendous launcher.
I might be doing the same with Mirage, if it's not coming to Steam at launch.
I have a bunch of games in the Ubi Launcher but I don't really use it. It's just cumbersome using so many launchers these days.
If they do not sell it on other PC store fronts the market will take care of it. Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, I am looking forward what Massive brings to the Star Wars Sabacc table to be honest.
Oh yeah, or I'll be doing this. Spending 15 Euros once to play the game for a couple of hours and cancelling the sub is far better than spending 70+ Euros on the game and have it be tied to Ubisofts horrendous launcher.
I might be doing the same with Mirage, if it's not coming to Steam at launch.
It does. I'm guessing some people just want to have everything on Steam.
This is probably a Q3/Q4 release so I'm pretty sure it's just that they haven't fully worked out the details.
I'm guessing Ubisoft wants to see how many day-1 sales it can get before it makes the games available elsewhere. I don't have an issue with publishers putting their own games on their own platform but I would rather get the game on Steam for the features and Steam Deck compatibility so I'm happy to wait.
When I was a PC gamer up until about 2019 or so I never really understood the launcher wars so to speak, I had them all downloaded and just played wherever the Publisher put the game out really. I did prefer Steam to everything else but I didn't mind playing on EGS, EA Play (or whatever it's called now), Uplay (Ubi Connect) etc. So this wouldn't bother me if I was on PC but at the same time I can see how folks heavily into Steam will be disappointed with this news.
At the end of the day, I always hold the belief that publishers can release where they want. However, I think being a multi platform dev and skipping out on Steam is a bad idea in general, especially for an IP as big as star Wars. So really, they make their own bed I guess.
Counter argument with IP like Star Wars is that they don't need Steam to move serious amounts of copies. Hardcore fans will be there day 1, and there is a lots of them for SW.
Yep, really looking forward to this but it's not like there's a shortage of games to play.
Gonna be awesome to have the absolute best experience with it in 2025 for $50
Good point, you may be right.
I still like in general skipping out on Steam which is the biggest non-mobile storefront just feels like a mistake, however maybe that is what they are banking on, the IP drawing them in. Kind of like how Epic relies on Fortnite to get people to them.
