Yeah even when played natively on Steam it forces you to use the UPlay (whatever it's called nowadays) app in almost every case
Star Wars Outlaws not available on Steam/EGS (at launch)
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It'll be tied to the horrendous launcher even if you buy it to Steam, just like every other (newer) Ubi game that's on the launcher
I thought the launcher just runs in the background though?
It is just a comfort thing for me: installing a game via Steam is "easier" than installing Ubi launcher, installing the game through it and adding the game as a non-Steam game to Steam.
It's a typical first world problem, I'll admit that much! :D
Well Ubi service needs some attention, it is understandable. It will come later to other services so it's up to PC customers to wait or jump in day one. It is not a problem anyway. PC gamers are on the same platform, just using different service. Theyc an play any game on any service day one.
If you don't already have a Ubisoft account connected to your Steam account and the Ubisoft Connect software installed, you will not be able to access any of their games via Steam, since that's how they authenticate them (and harvest your data). There are some exceptions like the old Prince of Persia games, but I don't expect that they'll make an exception for Outlaws when it comes to Steam
Ubisoft Connect is the only other launcher I have installed on my PC other than Steam, so I guess it's no issue to me.
Would be surprised (but not really) if they stuck to no Steam version on day 1 though. We know they aren't doing amazingly financially, and way more people have Steam installed than Ubisoft Connect. Not releasing on Steam is just leaving money on the table.
Would be surprised (but not really) if they stuck to no Steam version on day 1 though. We know they aren't doing amazingly financially, and way more people have Steam installed than Ubisoft Connect. Not releasing on Steam is just leaving money on the table.
One of the many things where I cannot fathom being hard out on a game you're excited for otherwise
i read "now available" and got excited for 0.5 seconds, lmao.
man that would have been a crazy surprise launch of a game.
man that would have been a crazy surprise launch of a game.
They always come off about as pompous as the librarian in star wars lol
"If it's not on steam, the game doesn't exist"
Lol
And I say this as someone who's main store is steam, has a steam deck, owns more games on steam than any other store etc stc...
I love all of steam features, but I can play games of other launchers...and not all steam games have all of the features available anyways.
Star Wars license p much guarantees great sales no matter what tho
Yeah same. Ubisoft produces the most boring cookiecutter games so it isn't exactly hard to fully pass on them.
I'm not sure what you mean here. All of the launchers run in the background while playing a game, unless it's GOG. The launcher acts as DRM. Steam has an offline mode though (not sure about the others).
Don't really care, I just use it to launch the game, I hardly use any of Steam's features, so not much difference to for me
I buy games off steam. It's really not a big deal. I know I am in the minority here, perhaps even in the wider gaming audience, but I'd love to see more competition against steam. I remember when we didn't have refunds. Then EA came out and added refunds. Eventually Steam added refunds. Not necessarily caused by EA, but we have that timeline and I don't believe they're wholly unrelated.
I think people overstate how many people will wait till a Steam version for big titles. AC Valhalla was Ubisoft's biggest PC launch ever, wasn't on Steam. Battlefront 1 & 2 I'm sure sold very well and they weren't available on Steam. Same with Battlefield 1/4 which are the most successful Battlefield games I'd say and they were only on Origin . And BF is more PC centric I think (or was).
So you're not buying it because it's too cumbersome to use multiple launchers but you'll still play it on Ubisoft Connect ?
So weird. Some games come back to Steam this year, others are Ubi and EGS, others are Ubi only. Bizarre stuff.
Here comes the spiel about Steam being more than a launcher, and/or having to use multiple.
Seems like licensed games are just Ubi because they probably can attract a lot of players and growing their player network is great. I'm sure Jedi Survivor would have sold as well on PC if it was just on Origin. A bit less, obviously.
Regarding games coming back to steam, every game is at least a year old. So probably epic-ubi had a year exclusivity
I might get it on PS5, though I'd prefer to play it on PC/Steam. Or I might grab it on the Ubi launcher thing on PC, I have a few other Ubi games there. It all depends on the state of the game.
I expect it to be downgraded massively before it releases though, let's see what it looks like come launch. Smells like another Watch Dogs.
I expect it to be downgraded massively before it releases though, let's see what it looks like come launch. Smells like another Watch Dogs.
This fanboy nonsense again...
A ton of people on PC prefer convenience over 'I can use different apps for the same thing you use steam for'. Also shitting on paid timed exclusivity in the PC space itself is not 'fanboyism'.
Don't be ignorant like this cmon.
Yup.
I don't have an Excel sheet to keep track of where I bought all my games.
Playing them on the platform for a specific time window is fine because after that its gone.
May be a stupid reason but it's fine for me.
I tend to forget which games I own if they're not on Steam. Should start that Excel sheet I guess, lol.
I'm thinking Epic is winding down their exclusivity buying program so AC and Crew may have been paid for previously. Or they were cheaper.
Ubi games on Steam is mostly older stuff.
Exactly! That's the first thing that came to mind when I learned Ubisoft was developing it. Here's hoping it won't be downgraded though.