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Super Meat Boy Forever PC version will be on the Epic Games Store (Update: Not On Steam for 1 Year)
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That was obviously happening considering Meat Boy is their first free game.
That's basically their first batch of moneyhatting.
Hopefully consumers talk with their wallets by not buying games in that store, forcing developers to release their games in other storefronts besides that one.
Also, add me on fuck Epic. Seriously, fuck them. Instead of releasing a competent product to compete against Steam or GOG, they are moneyhatting developers to get exclusive games.
Also, add me on fuck Epic. Seriously, fuck them. Instead of releasing a competent product to compete against Steam or GOG, they are moneyhatting developers to get exclusive games.
They are gonna blame pirates and then say releasing on PC is a mistake.
Fortnite was the ideal Trojan horse for the Epic Launcher. Damn near everyone has it installed already. Should probably help with sales.
Another decade, another Epic attempt at sabotaging PC gaming. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
doubt the fortnite playerbase will be as interested in indie games as these devs think they are.
Making 88% of 50k instead 70% of 150k doesn't sound like a good business idea.
I didnt realize until now but got the game wishlisted already lmao.
Didnt realize i did it a while ago.
Well as long as Epic allows an 88% cut and steam doesn't, devs will want their games on epic. It's up to Steam to offer a larger portion of the games sales to the devs/publisher if they want the games on their platform. The ball is in steams court.
In the long term 88% may be the better deal. That percentage is guaranteed, where as "selling more on steam" isn't.
That's what everyone said about the Discord Store. Not sure it's working out.
Then why don't release the game in Steam too? Then they will get the benefits of the cut on the Epic Store and also the millions of users that buy games in Steam or other stores like GMG, Fanatical, Amazon.
It's not, one or two developers already released games on Steam way before exclusivity was supposed to end.
even more people have Discord installed and that doesn't seem to have ended up all that well
True. It all comes down to features, availability and prices. So far nobody touchessteam in those fronts but Epic has the money to make a run for it. That being said their launcher redesign is awful.
I don't think conversion rate from free to play Fortnite to paid games will be that great. That's why Epic targets these proven indies who may bring them audience to store and why they can and need offer best cut.
Because Epic pays devs to not put on Steam. They can't do that. And according to rumors, they aren't even allowed to mention word "steam" if they signup contract with Epic.
Because Epic pays devs to not put on Steam. They can't do that. And according to rumors, they aren't even allowed to mention word "steam" if they signup contract with Epic.
Games that are released in Steam and GOG gets sales from both stores. Sure, Steam gets the most sales, but that doesn't mean the games don't sell in GOG. Else, they wouldn't continue releasing DRM-Free games.
Every announcement on Epic Store has me going
I want to, actually, I will inevitably and eventually support it, but...
I want to, actually, I will inevitably and eventually support it, but...
I can't wait for people to come to the realization that there's more to PC gaming than just Steam. Support games, and developers. Stores get better when people support them....
Then hopefully these devs won't have to complain that their games aren't selling well on PC. Steam doesn't mean guaranteed success.
I agree, but if Epic wants to make serious competition (no offense to GOG but I dont consider them a true competitor to Steam) then they have to do stuff like this, even if it is a time exclusive.
I dont think it is a good thing btw, but I just cant imagine how can Epic enter the market otherwise.
So you're advocating for Valve to just moneyhatting for exclusives?
Valve has already done a great job by supporting Linux, controller support, Big Screen...
Oh, you mean the 30% cut? But they have already decreased it. Then these developers should stop supporting the console stores too, because they also take a 30% cut.
Part of the problems with all these storefronts is the DRM and trusting their servers to stay up if they arent successful. Ive gone all in on Steam because i trust they are basically too big to fail now. People have spent thousands on these storefronts. GOG to me is the only acceptable alternative storefront because everything they have is drm-free. If they go belly up you can at least download all your games to keep them, and copy them to other systems. I only occasionally bother with Origin if there is a big EA game i want. I dont see myself investing much in the Epic store. Shame they are moneyhatting some good titles.
More like Tencent/Epic saw a gentlemen's agreement and decided to say 'Fuck it'
Valve could easily buy exclusives, it's a private company with billions of dollars.
Feels like a lot of devs are in for a rude awakening when they realize that the people that only downloaded the Epic launcher to play a free game aren't gonna suddenly turn around and drop a ton of money on indie games.
Yeah, Epic is playing dirty now. Interesting to see the Valve response. They are sitting on a warchest of money.
Yep, it's ridiculous. People will complain that the Epic store doesn't have every feature out of the gate that Steam now does... over it's 14/15 odd years... use that as a reason to not support the developers or the store. They'll cite that they see no intention from Epic to improve the store or offer those features.... even as soon as 20min after the Store is announced...
I mean come the fuck on lmao
The sooner this mentality erodes, the better off PC gaming will be.
How the FUCK is it playing dirty? There are games on consoles that get announced as multi plat and then change course during development. Console platform holders secure exclusives for their platforms... that's part of the business.
Valve absolutely should be working with developers to bring exclusives to their platform and secure them.. They never had to because there was no competition... now there is. Too fucking bad...