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Super Meat Boy Forever release window set, will be Epic Store exclusive for a year
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Seems well reasoned enough.
I expect this will anger some people...
Seems well reasoned enough.
I expect this will anger some people...
It's pretty brave to use your game to fight a monopoly knowing it will be at the expense of the game's sales
i'll get it on switch, but it's still so weird that it's not it's not launching on steam. it's one of those games that's in almost everyone's library.
that's what i think too. sure their reasons are understandable [kinda sorta], but to ignore the huge userbase of steam for your indie game for a whole year must have been a tough decision to make.
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Now you will find regular people not giving a shit about your game instead. Good job.
The paycheck they aren't mentioning from Epic must be so tough too.
If this was about just changing Steam, they would be selling on other non-Steam stores.
Or are the devs saying stores like GoG and itch.io are just as bad as Steam too?
Seems fine by me. It's literally just downloading another launcher that a lot of people already have because of Fortnite.
I stil think this game won't be as succesful as the first, simply because of the gameplay change
There's absolutely no way anyone is putting their game on Epic's store without a guaranteed minimum or an upfront payment (probably both)
Can you show me where to download the Linux version of Epic Launcher?
you think that check was big enough to offset all the lost sales?
What's with the "it's just another launcher" response so many have? Do people really think that's the issue here?
The question now is: will those games launch for full price on Steam after a whole year release on Epic Store and console? If so, they can keep them for an additional year until they get bundled/deeply discounted.
I also like the "it's a small price to pay": it's not. It was already proven some games are 3x times expensive on the Epic Store than Steam, so no, it's not a small issue for a lot of people. And finally, they say Epic Store is needed to "make Steam to give a shit", about what exactly?
Didn't Team Meat get rich thanks to Steam?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/207080/Indie_Game_The_Movie
So what Steam should do, literally giving them a 100% cut to give a shit?
I'd gladly accept someone of those devs saying "our game will be a one year exclusive to Epic Store because they gave us a shitload of money", instead of hiding behind other "problems".
I also like the "it's a small price to pay": it's not. It was already proven some games are 3x times expensive on the Epic Store than Steam, so no, it's not a small issue for a lot of people. And finally, they say Epic Store is needed to "make Steam to give a shit", about what exactly?
Didn't Team Meat get rich thanks to Steam?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/207080/Indie_Game_The_Movie
So what Steam should do, literally giving them a 100% cut to give a shit?
I'd gladly accept someone of those devs saying "our game will be a one year exclusive to Epic Store because they gave us a shitload of money", instead of hiding behind other "problems".
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If it doesn't sell he will blame piracy.
Owners: 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000
so the devs were going to risk their money to do PR for Epic out of their generosity and nothing more?
Probably not, but they are delusional and have seemingly convinced themselves they are some hot shots Steam will implore to get back.
No, it's literaly not. New launcher means you missa a lot of features. Plus, another one vendor to share my personal info with. And consider that half of Epic own by Tencent, i don't want my personal data go to China.
Accepting bribes to keep games off competing store fronts that better serve it's users means "better games"?! How?
Meat Boy's creator can fuck off.
Meat Boy's creator can fuck off.
How is well reasoned? What explanation does he give that an exclusive deal will make for better games?
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Boo, so when the Epic Store "Coming Soon", "soon" means "April"? That's not soon!
I'm going to be waiting forever for my PC version of Journey, aren't I? 😭
I'm going to be waiting forever for my PC version of Journey, aren't I? 😭
And probably binding of Isaac as well right? What about those millions of people that bought on steam? What do they get? a year delay just because they supported the game?
Consoles don't have several different launchers/stores to start gaming. Exclusivity is one thing, which has been around forever. However, you're still using the SAME PC, just have to get it somewhere else which takes a download and a sign-up.
Remember when Valve used political and economic pressure to regulate the market in favor of themselves? Or the time they moneyhatted exclusives to make sure they were the only viable store? Or the time they did anything monopolistic, like threatening developers to stay on Steam?
I sure don't.
Also, in a market with numerous competitors like Origin uPlay and GOG, they aren't a monopoly.
i know there was money involved, but super meat boy is like one of the biggest indie games of all time, i think the amount of lost sales on steam for year would be way too much money for epic to compensate. not that epic doesn't have the money, but to spend that much to get 1 single game on your store exclusively for a year (and only get 12% of the profits) doesn't seem like a good business plan.
Are you saying if a console came out tomorrow with that kind of revenue split devs wouldn't be excited and championing it?
Are those people locked to the Steam store? They can ignore other stores if they want but there's nothing stopping them (if they're on Windows) from buying it from the Epic store. The Epic launcher should work on their PC just fine.
Fair enough. I'll pretend this game doesn't exist then. In fact, I just went to its Steam store page and put it on ignore.
As brave as cashing the check that Epic is handing them, yeah.
Then why don't you independently choose to only release on Epic? Why are you accepting money for that decision? Why do you need to commit to specific period of exclusivity? Hell, why are you already confirming release the game on Steam? If you want them to 'give shit' then don't release it there at all.
88% of a couple thousand sales. Hope they enjoy that huge margin!
Why are they not putting it on Itch.io then, considering they would get 90% there?
Also, why is it not delayed for consoles? Shouldn't they be pushing for other platform holders to match?
Are you that Epic-Blinded to think what Epic is doing will change Consoles at all?
It's truly Apple-level bravery. It is very likely that he received money to make the games exclusive for that long.
You cant keep praising the 'openness' of the platform yet complain when you the quasi-monopoly is threatened.
And yes, the supporters of competition that like SMB will buy the game wherever it goes on sale and play it.
Free unlimited key generation so devs can sell elsewhere, Linux support, Proton, universal controller support via Steam Input, Big Picture, cloud saving, regional pricing, forums, reviews, a freaking search feature.
No. It doesnt, because I cant download the Epic Launcher in China.
Steam needs to give a shit? Wut?
Very helpful, what exactly are the problems?
It's not a monopoly.
Very helpful, what exactly are the problems?
It's not a monopoly.