Bow to your Tencent masters.I find it more depressing when I consider who (to a significant extent) owns Epic.
Bow to your Tencent masters.I find it more depressing when I consider who (to a significant extent) owns Epic.
Ironically, competition from other launchers is likely the reason Steam changed their revenue share scheme.It's not a strawman, it was made after a great many exchanges which literally boil down to that (all of which are archived thanks to the power of the internet). Unless those were straw-people posting of course.
Good luck with epicGenuinely surprised at the number of people who have defaulted to "no buy". I get that many people enjoy having their library consolidated; but as someone who has used the GOG, UPlay, Origin, and Steam clients side-by-side in order to cut down on costs via individual sales, this isn't a huge issue ot me as of yet.
Yeah having worse prices is amazing indeed
Ahahahahaha
Genuinely surprised at the number of people who have defaulted to "no buy". I get that many people enjoy having their library consolidated; but as someone who has used the GOG, UPlay, Origin, and Steam clients side-by-side in order to cut down on costs via individual sales, this isn't a huge issue ot me as of yet.
usually speaking steam's rarely the cheapest place to buy ubisoft games (Russian and Chinese versions being the two exception), even considering regional pricing. Uplay (after 20% discount) or resellers were/are cheaper. This is because outside of those two territories, Ubi games were on an average only 20% or so cheaper on steam.
Always got games cheap thank to third party sites for steam keys. Bye to that now.Steam's very rarely the cheapest place to buy ubisoft games (Russian version and Chinese versions being the two exception), even considering regional pricing. Uplay or resellers were/are cheaper.
In my case is pretty cheap (Argentina)Steam's very rarely the cheapest place to buy ubisoft games (Russian version and Chinese versions being the two exception), even considering regional pricing. Uplay or resellers were/are cheaper.
That doesn't mean you have to take away the choice to buy from Steam. If the customer wants to buy it from Steam, then by all means.usually speaking steam's rarely the cheapest place to buy ubisoft games (Russian and Chinese versions being the two exception), even considering regional pricing. Uplay or resellers were/are cheaper.
Yeah, Ubisoft does offer regional pricing for their games on Steam, but it's not that great, like $50 instead of $60 for me. There are other places like cdkeys where you can buy their games cheaper than that.usually speaking steam's rarely the cheapest place to buy ubisoft games (Russian and Chinese versions being the two exception), even considering regional pricing. Uplay or resellers were/are cheaper.
What I don't understand is how is the Epic Games Store tipping the scale for Ubi?
Steam has the userbase advantage. What the hell gives?
As I said earlier, at least for me (and probably other enthusiasts as well) the situation is that every year I have hundreds of games I want to try, dozens of games I buy, and a small handful that are must-plays and I know I will invest significant time into.Genuinely surprised at the number of people who have defaulted to "no buy". I get that many people enjoy having their library consolidated; but as someone who has used the GOG, UPlay, Origin, and Steam clients side-by-side in order to cut down on costs via individual sales, this isn't a huge issue ot me as of yet.
If I am not wrong the Indian store is cheaper than Argentine store and Ubi games on Indian steam store ranged from $42-48. On the Indian Epic store The Division 2 is $42, but I understand the Argentine store is more expensive than even US store atm. That has to be an error cause it doesn't make sense.In my case is pretty cheap (Argentina)
The division is at 62$ US at the cheapest option in the Epic store, at Steam i would pay around 30$ US
??Always got games cheap thank to third party sites for steam keys. Bye to that now.
Yup Epic Games is sure competing against Valve by locking down games instead of actually creating a decent clientThis thread is ocean flavoured! Good get for epic, I guess they're fo real stepping in as a competitor.
Personally no interest in the game though.
But ubi also offers 20% discount that can be added on top via their uplay coins...after which that $50 game would become $40.Yeah, Ubisoft does offer regional pricing for their games on Steam, but it's not that great, like $50 instead of $60 for me. There are other places like cdkeys where you can buy their games cheaper than that.
I personally don't have a strong feeling about this one. At least we can still buy the uplay version/key through various sites. Games being locked in Epic Store is a big no, but this is okay.
Obviously Ubisoft's choice is Ubisoft's choice, but it's still an unhappy situation for anyone who'd prefer to buy and play games through Steam whenever they have the opportunity to do so. After all, many of us have been choosing just that for years, despite the option to get games on Uplay for less money. So we grumble.I totally fail to see the problem with this. It's an Ubisoft Game, they need their own launcher since 2011 or so.
I always got steam keys from CD keys cheaper than direct from Steam did it with ACO before release.If I am not wrong the Indian store is cheaper than Argentine store and Ubi games on Indian steam store ranged from $42-48. On the Indian Epic store The Division 2 is $42, but I understand the Argentine store is more expensive than even US store atm. That has to be an error cause it doesn't make sense.
EDIT: I was wrong. Seems like Argentina is another exception for Ubi games on steam.
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You never could buy steam keys for ubi games from third party sites. It was always uplay keys and you will STILL be able to do that with The Division 2.
Can you give me more details on this? For Ubi games specificallyI always got steam keys from CD keys cheaper than direct from Steam did it with ACO before release.
Yea I'm gonna need to see the receipts on that one.I always got steam keys from CD keys cheaper than direct from Steam did it with ACO before release.
Obviously Ubisoft's choice is Ubisoft's choice, but it's still an unhappy situation for anyone who'd prefer to buy and play games through Steam whenever they have the opportunity to do so. After all, many of us have been choosing just that for years, despite the option to get games on Uplay for less money. So we grumble.
Not much to say, got it off cdkeysCan you give me more details on this? For Ubi games specifically
Bare with me, I'll see if I still have the order emailYea I'm gonna need to see the receipts on that one.
We haven't been able to buy steam codes for Ubisoft games for years now. Steam store is the only place where you can get a steam copy of Ubi games and has been for a good while now.
Well Epic store has been live for a month. It will probably get better with time. But yeah, sure, for now they are locking down games to get a good start.Yup Epic Games is sure competing against Valve by locking down games instead of actually creating a decent client
It's almost as unbelievable as Era banning trolls on a PC related thread. Almost.Wow. This is huge. I can' believe they're moneyhatting AAA games too.
I'm in for the games, which is why I'm willing to sacrifice my short term enjoyment, and tbh it's not much of a sacrifice since there is a huge amount of amazing game that still need to be played anyway. For what I consider being a move that might send a message which could be making gaming better long term ( or at least prevent it from becoming worst ).I totally understand that and I am not dismissing it but at the end of the day, I am in it for the games.
If Dark Souls 4 comes out and it says it is not coming out on Steam. I am going to buy it day 1 on whatever service they put it on. There has to be a game for everyone that they just go screw it I want it now because the most important thing here is the games.
This is why I don't get the Steam loyalty and the attitude of "No Steam, No sale". Maybe if Valve themselves were putting out more games of their own but I just don't know why someone would be more loyal to the platform than the games. It is not at all like consoles.
Steam is literally always open on my PC. The fact that it launches ubisoft games through uply is almost invisible to me, as a Steam user. There's no decision about "do I want Steam eating resources while I play AC Odyssey?" It's not a question. If I want to launch a game, I'd prefer to do it with Steam. And I prefer to have access to the friends list and other features available in the overlay as opposed to not, given the option. Even if I'm playing a game through battle.net or Origin, I remain accessible through Steam.The fact is that whether you like it or not you need to have Uplay installed and running to play any of their games from AC Brotherhood onwards. The ship to complain about that sailed years ago. I never understood those who buy their games through Steam. Why? It's another client eating resources for...having access to your friend list, I guess?
A little bit of competition to STEAM isn't a bad thing, might cause Valve to pull there finger out of their arse.
Not much to say, got it off cdkeys
Bare with me, I'll see if I still have the order email
Any other publishers Tencent invested/moneyhatted their way into lately? I need a list so I'm prepared for when more bad news hits.
Shit yeah you're right. I bought steam credit and got it that way, but ended up saving about 15 doing itThis is what I got when I bought Origins back at launch (to others don't bother copying the code, it won't work lol)
It's still on uplay so you can just buy it on uplay as you were going to.I was going to buy it in uplay anyways but thats going to hurt the community available in pc, many ppl is not going to buy it because of being epic only, and that hurts the amount of people playing.
At this point im even considering to buy it on ps4.
Haha why am I not surprised?
Because it happens every thread?