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The Division 2 to not be sold on any 3rd party sites after March 15th, following Epic's deal with Ubisoft [Up: Pulled from third-party stores]
- Thread starter GhostTrick
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Good for Epic for supporting this struggling dev called Ubisoft. Truly the messiah of PC gaming.
Probably. iirc all these storefronts were selling uplay keys anyway and the games still on uplay. Nothing in the OP indicates Epic jas anything to do with this either. This seems like Ubisoft forcing people to storefronts where they'll take a bigger cut but they've managed to avoid most of the heat for doing this. Epic still sucks but the anger over this should be toward Ubisoft.
Definitely won't be supporting Epic Games with any purchases. But let us not forget Ubisoft agreed to this deal as well.
Man look at all this competition. There's so much competition that I don't know who to buy the game from.
Been around a long long time. I still might have some things I brough there from like 2010 or something hanging around. I should check my account there lol.
They should keep the name by the way, its the other one that sucks!
So were you just playing devils advocate in the other thread about "working monopoly" and everything? Now EGS is annoying?
Well dont know about Epic lover, but you all need to understand that there is zero chance of any store buying keys from Ubisoft for less than Epic. They aint gonna sell keys to whatever-reseller for the usual 70% of msrp when they get 88% from Epic. Do we know for sure if it is Epic blocking other sites or other sites not willing to do business with a maximum 12% margin?
Does Ubi have a Patreon? I believe we should give them more money, since Epic is stealing 12% from them.
I sowed and sowed competition all February, now it's time to finally reap my plentiful rewards, yum
I mean, we should try to be fair here. Sure, customers get worse prices and less choice, but on the other hand the struggling company Ubisoft gets more money out of every sale and the little-known game The Division 2 gets more exposure on Epic's store while it would have vanished in obscurity on Steam.
They only come out when Valve does something wrong or a news article or dev says Epic moneyhatting is quote "good for consumers".
Didnt Fortnite started to get less money due to Apex? I have read something like that some days ago
Remember Epic is only acting like anti-consumer douchebags now so they can compete with Steam eventually and then will be totally pro-consumer. They pinky swear...
Quick - does anyone have a very narrow and completely arbitrary definition of the word "Monopoly" that doesn't exist in any dictionary? We need to show how this is Epic trying to slay the horrible status quo.
Quick - does anyone have a very narrow and completely arbitrary definition of the word "Monopoly" that doesn't exist in any dictionary? We need to show how this is Epic trying to slay the horrible status quo.
Why did Ubisoft list The Division 2 on these stores in the first place if they didn't want to sell on them?
But you don't understand, Ubisoft needed the visibility, Steam is too crowded for the 3rd biggest gaming publisher who owns its own storefront.
Epic is just helping out smaller devs.
nathan Grayson at kotaku will find a way to spin this into a good thing too.
Fuck epic and let's hope Apex and other competitors fuck up their fortnite cash flow enough to stop this shit.
I take what I said back LOL. Epic's just going balls deep into this.
We take Games from the corrupt, the rich, the opressors of a generation that kept you down for a generation with myths of opportunity and give it back to you... the devs. Games are yours, do as you please. None shall interfere.But start by storming Steam and freeing the opressed! Valve will be ripped from their decadent nests, and cast out into the cold world we know and endure. Courts will be convened. Higher cuts will be enjoyed. Blood will be shed. The consumers will survive, as they learn to serve true justice. This great industry...it will endure. Games will survive!
Undermining your competition is not quite the most elegant way to try and win the competition, considering it's also rather anti-consumer. Can't support Epic for jumping into the scene like this.
Obviously! The sticker price might seem higher, but if you consider the value of the warm feeling you'll get from supporting Epic and the better game that your money will retroactively help Ubisoft create, you'll actually be getting a great bargain.
No, they shouldn't. Re-branding at this point will lose them a lot of customers, not to mention the headache of changing name, logo, registering said name, etc, etc. It would cost a lot to do for something that doesn't really affect them
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Can't support either with this decision.
I already pre-ordered the division 2 from gmg but this will harm the chances of getting future Ubisoft games if they are isolated to Epic.
I hate the Epic store for what it has become, a monopoly on new releases.
We don't know the exact details of how the deal was negotiated but both sides definitely played a part. I would say it was Epic who reached out so they take most of my blame
I already pre-ordered the division 2 from gmg but this will harm the chances of getting future Ubisoft games if they are isolated to Epic.
I hate the Epic store for what it has become, a monopoly on new releases.
We don't know the exact details of how the deal was negotiated but both sides definitely played a part. I would say it was Epic who reached out so they take most of my blame
It seems that, huh, the usual suspects that argue in bad faith aren't here arguing in bad faith. Wow
I'm going to delete the Epic/Fortnite launcher from my kids' computers today. That shit is no longer welcome in this household. They will understand as we've talked about shitty publishers/corporations before.
Terrible decision i dont know how they get the cheek to say it helps competition its litterally the opposite. Surely its gotta hurt the sales i dont know how much of an Epic cheque theyd need to even that out.
