https://uk.gamesplanet.com/game/tom-clancy-s-the-division-2-uplay--3777-1
According to Gamesplanet:
Hurray for competition I guess ?
According to Gamesplanet:
Hurray for competition I guess ?
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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]
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Wow. Epic preventing the sale of uPlay keys is particularly distasteful.
Their decision to not support sale of Epic keys across a variety of digital retailers is (in my view) a decision that is negative for consumers. But extending that to paying Ubisoft to adopt a similar stance for uPlay keys is way worse.
Edit: Gamesplanet don't specifically state that Epic is the cause of this decision, so I guess it's just a highly plausible inference at this point.
Their decision to not support sale of Epic keys across a variety of digital retailers is (in my view) a decision that is negative for consumers. But extending that to paying Ubisoft to adopt a similar stance for uPlay keys is way worse.
Edit: Gamesplanet don't specifically state that Epic is the cause of this decision, so I guess it's just a highly plausible inference at this point.
Thank god I can use my Ubisoft Coins to get a discount. A much better system for discounts to be sure.
^Haha. Someone will be along shortly to say that this is actually a good thing.
Sure, fuck Epic and all, but Ubisoft made this deal in this first place.
I'd be curious if Tencent owning a stake in both Epic and Ubisoft played into these decisions.
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Well, I for one will never buy a game from the Epic store, but nothing i nthe OP indicates that its epic blocking the uplay keys. If anything, it may be ubisoft trying their luck.
Well, I for one will never buy a game from the Epic store, but nothing i nthe OP indicates that its epic blocking the uplay keys. If anything, it may be ubisoft trying their luck.
COMPETITION!!!! YAY!!!!!
But this is hilarious when there's physical copies. So the unauthorised, physical game gutters out of region can still sell keys, but not the ones actually willing to do legitamate business with you?
Fuck everyone involved.
But this is hilarious when there's physical copies. So the unauthorised, physical game gutters out of region can still sell keys, but not the ones actually willing to do legitamate business with you?
Fuck everyone involved.
As of right now, still available on:
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
WinGameStore
Humble
Amazon
But I would assume it will be pulled from those stores too, unless Gamesplanet was singled out for some reason.
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
WinGameStore
Humble
Amazon
But I would assume it will be pulled from those stores too, unless Gamesplanet was singled out for some reason.
OP
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Considering the wording of Gamesplanet... yeah, that's Epic here. Hence why it was happening after the pre-order period.
It's still available everywhere until March 15th.
Sure there needs to be some investigation into this topic, but Ubisof never had any problem with selling keys through 3rd Party retailers.
Now where they have an EPIC deal in place, this is a problem?
I still don't understand how in the world Ubisoft thinks that they will benefit from Epic exclusivity. All of their games require Uplay anyway. Even if you buy the game on Steam, it is still added to your Uplay library and you have to launch Uplay. Uplay also lets you get a 20% discount at launch with 100 Uplay points, something that Steam cannot do, so the logical solution for like 90% of people is to just skip any third-party sites and just buy directly on Uplay - cheaper and more convenient. The only thing they are doing is making sure that people who like to have all of their games on Steam will probably not buy TD2.
Glad these indie devs have a curated store where they can easily get exposure.
Right, but I didn't see any statements on those stores too.
There seems to be quite a bit of price variance (ie competition) between those retailers, so I guess check them all for anyone planning to preorder.
I'm pretty sure none of epics timed exclusives are available on third party key stores, whereas all other Ubisoft games are. However this evidence is obviously more of the circumstantial Kind.
You guys just don't understand. This is a good move because now customers will have to spend less time looking at so many stores for so many discounts and price cuts, and they can just buy from one store now. It's called competition.
In case it wasn't clear enough, /s
For people in Latin America who wants to save money, there is also Nuuvem.
Also, add another fuck Epic. And fuck that snake Sweeney. Epic Game Store is actively trying to ruin PC Gaming.
Also, add another fuck Epic. And fuck that snake Sweeney. Epic Game Store is actively trying to ruin PC Gaming.
Truly, We have too many games, too little time. they're helping us manage time.
So, what excuse will we have for this? These are stores losing the ability to sell. They have nothing to do with Valve.
I'd really, REALLY love to know how much revenue they're gonna lose out of this whole deal 90 days from now. There's is no way in hell that the loss of revenue from them removing Steam as an option to buy can be made up by an exclusive deal with the EGS. No way. I just can't see how that's in any way possible. And this just makes it that much worse.
Yeah I checked prices and
vs Epic store:
Pay more for the feeling of competition.
What a WONDERFUL thing this COMPETITION must be for a couple of struggling mom and pop companies like Ubisoft and Epic Games. Please do go on members of Era who still believe this is fair competition for PC gaming customers, please tell me how in fact this is so WONDERFUL.
Yeah I checked prices and
vs Epic store:
How come the 12% cut version is more expensive than the 30% cut version, I was told lower cuts will make games cheaper
Damn , that competition is so str0ng
Less stores to buy games and higher prices so corporations can make more money
Anyone who defends this practice just can't be taken seriously lol
(more Wrestling is always better)