The PC Gaming Era | February 2019
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It feels like we used to get the "Ubi's leaving Steam" every 6 months, but with Division 2 not being on Steam (at launch) I expect we get this every weeks now.
Fun times ahead.
I really love Steam refunds and the fact that you can refund something because you bought it prior to a sale. It has allowed me to put the extra money toward other games several times already.
I doubt Ubi fully leaves Steam for good. They'll probably just treat steam users as 2nd class citizens with late releases.
As soon as their PC sales/earnings take a hit in any way they'll be back asap anyways. They make way too many singleplayer games. In today's market they'll need all the help/exposure they can get.
As soon as their PC sales/earnings take a hit in any way they'll be back asap anyways. They make way too many singleplayer games. In today's market they'll need all the help/exposure they can get.
I don't know. This decision probably depends on how well The Division 2 will sell on EGS. I hope pc gamers are aware that NOW is the time to vote with their wallets if they want Ubisofts games to stay on Steam in the future.
Yeah, Ubi does exceptionally well on Steam, unless they want to cannibalize on their revenue they won't make moves that will hurt them. The Division 2 is most likely a gambit to maximize Uplay sales, because no sane person is going to buy it on EGS.
I'm pretty sure what they're saying is to refund a preorder you already did before the sale and buy it again to get the Tokens (and keep it preordered).
And not buy something and refund it to effectively get Tokens without spending money.
If the payoff/guarantee from Epic was big enough, I totally understand why Ubi did what they did. But yeah, you can be sure they'll be taking a close look at how big the uptick in sales on Uplay is, and if the exclusivity is for a year, how big the subsequent sales on steam will be. Getting that big sale period when the game just comes out just on their own store and sales on steam later could be seen as a viable strategy to the various publishers.
I could understand doing it for the 5€ discount when you spend 30€ but for the tokens? lol
There are certain indies and even publishers like Spike Chunsoft who don't like key sites for whatever reason. Steam's your only option if you want Danganronpa V3 or Steins;Gate. That's why I hope this 5€ off or something similar becomes the norm during sales.
You want to get that 1TB SSD. But what you REALLY want is to get a 2TB SSD.
I was wondering why Ban Puncher's post suddenly started to make sense.
Avatar thief. Someone call the police
The optimal way would be refunding, say, Sekiro, purchasing it again, to then get more than 15000 tokens, then spend those tokens on the Bonus Savings Mode to get something else you want, so you get 2 discounts on two different games you were going to buy anyways. Considering the discounts apply to pre-orders and games not on sale, it's a lot of hassle, but also not a bad idea.
you can buy 5€ discount with 15k tokens
fair enough
Seems like a lot of effort for saving 5€ though.
And I'm not a friend of "abusing" refund systems.
The idea of Ban Puncher spreading is one that should fill anyone with dread.
The 4k one yeah, but the 12k one you can buy afterwards lasts a year.
I remembered now that I have BP on ignore list :V
I dunno what bet he lost, but he could've gone for a fancier SM avatar.
lol just steal what they do well and you don't have to do it for yourselfEvery MP game that's not on Steam should have this
brilliant!
Bummer, I was interested in this game but not so sure after reading this. Guess I'll see how other reviews turn out.
I thought I was losing my fuckin' mind cause of BAN PUNCHER making coherent post.
No, the 4K is for the sale, and the 12K is "for the next lunar cycle", which is roughly a month ( more like 28 days, but whatever)
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It depends. It's not really "abusing" it as, certainly in the UK, many stores would accept a return & refund within 28 days only for the customer to immediately rebuy at the cheaper price. So, in that sense, it's basic consumer rights combined with a bit of gaming the system. But, yeah, it's hassle. Currently I can't be arsed to go through it all just for a small a discount on a game, but that may change.
Whoops. For some reason I thought it read March 2020 (or still thought 2019 was next year, lol).
Then yeah, it's pretty useless.
I really wish steam would quit giving me booster packs for games whose cards cant be bought or sold on the market place. Even turning them into gems means it will take 5 years just to buy another card pack I can use.
Awesome! I've been playing a lot of DIvision 1 recently, so I was hoping I'd get in to the beta. I wasn't planning on getting Division 2 at launch, but maybe the beta will change my mind. When does pre-load start?
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