It's a feature because it was in Fig campaign description, Steam or Gog.
It also runs on a PC. Is that a feature too?
It's a feature because it was in Fig campaign description, Steam or Gog.
It also runs on a PC. Is that a feature too?
What do you need to do to sign up for an Epic Games Store account anyways.
Seems like I could use a free gmail to sign up. Download the game and the DLC when it arrives and archive it (its DRM free). Then I could disable my Epic Games Store account once all crucial patches have been delivered and play it at my leisure. Then I close my Epic Games Store account and get the GOG version as promised. A temporary throw away email will not keep me up at night.
Julian has worked out how to use this EGS money to his advantage to get the game to where he wants it. None of the Phoenix Point customers have to stay with Epic Games Store if they don't want and I'm presuming no credit card information has to be provided upon signing up. Smart guy.
It also runs on a PC. Is that a feature too?
I didn't back the game, so I do not have the same anger, but yes.
If the campaign included a PC game and then they said it will only be sold on PS4 I'd be fuming!
In this case I would have at the very least expected Steam/GOG keys for backers with a view that no new purchases could come from those for a year. At least he would have kept his promise.
That would have made sense to me.
Not possible, Steam won't let you generate and distribute keys for a game you're not selling on Steam. It worked with Metro Exodus because the Metro Exodus pre-orders were actually being sold through Steam. All the Phoenix Point "pre-orders" were "sold" through Fig and the Phoenix Point website.I also agree that backers should be exempt from the exclusivity agreement.
The real question I have is if the epic software is a 'virus'… or more precisely if it scans your system. The privacy notice for the company isn't very good and there were a few complaints from the EU folks.
They take backers as hostage, unacceptable, gangster behavior.
They broke engagements, unacceptable, thief behavior.
The real question I have is if the epic software is a 'virus'… or more precisely if it scans your system. The privacy notice for the company isn't very good and there were a few complaints from the EU folks.
Maybe I can get my patches via the Snapshot Games launcher, considering its being used for Phoenix Point beta. Or download them from somewhere else hopefully. With the game DRM free I don't have to have the client running to play the game. I just need to check sporadically for new patches/DLC and then re-archive until its time to leave the store.
Of course, Steam is not a privacy issue, farming consumer habits so they can establish trends to sell to devs as market analysis.
The result of two centuries and more of institutionalized double standard.
All that brouhaha is just Steam fanboys desperately looking for reasons to put down the Epic software. Don't expect rationality or anything…