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Yes, it was Metro Exodus.
Right. Where was that? And why didn't you buy it?
A lot of misinformation getting thrown around here. It's obvious some of you have no idea what you're talking about.
Epic didn't remove any games off of Steam. It was the publisher's choice to sign an exclusivity agreement that would remove their game from Steam.
And for someone to say they want those games to fail now because they don't like that business decision is petty and ignorant.
CDkeys.com. Reason I didn't buy it at the time was that it was dearer than the normal pre-orders I buy from there, but having played and thoroughly enjoyed the previous Metros I was happy to commit and buy it, I was just about to….. well you know the rest.
Your the misinformed one. Epic gave them a buttload of cash so the publisher pulled it. I’m pretty sure i gave them both blame.
There’s also nothing petty or ignorant about my opinion as its just that an opinion.
I know you like to start calling names when people post negatively about games you like just as every time someone mentions the Witcher you mysteriously show up.
You don’t care about what they did and that’s fine , but it won’t kill you to respect peoples right to care.
My issue is simply the way their going about it. Yanking Metro off steam at the last second and now using a kickstarter to boost installs of their client, again at the last second just rubs me the wrong way.
Facts are not always more important than opinions: here’s why.That's just stating a fact.
Interesting. It just so happens that I originally purchased from there as well, and it wasn't cheaper than Epic. It was a few dollars cheaper than buying it directly from Steam, but Epic was still cheaper.
The price went up by about £6-£8.00 as I remember, plus I prefer to play it on steam, not that I won't play it on Epic.
Here's what you said.
You're clearly talking about Epic there and acting as if the publisher didn't have a choice.
And I wasn't calling anyone names. Nice passive-agressive attack on your part though.
Wanting developers to fail just because you don't like that they didn't choose your favorite platform IS petty and ignorant. That's just stating a fact.
Now your telling me what I meant. Your arrogance is astounding.
You obviously didn't read my first post. I use almost every client it has nothing to do with favorites.
If developers have to fail to stop this then so be it.
sorry you don't agree. No, that's not true.
I think JDR13 is stepping up his game because now that Dart's gone, someone has to be the antagonizer around here.
Um…that was from your first post.
If you want to act like a butthurt child now because I called you out on an ignorant statement, cool. But if you're going to voice an opinion that drastic you should expect a reaction.
Cut out the insults. Epic is effective bribing developers to enhance their store. In the long run this has been shown to be bad for consumers. It is perfectly legal but don't confuse yourself as to what is happening. Steam historically (to the public knowledge) has not done this sort of thing. They have an effective store that is beneficial to developers so developers make the choice to use them. A common complaint with gog (beyond the drm issue) is that their tools (for developers) are not as clean as steams. Epic isn't attracting these deals because of the effectiveness of their store - they are throwing cash around. In the long run this allows big corps to drive small corps out of business and drive up prices (i'm not saying this will happen with steam but it is clear what sort of tactic epic is using). I guess you approve of these sort of tactics given your stubborn defense of epic business practices.
Epic has every right to spend money to try to get a piece of a market that's currently dominated mostly by a single company. You talk about "tactics" as if what they're doing is somehow morally wrong. Epic establishing itself as a player isn't going to drive small corps out of business nor is it going to drive up prices.
Please don't pretend to know what you're talking about when you obviously don't.
Actually Epic usage of cash to derived by other means to enhance their store in the market place is likely to drive up prices and drive competition out of business in the long run. It might not drive steam out of business but it is already having a negative impact on GOG and that is in a very short period of time. What are likely to be the effects after a couple of years. They currently charge developers (I interchange devleopers with publishers) very low rates because the store doens' thave to be profitable. Naturally if competition dries up they will be free to charge higher rates. While there is no guarantee this will happen historically this is exactly the tactic they will take.
Either you have been blind to do these tactics or your comments are based on the current very short timeline as the business establishes itself. I have no clue which is the case nor do i really care. In any event yea - I think these tactics are anti consumer and not really ethical. A quality business provides a quality service - Epic is using business practices to push their way into the market place (brute force) rather than actually trying to provide a quality service.