The publisher sold it to Tencent. It doesn't need to make money now by selling to actual customers.Why?
That's first and foremost a statement about what the publisher expected in actual sales...
The publisher sold it to Tencent. It doesn't need to make money now by selling to actual customers.Why?
Steam is a storefront, Epic is not. When Epic gets itself up to Steam's or GoG's standard, then I'll consider buying games through it. Also, need to see how it matures, could just end up being a flash in the pan that never gets off the starting blocks. Either way, I'm saving a lot of money as the recent exclusives were all on my must buy list for 2019 and now I won't be touching them for 1-2 years minimum, until they finally show up on a legit store and I buy them on sale.
On a practical front I get that the dev's want to make more money, but it will be interesting to see if a slightly lower share from a much more massive sales platform would have ended up netting them more money in the long run then a bigger slice of the pie up front; at the end of the day it's all about how many people you reach.
Another problem with Epic store not being a real storefront but more of a "Launcher with added MTX functionality" is the demographics and its spending habits.
This will be oversimplification and exaggeration, perhaps, but although Epic aguably has 60M users, their average age is what, 15?
It's easy to ask mum for a credit card when you want to buy a jacket for your Fortnite character whenever you bring good grades. But asking her to buy you a new game for 60 quid might be harder. "What? After I spent so much money on the first one you just want to play something else?"
That was a joke, of course, but by and large I don't think Epic has anything that could be called "economically strong customer base"
Steam is a storefront, Epic is not. When Epic gets itself up to Steam's or GoG's standard, then I'll consider buying games through it. Also, need to see how it matures, could just end up being a flash in the pan that never gets off the starting blocks. Either way, I'm saving a lot of money as the recent exclusives were all on my must buy list for 2019 and now I won't be touching them for 1-2 years minimum, until they finally show up on a legit store and I buy them on sale.
On a practical front I get that the dev's want to make more money, but it will be interesting to see if a slightly lower share from a much more massive sales platform would have ended up netting them more money in the long run then a bigger slice of the pie up front; at the end of the day it's all about how many people you reach.
Back on the topic of Outer Worlds... One of the things I was thinking of recently that I really like about this game is the developers stating that it's not one of those huge 100+ hour epic RPGs that we're seeing more and more of. Frankly at the age of 40 I'm ready for more concentrated experiences. I really applaud that. Less is more and all. Not that I'm against those huge epic games, but it's nice to see some smaller titles too that are still high quality.
Remember when EA pulled their games from Steam? What happened for me was: Their releases simply became invisible for me. They don't show up anywhere where I look for PC games.Steam is a storefront, Epic is not. When Epic gets itself up to Steam's or GoG's standard, then I'll consider buying games through it. Also, need to see how it matures, could just end up being a flash in the pan that never gets off the starting blocks. Either way, I'm saving a lot of money as the recent exclusives were all on my must buy list for 2019 and now I won't be touching them for 1-2 years minimum, until they finally show up on a legit store and I buy them on sale.
On a practical front I get that the dev's want to make more money, but it will be interesting to see if a slightly lower share from a much more massive sales platform would have ended up netting them more money in the long run then a bigger slice of the pie up front; at the end of the day it's all about how many people you reach.
Agree completely.
That Epic trash is not getting on my PC, ever.
I don't remember that.The same was said about Steam back in the day.
I don't remember that.
Half-Life users were a bit upset with the cancellation of WON, but otherwise people were happy to not have to endure Games for Windows LIVE, featuring a paid subscription for playing online.
Remember that?
You can still find, if you look, forum posts from the time complaining about Steam, complaining about Valve, talking about how the service would ruin PC gaming, how it had ruined Half-Life. In hindsight, these prophets of doom turned out to be so wrong it's adorable.
I think you are minimizing the initial dislike of Steam, actually. Yes Games for Windows Live was not loved when it was introduced either, but let's not forget how Steam launched:
https://kotaku.com/steam-is-10-today-remember-when-it-sucked-1297594444
Sound familiar?
That's an entirely different angle. Valve has ruined PC gaming, which is the reason why we have to deal with crapware like this now. That is a direct result of killing real (retail) PC games and turning PC into a Google Play Store.Sound familiar?
That's an entirely different angle. Valve has ruined PC gaming, which is the reason why we have to deal with crapware like this now. That is a direct result of killing real (retail) PC games and turning PC into a Google Play Store.
It has nothing to do with what happens to you and your personal data, when you install Steam on your PC though. The only complaints I remember were about the need of Internet connection, not everyone had back in the day.
If that had been the case, PC gaming would have just gone down in 1985 and we'd all be on NES since then.Alternatively, if it hadn't been for Steam PC gaming would have just gone down the tubes and we'd all be on consoles right now.
That's an entirely different angle. Valve has ruined PC gaming, which is the reason why we have to deal with crapware like this now. That is a direct result of killing real (retail) PC games and turning PC into a Google Play Store.
It has nothing to do with what happens to you and your personal data, when you install Steam on your PC though. The only complaints I remember were about the need of Internet connection, not everyone had back in the day.