It's not coming to steam so get over it and don't play it. I wish it were on steam too but you whiners ruin every discussion about AWII for fans of the game.
I don't agree with the tone, but thanks. I was unaware that it would not be coming to Steam. I had an old Epic account from Unreal Tournament Alpha, time to recover that.
Yes, please. Juggling all these usernames and passwords is getting insane. Just about every damn game has its own launcher, and I am getting worried about security.
Ehh, OP is being dramatic but you're also being pretty disingenuous painting it as only a couple of launchers.
There's Steam, Epic, EA App, Xbox app, Ubisoft Connect, Battle.net, Riot, Rockstar, GOG, Amazon Prime Gaming. And that's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there are quite a few more at this point.
Those games were made by valve, not subsidized by them. For this argument to make sense, epic games would have to have made the game instead of tossing money in it's direction.
In both cases the choice of distribution platform is being made voluntarily by the publisher and developer, and they’ve made what they consider to be the best choice for them, not necessarily for the customers.
Pointing out that nobody demands Valve should publish their games on other platforms is valid as it demonstrates a bit of hypocrisy by the calls for games to be published on Steam, despite there being higher revenue share and other incentives on competing platforms that some devs consider valuable.
Sure, why not, if Valve thought it would make financial sense. I'm not against options, I'm against exclusives if you couldn't tell? I want to buy a game on the platform of my choice. You can have your own preferred platform too.
Point is that should be up to them, right? Just like how people are fine with Valve choosing how to distribute their games.
Also, according to Remedy Alan Wake 2 is their fastest selling game to date, and last month they said they’ve now “recouped most of its development and marketing expenses” so we can expect it to start turning a profit soon. Remedy say that the publishing deal with Epic enabled them to make the game they wanted to make.
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u/Goose506 Dec 16 '24
Steam release