Re: Lies of P, Roboquest - First Thoughts

On 9/27/2024 4:41 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:32:44 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
 

Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of

There's a funny story about Witchfire in that it was originally released
as a full game on Epic as an exclusive, now that the year is up, it's in
early access on Steam!  :)

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I think that really says it all about Epic Game Quality.

 It's been frequently reported that many developers use Epic Game Store
as a sort of early-access release, one where they either get an
exclusivity bonus or where Epic takes less of a cut from the sales (or
both). But they consider the version that eventually gets sold on
Steam to be the "real" release; not only will it benefit from a year
of patches and user-feedback, but it's also where they actually make
money because sales on Epic are so low.
 Which, I suppose, is a good way for developers to do things. If
somebody else wants to pay you while you beta-test, why not take them
up on it? But it does nothing to convince me to buy from Epic. I'm
happy to just wait it out until the final version finally makes it to
Steam or GOG.

Oh yeah, I learned about that a month or so ago.  I'm just wondering how long Epic is going to put up with that.  Of course they don't seem to have much of a clue, so probably far longer than they should.  Maybe they even think it's a good thing.  "You could've played the game here first!" paying for Alpha.
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