Player 2 breaks down the choice by Deep Silver to head to the Epic Game Store with Metro Exodus and points out that the anger this choice has caused is misdirected.
Back when the Xbox 360 launched, Microsoft pushed the big budget game as a differentiator. Following all the recent layoffs, it’s clear this strategy has run its course.
The Microsoft shill take on the Microsoft causing the death of big budget gaming...
The whole driving force for growth in gaming both technologically, creatively and financially was all nonsense, and it was definitely not because Microsoft ran the industry into the ground with obviously bad decisions and creating an unprofitable business model that massively disrupted consumer spending habits. /s
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
For Xbox’s hugely expanded gaming division, anything that isn’t Call of Duty is now a failure, and that’s a problem
Honestly, If I worked presently for Microsoft's gaming division, I would update my CV and look for work elsewhere...
I would do the same, because MS will most likely pull-off more stunts like this in the near future...
"Now"?
How about "ever"?
They closed so many of their dev teams during the second half of the Xbox 360 era. Have we forgotten history so quickly?
Dummy fake journalists acting so surprised over these recent closures, when this is something that's been going on for well over a decade now with MS.
Another case of cry babies not getting their way so they trow their toys on the ground and storm off. They were doing the same with Ace Combat 7 because it didn't support some super high tech flight sim joystick even though Ace Combat is not even close to a flight sim.
people are angry because they know it will kill the sales.
The game was on Steam for pre order for a long time and showed up on the featured list, basically advertising the crap out of the game. Now that that's done they wanna jump ship? Extremely crappy move and then there was the stupid PR statement from the publisher. They were too afraid to even back up there own decision and just pointed fingers at the devs lmao.
Lastly, this is some exclusive bs that belongs on console even if both storefronts are free, this is not the way pc games should turn, maybe give different dlc or something but don't just outright shut down the competition. The sales of this game will be killed off I believe because of this. Maybe they'll make it up with Epic taking less than steam would've though, I dunno.
As the Author of this, I guess my point, which seems to have been missed a little, is about the behaviour as a result of this choice, not about the choice its self. Business choices are often full of weird and secretive reasoning that I am not privileged to be aware of. I am however very aware of the appalling behaviour it has brought out in gamers. By all means, you are free to not like the choice, but attacking, review bombing and abusing the developers is appaling behaviour not matter your justification.
These companies are going to be very disappointed when they receive more revenue per sale, but, end up selling 1/4th or less of the games because it's not on Steam. I'm one of those people that want all of my games in one place. It would have to be a Borderlands 3 level game for me to consider downloading yet another terrible platform that I have to remember a login and password on and split my games and friends list up yet again for. No thanks. Release on the platform I like or no sale. Metro, Meat Boy Forever... possible buy titles for me... on Steam. Division 2, no thanks. Epic has nothing that makes me say "I have to download that platform that I want nothing to do with to play that game"
Imo, devs are going to learn a hard lesson here. What would you rather have, 70% of the profit on 1000 sales or 90% of the profit on 200 sales? gl with that nonsense. I won't support it.