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When Epic pushed their storefront as a competitor to Steam, my gut reaction was negative. I dislike having to juggle more accounts on more platforms. I've "accepted" having to deal with things like Origin and UPlay games from certain publishers (though some of those can still be purchased and launched through Steam). But, other than through inertia, I'm not particularly invested in or supportive of Steam itself. With Epic offering to take a smaller cut of the profits, I can certain see the benefits to developers/publishers...
It was just announced that Metro Exodus will be released exclusively (for at least a year) via the Epic store on PC. This is a game that's been on my radar (and up for Steam pre-order) for a long time now. The first two Metro games were fairly good FPS games with story. This one has been shaping up to be bigger and better. I was looking forward to the release next month. And now, I'm not.
This feels weird. Exclusivity feels very anti-consumer and annoying, sure, but it isn't exactly new, even just on PC. I bought State of Decay 2 from a horrible Windows Game store (and was disappointed with it in the end). More and more, though, I find myself thinking about how my purchasing (or not) is the only voice I have in the video game industry, whether that means paying for cosmetics in Warframe more because I want to support the developers than wanting a new color or a vehement refusal to pre-order games months in advance. It isn't much - not even a drop in the bucket, really. Yet I find that this incident has triggered my principles in such a way that I no longer expect to pick up the game on release (or anytime in the foreseeable future).
Strange.
On another note, I played through Gris. That only took a few hours. It's a lovely-arty little platformer of a game. I've seen it said that it represents the "colors of grief" and dealing with loss or some such, though I can't personally say it came across as deeply psychological or had a major impact. It wasn't the experience that a game like Journey was, but it was still a nice and enjoyable ride.
It was just announced that Metro Exodus will be released exclusively (for at least a year) via the Epic store on PC. This is a game that's been on my radar (and up for Steam pre-order) for a long time now. The first two Metro games were fairly good FPS games with story. This one has been shaping up to be bigger and better. I was looking forward to the release next month. And now, I'm not.
This feels weird. Exclusivity feels very anti-consumer and annoying, sure, but it isn't exactly new, even just on PC. I bought State of Decay 2 from a horrible Windows Game store (and was disappointed with it in the end). More and more, though, I find myself thinking about how my purchasing (or not) is the only voice I have in the video game industry, whether that means paying for cosmetics in Warframe more because I want to support the developers than wanting a new color or a vehement refusal to pre-order games months in advance. It isn't much - not even a drop in the bucket, really. Yet I find that this incident has triggered my principles in such a way that I no longer expect to pick up the game on release (or anytime in the foreseeable future).
Strange.
On another note, I played through Gris. That only took a few hours. It's a lovely-arty little platformer of a game. I've seen it said that it represents the "colors of grief" and dealing with loss or some such, though I can't personally say it came across as deeply psychological or had a major impact. It wasn't the experience that a game like Journey was, but it was still a nice and enjoyable ride.
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