Darks wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 18:54:
Again your are wrong, Steam when it started up was optional for publishers and developers to bring their games there. Back when Steam started up, we had box copies that games were installed though dvd's

All Steam did was bring us to the digital age with cloud.

So give me a break with your nonsense!

Kxmode wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 16:57:
All your examples above are first-party exclusives. We're not talking about first-party exclusives so stop bringing it up as a talking point.

Kxmode wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 15:53:

MattyC wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 15:49:

Darks wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 13:56:
Say what? Your way off on this one. Steam is not exclusive. Developers could and always have had a choice to go GOG, or with UBI or Origin. both UBI and Origin created their own portal to sel their own IP created games. Other developers have also choosen to use both of those platforms while still using Steam as a selling platform.

Epic on the other hand is going all predator on their shadiness on how they are treating the game market with strict exclusive deals on EGS ONLY!!! Big difference!!

Steam was literally started as a Valve exclusive - it was their initive. In their case they bought up mods (CS, DoD, TF, GaryMod, etc) and started on their own, but that was exclusive. You had to use Steam. Origin has plenty of exclusives, and pulled games from Steam when they started. And EA didn't "create" all those IPs, they bought studios that had them, so no. Microsoft did it with the Xbox (Halo and Gears), Sony has done it. It is 6 in one, half a dozen in the other. SSDD.

First-party exclusives !== Third-party exclusives. You guys really need to understand the differences. There is plenty of content online that explains the differences.

Darks wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 13:56:
Say what? Your way off on this one. Steam is not exclusive. Developers could and always have had a choice to go GOG, or with UBI or Origin. both UBI and Origin created their own portal to sel their own IP created games. Other developers have also choosen to use both of those platforms while still using Steam as a selling platform.

Epic on the other hand is going all predator on their shadiness on how they are treating the game market with strict exclusive deals on EGS ONLY!!! Big difference!!

roguebanshee wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 12:24:

Xero wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 12:03:

MattyC wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 11:17:

Xero wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 11:11:
I'll sum up what they were trying to say in a "humble" manner. They were paid more money to be an EGS exclusive and took the bait.

Man, I hate EGS so bad. What a sh!t e-store competition it's become. They're logic has just turned into, let's snag as many exclusives as possible to force people to buy from us.

Um, how exactly did you think publishers worked previously?

Getting their content on as many stores of their choosing as possible provided the store allows it.

And any publisher with their own store wants to drive traffic to that store over any competition. Epic is essentially the publisher for the indies that decide to go for an Epic exclusivity deal.

Xero wrote on Aug 21, 2019, 11:11:
I'll sum up what they were trying to say in a "humble" manner. They were paid more money to be an EGS exclusive and took the bait.

Man, I hate EGS so bad. What a sh!t e-store competition it's become. They're logic has just turned into, let's snag as many exclusives as possible to force people to buy from us.

Cutter wrote on Aug 18, 2019, 22:21:

Veinman wrote on Aug 18, 2019, 19:28:
lol at gamer entitlement for a free game.

This ^^^. I missed the part where all these outraged players had a gun to their head forcing them to buy those lootboxes. Jesus, Mary, and Glavin! It's a free fucking game! How else do you suggest they make money?

WaltC wrote on Aug 17, 2019, 15:48:
the HETEROSEXUAL community."

MeanJim wrote on Aug 17, 2019, 20:23:
How incompetent are they if they can get the Windows and Mac builds to work together, but not the Linux build ?

jdreyer wrote on Aug 17, 2019, 21:58:

MattyC wrote on Aug 17, 2019, 20:36:
I am not really sure why that would be your first thought. I mean, has that been a concern? In 2019 when you can get a 10TB drive off Amazon or whatever for $200, are we being overwhelmed by the size of saved games?

Except that no one puts their install of Skyrim on a 5400 rpm 10tb drive.

RedEye9 wrote on Aug 16, 2019, 21:26:

Prez wrote on Aug 16, 2019, 21:21:
I was hoping that when he bowed out that he would stay out. The games industry has moved on and it just doesn't seem that there's a place for him anymore.

you wanna stay down

Cutter wrote on Aug 12, 2019, 22:37:
This has to be a scam. How the fuck do you make an MMO for 30 grand.

Bumpy wrote on Aug 10, 2019, 11:24:

Slick wrote on Aug 9, 2019, 22:07:
Gears 1 was really cool, and an amazing showcase for the tech of it's time. Seems like's fallen by the wayside considerably... same cookie-cutter gameplay, and same UE3-looking graphics. No offense to fans.

As I watched the trailer, I was thinking the same exact thing.

Cutter wrote on Aug 10, 2019, 14:44:
Last gangster hurrah for Pesci, DeNiro, Pacino and Scorcese? Looks pretty good at any rate.

Rhett wrote on Aug 10, 2019, 08:55:

MattyC wrote on Aug 10, 2019, 01:48:

Rhett wrote on Aug 9, 2019, 21:19:
A lot of PC owners haven't been able to play for over a year

Explain.

Horde and co-op are really the only reasons I love Gears, but they regularly deliver on those fronts and as long as I stick with those two modes I have fun. At any rate, what issues are you having? Like you can't play at all? I haven't seen or heard anything quite like that.

It's typically referred to as the "black screen crash" or "black screen after logo". There's lots of supposed fixes, but myself and two other people I know both tried everything we could find and couldn't get it working, and it's been a problem for a long time. Devs acknowledged it, said they were working with NVidia, and then nothing changed and it was never brought up again.

Some of the things you even have to do to "fix" it are absurd, like start downloading another app or game from the Microsoft store, or redownload the game (it's 120GB! and there's no 'verify' option like on Steam or other launchers). I haven't personally been able to play since the first year the game launched. People with 10-series cards apparently have even more problems, though I have a 970.

Rhett wrote on Aug 9, 2019, 21:19:
A lot of PC owners haven't been able to play for over a year