Ghost Recon Breakpoint an Epic Games Store Exclusive [May 10, 2019, 09:34 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The
Epic Games Store now offers preorders of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Breakpoint, Ubisoft's just-announced
military shooter sequel. This reveals an increasing familiar scenario where the game
will be exclusive to Epic's store and Uplay.
PCGamesN
has a confirmation of this from Ubisoft, noting it isn't a huge surprise
following how Ubisoft
stopped selling
Anno 1800 and
The
Division 2 on Steam to make both games EGS exclusives. The standard edition
of Breakpoint is listed at $59.99 USD, so consumers are yet to see any trickle
down benefit from the discounted royalty structure that's behind such
exclusives.
Re: Ghost Recon Breakpoint an Epic Games Store Exclusive
May 10, 2019, 22:18
May 10, 2019, 22:18
Opinions are a dime a dozen but here goes …
Regardless of the current short term shenanigans, Tencent is a 40% shareholder of Epic. Mr. Sweeney has stated they have no influence on the decision making. However, someone owning that much of your company has leverage, and when the Fortnite money printing press starts its decline, who do you think buys them out? Epic isn't even in the same league in regards to company value.
Mr. Sweeney will be fine, and will be well set and very wealthy regardless of how this plays out. However, this conversation seems like it should be Tencent vs Valve, as I doubt Epic controls the reigns of this situation long term. And when speaking of who you would rather see succeed T vs V, I believe you go with Valve for a Myriad of reasons.
Regardless of the current short term shenanigans, Tencent is a 40% shareholder of Epic. Mr. Sweeney has stated they have no influence on the decision making. However, someone owning that much of your company has leverage, and when the Fortnite money printing press starts its decline, who do you think buys them out? Epic isn't even in the same league in regards to company value.
Mr. Sweeney will be fine, and will be well set and very wealthy regardless of how this plays out. However, this conversation seems like it should be Tencent vs Valve, as I doubt Epic controls the reigns of this situation long term. And when speaking of who you would rather see succeed T vs V, I believe you go with Valve for a Myriad of reasons.
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