wrlwnd wrote on Jul 25, 2020, 23:33:

Drayth wrote on Jul 25, 2020, 20:05:
Thing is, from what I've heard EA's games still require Origin to launch (SWToR doesn't require it normally, so I assume that one's an exception).

May as well just keep purchasing on Origin. imo.

One less company that has my credit card info. That's why.

Why would you care? Are you implying that your credit card info could me mis-used if you use it at more than one online digital store? You know that you're not liable for any misuse of a credit card right? Also, there is to my knowledge zero cases of this ever happening with other gaming storefronts.

I mean, it's kinda like saying that you'd prefer exchanging all your American dollars to Disney Bucks, because you only want to ever spend them in a Disney theme park. It literally makes no sense.

Dev wrote on Jul 26, 2020, 17:54:

Drayth wrote on Jul 25, 2020, 22:35:

Slick wrote on Jul 25, 2020, 21:45:
Oh and as a general PSA:

BUY CYBERPUNK 2077 ON GOG. CANCEL YOUR OTHER PLATFORM PREORDER.

This.

If they gave me a steam key for doing so... I would.
Which would be free to them if they wanted to offer that service.

wat?

Drayth wrote on Jul 25, 2020, 22:35:

Slick wrote on Jul 25, 2020, 21:45:
Oh and as a general PSA:

BUY CYBERPUNK 2077 ON GOG. CANCEL YOUR OTHER PLATFORM PREORDER.

This.

If they gave me a steam key for doing so... I would.
Which would be free to them if they wanted to offer that service.

jacobvandy wrote on Jul 26, 2020, 12:47:
First paragraph of the article, bro:

As a reminder, we measure monthly Top Releases by looking at revenue generated during the first two weeks after launch. We're also showcasing the Top 5 free-to-play games released in June, measured by total unique players.

Well, I did say that I skimmed, but I didn’t skip that. It says first two weeks of launch, many of these titles had launched before on Steam. The F2P is obviously pretty clear. :p

First paragraph of the article, bro:

As a reminder, we measure monthly Top Releases by looking at revenue generated during the first two weeks after launch. We're also showcasing the Top 5 free-to-play games released in June, measured by total unique players.

I feel like this must be mentioned somewhere, and I am just skimming past it (the dreaded curse of the mobile...), but ‘top releases’ seems slightly vague. Is this just new sales since the return, does it count past returned sales l, or is this counting active players?

jesus what a shit list of games. PC Gaming: taking you back 2-3 years with the best looks possible

Drayth wrote on Jul 25, 2020, 20:05:
Thing is, from what I've heard EA's games still require Origin to launch (SWToR doesn't require it normally, so I assume that one's an exception).

May as well just keep purchasing on Origin. imo.

One less company that has my credit card info. That's why.

Slick wrote on Jul 25, 2020, 21:45:
Oh and as a general PSA:

BUY CYBERPUNK 2077 ON GOG. CANCEL YOUR OTHER PLATFORM PREORDER.

This.

Oh and as a general PSA:

BUY CYBERPUNK 2077 ON GOG. CANCEL YOUR OTHER PLATFORM PREORDER.

Location location location.

Walmart. Walmart Walmart.

I wonder what kind of sweetheart deal finally got struck, and who did the negotiations. From all sounds of it Gabe is a reasonable man, just sometimes hard to approach as he's pretty insulated. Seems like there's finally starting to be some movement in the Valve heirarchy, which is good.

If it was me I'd push for like 5%, but I bet it was closer to 10-15% which is still such a ridiculously huge monstrously large chunk of change...

Imagine 15% of EA's entire catalogue, all for accepting a credit card then pointing them towards Origin to DL their game... sigh.

Something less than Epic's 12% is what I'm hoping for, something like 8%, that I could swallow as a marketing cost. Even though they still have to do all their own marketing.

Thing is, from what I've heard EA's games still require Origin to launch (SWToR doesn't require it normally, so I assume that one's an exception).

May as well just keep purchasing on Origin. imo.

Kxmode wrote on Jul 25, 2020, 17:35:
First rule of business: location, location, location.

Yep, all that pent up steam demand for EA games from people who don't want to use origin (or maybe waiting for a good sale, or maybe didn't know some of the titles, etc).
EA is fine with it, they got their distro platform and marketshare established, and they had enough money they didn't care about the initial hit.

First rule of business: location, location, location.