Epic was actually the publisher (So no Steam) and gave Remedy free hands in development and funding. It took some time but the game is now making profit. Epic takes 50%.
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fistac0rpse@fedia.io 2 days ago
Not an Epic exclusive on PC, yay! I'm sad that the masterpiece Alan Wake 2 was fucked over so much by not releasing on Steam, glad they aren't repeating that
Lootboblin@lemmy.world 2 days ago
fistac0rpse@fedia.io 2 days ago
Yeah, which means it will probably never be released on Steam, which is even worse than the timed Epic exclusives where they pay to keep games out of other store fronts for a year or whatever. Even Microsoft and Sony are rarely doing full exclusive releases like this anymore.
You'd think a developer as well known as Remedy would be able to find funding from a less restrictive publisher. Fucking Epic
leave_it_blank@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m still waiting for Half Life 2 on gog.
It is what it is.
Krompus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
At least there’s a chance they’ll just give it away for free.
brrt@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Free as in you have to create an Account and use their launcher. Both of which will probably send lots of data about you to them.
daannii@lemmy.world 2 days ago
By only releasing in epic, they were able to make it cheaper. It is what it is.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
I’ll gladly pay more to not have to deal with Epic’s endless fucking captchas.