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[The6thMessenger]

So MW5 is going Epic-Store exclusive.

I'm not surprised, if anything I kinda called it.

That being said, lol, just lol. Just when I thought they couldn't disappoint the fan-base more, then they pull this ****.

No, just **** no. I ain't supporting that deluded megalomaniac of a company. I'd stand for MWO portal, not EPIC-FAIL.

I guess MW5 releases next year September then.

[Prototelis]

Epic going to actively lose money on this deal.

Buying any unreal engine game is supporting epic.

[Agent of Change]

Yeah I mean as far As i'm concerned they can keep their game until EGS exclusivity expires. they may as well have announced this as a 14 month release delay.

[The6thMessenger]

Prototelis, on 25 July 2019 - 04:41 PM, said:

Buying any unreal engine game is supporting epic.

Well, buying anything would be indirectly supporting anything. Money runs the world. **** man, I love A Hat In Time.

When I say "support", as In i won't actively support something directly, as in not participate at the side of Epic in the game-store debacle. UE4 is ingrained on a lot of things, what do you want me to do, not play games? That's just as much as useful as Vegan people just abstaining from meat, thinking that it helps.

[Prototelis]

When you buy an unreal engine game you are directly supporting epic.

[The6thMessenger]

Prototelis, on 25 July 2019 - 07:53 PM, said:

When you buy an unreal engine game you are directly supporting epic.

No I don't. I'd be supporting the people who actually developed the game.

[Jackal Noble]

Please illustrate at what point in time you "Called it."

genuinely curious.

[The6thMessenger]

Jackal Noble, on 25 July 2019 - 10:04 PM, said:

Please illustrate at what point in time you "Called it."

genuinely curious.

The6thMessenger, on 16 July 2019 - 04:03 AM, said:

PGI had a lot of questionable decisions, I'm not surprised if they went on the Epic Exclusive route. Based on what trainwreck MWO has become, they probably don't even have that much faith in their product that they have to take the bribe to make ends meet, into a self-fulfilling prophecy of it not having that much sales because they intended to serve the deluded megalomaniac that thinks they are doing the gaming industry a service, that is Epic Games.

You know what would fix the gaming industry? Killing off EA, and Micro-Transactions, and Loot-Boxes Surprise-Mechanics, live-service, and bring back the level of quality, of games made of love like Hat-In-Time, or Half-Life-2. I'm playing that MMod and I swear there's a lot of nuances in gaming that the god-damn *****-Gargle-Wee-Wee had forgone. I'd pay 100 dollars for a great game with no micro-transactions, no lootboxes, ain't a live-service.

/rant

[Y E O N N E]

The6thMessenger, on 25 July 2019 - 08:18 PM, said:

No I don't. I'd be supporting the people who actually developed the game.

While also directly supporting Epic, who get royalties.

It sucks, but there it is. Thankfully, not every new game is on UE. Ubisoft no longer uses UE, EA generally doesn't use UE, Bungie doesn't use UE, and Bethesda does not use UE.Lots of choices.

[Jackal Noble]

Y E O N N E, on 25 July 2019 - 10:10 PM, said:

While also directly supporting Epic, who get royalties.

It sucks, but there it is. Thankfully, not every new game is on UE. Ubisoft no longer uses UE, EA generally doesn't use UE, Bungie doesn't use UE, and Bethesda does not use UE.Lots of choices.

Yep, while the Unreal Engine is solid in it's own right, I'm glad other companies have developed just as competent, if not more, engines. That brings a whole different bag of exclusivity tho.

[Y E O N N E]

Jackal Noble, on 25 July 2019 - 10:25 PM, said:

Yep, while the Unreal Engine is solid in it's own right, I'm glad other companies have developed just as competent, if not more, engines. That brings a whole different bag of exclusivity tho.

I have no beef with developers wanting to keep their own games to their own distribution platforms. I have a beef with third parties paying off developers for exclusive distribution rights in an attempt to force customers through said third party's storefront. Steam doesn't do that. Origin doesn't do that. uPlay doesn't do that.

[Darth Futuza]

The6thMessenger, on 25 July 2019 - 04:39 PM, said:

I guess MW5 releases next year September then.

Its exclusive for a year, don't you mean December 2020?

[Prototelis]

Quinn Allard, on 25 July 2019 - 10:46 PM, said:

. After I make a complaint with BBB and make a few phone calls,

Wasting your time.

[The6thMessenger]

Y E O N N E, on 25 July 2019 - 10:10 PM, said:

While also directly supporting Epic, who get royalties.

It sucks, but there it is. Thankfully, not every new game is on UE. Ubisoft no longer uses UE, EA generally doesn't use UE, Bungie doesn't use UE, and Bethesda does not use UE.Lots of choices.

That's just basically tax. You don't necessarily support your government just because everything can be tax deductable.

The idea of support is that you provide assistance with intent of the betterment of who or what you are supporting at, hence the idea of "support". Having unavoidable royalties is not support, it's just an unfortunate reality of your primary recipient that we have to deal with if we ever have to access that which we have an actual interest in supporting, which is in my case Gears for Breakfast - maker of A Hat In Time.

I wouldn't pay taxes if they wouldn't just hunt me down like a dog, but I have to do it, else they would hunt me down like a dog. Doesn't mean I support my government every time I make a tax-deductible income or purchase.

Darth Futuza, on 25 July 2019 - 11:57 PM, said:

Its exclusive for a year, don't you mean December 2020?

Oh my bad. I thought it was still on September.

Jackal Noble, on 25 July 2019 - 10:25 PM, said:

Yep, while the Unreal Engine is solid in it's own right, I'm glad other companies have developed just as competent, if not more, engines. That brings a whole different bag of exclusivity tho.

Yeah well, i agree. Business decision isn't necessarily contingent to the quality.

I'm actually waiting for Project Borealis -- closest thing we could get for an HL2:EP3 and a closure. My money is on Boreal Alyph though -- part of the HL2 project is the charm of developing the source engine, and it would be just right to see it finished as the Source Engine is finished (assuming it is finished).

But man, if they just paid for a better store, than worse PR.

Edited by The6thMessenger, 26 July 2019 - 12:49 AM.

[Prototelis]

The6thMessenger, on 26 July 2019 - 12:45 AM, said:

That's just basically tax. You don't necessarily support your government just because everything can be tax deductable.

"I'm wrong, here's a completely inappropriate analogy" Classic.

[The6thMessenger]

Prototelis, on 26 July 2019 - 02:01 AM, said:

"I'm wrong, here's a completely inappropriate analogy" Classic.

Whatever you say, Sheldon Cooper.

[Prototelis]

lol. nice veiled aspergers insult.

No, I am not on the spectrum.

[The6thMessenger]

Prototelis, on 26 July 2019 - 04:09 AM, said:

lol. nice veiled aspergers insult.

No, I am not on the spectrum.

Lol. You don't even get it.

Whatever you say. Enjoy.

Edited by The6thMessenger, 26 July 2019 - 04:18 AM.

[Prototelis]

What you mean comparing me to a fictional character who is well known to lack social skills inline with aspergers? Sure thing bud.

The real joke is you are the one that lacks social skills. You can't even concede a point when people very patiently point out how you're wrong.

You literally don't understand how to make a relevant analogy, and enjoy pointing it out.

[The6thMessenger]

Prototelis, on 26 July 2019 - 04:26 AM, said:

Wow, that struck a nerve isn't it? Lol. You still don't get it.

No, you didn't point out anything, you just claimed that it is.

But hey, again whatever you say. Enjoy.

Edited by The6thMessenger, 26 July 2019 - 04:34 AM.