Yes, and then the event was cancelled. I’m aware of the events - my entire point was that the poster I replied to claimed the slot was offered to them and then pulled after they agreed. That’s not what happened and that’s entirely what my reply was about.

I feel like this was a problem solved long ago. Imagine a Battle Royale where everyone loses when one person disconnects because the game can’t tell who disconnected.

He said people disconnect their internet to avoid a loss?

The problem is they had already received a lot of funding from consumers who werenever told that the game may be an exclusive, and who expected to be able to play the game they helped fund on multiple platforms.

“Offering” a slot is when they reach out and say “would you like to do this”. This isn’t what happened. They signed up and got one. Post-approval, someone clearly looked further into this and have decided this was an issue.

So you’re just a troll. Got it. Later.

It isn’t, though. I’m upset because I am telling you it isn’t common?

You must have missed the part where they were offered the slot, agreed to it, then pulled at the very last minute and not given a reason.

Based on what exactly? I read the whole thing. They weren’t being defensive - they were acknowledging all the issues people often take when a game dev does this and explaining it in their announcement. No, I’m not clearly picking and choosing any parts to “ignore”.

I’m saying neither of us could say in general across all industries. Across the gaming industry - I can say it’s certainly uncommon for actual employees to not get paid for a full month when starting a job.

I would say consoles are comparable to a point. I mean going with one of the basic functionality discussion - often people complain about how Epic Store doesn’t even have a shopping cart... but like, neither did XboxOne or PS4 until this generation (and Xbox only got it in the past year or two). Last I checked - I…

Uhhhh... that is exactly being defensive. My point was that they didn’t even need to bother, especially if they were going to do it so badly. They would have come off much better if they’d just left the last part out entirely.

What about it is easily refuted? This mindset is bizarre. It’s like you’re simply looking for a reason to fight over what really is a non-issue for the majority of gamers.

Perhaps you misread what I was replying to... the specific question I quoted was how is it a win for Epic?

It’s extremely common, as I already said.

What exactly makes it an issue to you? How does it being only available by Epic Game Store really impact you?

Just curious but how is it a win for Epic?

You are reading way to into this. They weren’t being defensive - they were simply replying to all the points that often get brought up anytime a developer chooses to switch their game over to an Epic Store exclusive.

I wouldn’t call that misleading. They tried something 3.5 years ago and seem to have completely re-launched with a much larger push now. Would it have been better to re-launch it with all the same features as Steam? Sure! But I don’t think that had put as much stock into this as they did only recently.

1. What does the store offer that’s better than what’s out now? Why is the store valuable to consumers now?