[PCG] Epic hớt tay trên Metro Exodus của Steam

creativealtair · 29/1/19

Tóm tắt: Metro Exodus đã được cho pre-order trên Steam lâu rồi nhưng hôm nay publisher thông báo cho Steam là chỉ bán độc quyền trên Epic Store cho đến 14/02/2020. Các đơn pre-order trước đây trên Steam vẫn được xử lý như bình thường.

Epic Store còn ít game, chưa có các tính năng như Community Hub, Workshop… và quan trọng nhất là chưa tính giá theo vùng và chắc còn lâu mới có

Epic declared war on Steam today

Another day, another heist: Epic has given Metro Exodus' name another meaning.

To challenge a platform synonymous with PC gaming, the Epic Store needs its own games. That's what I said last year, and I think it remains true, but for crying out loud, Epic, stealing Metro Exodus from Steam 18 days before launch? Maybe take a sip of water and finish what's on your plate—like, say, adding cloud saves—before going back to the buffet. What a coup.

I figured Epic would start 2019 slowly, focused on playing feature catch-up with Steam, adding library sorting tools or community hubs, which it still lacks. After revealing Satisfactory, Maneater, Journey, Hades and others as exclusives last year, I didn't expect it to throw even more Fortnite V-bucks at the problem of taking on Steam. At least not so soon, and without adding new features.

What Epic and Steam do now will change the games of our future.
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But not even a full month into 2019, Epic did just that, and it's hitting so hard that Valve has actually responded for the first time. It's bizarre to see Valve on the defensive: the architect of modern PC game distribution makes declarations, not appeals. But this clearly stung. Not only did 4A Games and Deep Silver unexpectedly pull Metro Exodus from Steam—the platform both have succeeded on for years—they announced this defection on the Steam store itself. Imagine if Metro had occupied shelf space at GameStop for six months, then announced at the last minute, visibly on that same shelf, you could only buy the game at Target. Yikes.

Deep Silver and 4A used Steam like a storefront window display and then split.
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Valve rarely responds to insults (I know, because I insult Valve all the time and they never want to talk to me), but for once it's licking its wounds publicly:

"We think the decision to remove the game is unfair to Steam customers, especially after a long pre-sale period," Valve wrote on the Metro Exodus store page. "We apologize to Steam customers that were expecting it to be available for sale through the February 15th release date, but we were only recently informed of the decision and given limited time to let everyone know."

War isn't fair, and as of today, Epic has properly declared it. Valve's response is pouty in comparison, a reflection of how secure Valve's walls have been until this point. It lost EA to Origin, Call of Duty to Battle.net, and now Bethesda has its own platform, but publishers defecting to first-party launchers was emigration—losses, minor rivals, but not an assault on its heartland. Epic is different: it's taking big third-party games, including The Division 2. It's putting holes in the fortress, where GOG and itch.io have only grazed it with anti-DRM discourse. Worse, Metro is cheaper on the Epic Store than on Steam, at least in the US. Brutal.

Metro is front and center on the Epic Store, naturally.

No one has ever done this

In part by being the biggest, Valve has bagged a lot of customer loyalty, but developer and publisher loyalty is for the first time being seriously called into question. Deep Silver and 4A used Steam like a storefront window display and then split. That's cold, but Valve isn't faultless: its 30 percent on-store cut, surprise announcements, and 'anything goes' Steam Direct policy have seemingly fostered the perception that Steam is a utility—a thing to be used however is convenient. What relationship Deep Silver has with Valve I don't know exactly, but the bond wasn't stronger than Epic's offer. (To be fair, we don't know how much money Epic is throwing at these exclusives, and we hope to find that out to determine just how much a defection costs.)

Right now, all it means for us is a few more decisions: whether or not we enter our credit card information into another launcher, whether we play Metro Exodus this year or next. In the long term, though, we may remember 2019 as a turning point for PC gaming.

Over a decade ago, Steam's digital distribution and auto-updating changed what was possible for games—and in doing so, it changed the kinds of games that were being made. Fast forward: DLC, microtransactions, Steamworks, Early Access, Steam Workshop, Steam Greenlight, Steam Direct, discoverability algorithms, wish lists, curators, and everything else that Steam was and is played a part in determining what we're playing to day. Would there be a PC version of the Resident Evil 2 remake had Steam not been Steam? Would Euro Truck Simulator exist? We can't test the butterfly effect without a time machine, but it's no stretch to say that platforms matter. Even outside of Steam and away from the PC, the Xbox Live Arcade affected PC gaming by pushing certain indies into the mainstream spotlight. It's fitting that Super Meat Boy Forever, the sequel to one of those games, is an Epic Store exclusive.

Maybe it's more surprising that it took this long for Steam's nemesis to emerge.
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What Epic and Steam do now—beyond crying 'no fair!'—will change the games of our future. As one consequence of Epic's onslaught so far, it teamed up with Improbable to put $25 million into transitioning SpatialOS games away from Unity, which can't mean nothing.

Although we bemoan some of the inconveniences of corporate giants fighting over the games we play, PC gaming has always been in a state of fragmentation and competitive flux. Maybe it's more surprising that it took this long for Steam's nemesis to emerge. In another timeline, it might've been Riot Games or Blizzard or CD Projekt—and it'd be wrong to count out any of those companies, even as Valve and Epic dominate the ring today.

At the moment, inconvenience is all this means for us. Steam isn't going down because of Metro Exodus or The Division 2. But there'll be ripples—no one has done this before!—and anything we thought was certain about the next five or so years in PC gaming is far hazier than it was yesterday. Steam changed everything, but it feels a lot like we're on the verge of another metamorphosis.
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By Tyler Wilde
PCG

scuuby · 29/1/19

Nhắc mới nhớ sao bọn Crysuck nó tịt đẻ nhỉ, sát thủ phần cứng một thời.

zantan · 29/1/19

scuuby nói: ↑

Nhắc mới nhớ sao bọn Crysuck nó tịt đẻ nhỉ, sát thủ phần cứng một thời.
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Thì mới đầy nó là thằng xuất phát trước làm game đồ hoạ đẹp kinh ngạc, nhưng bây h nhiều thằng nào làm đc hết, cộng thêm gameplay yếu nên mất dần tiếng nói

_Rain_ · 29/1/19

Steam vẫn còn mạnh lắm, ở Việt Nam đc cái trợ giá theo vùng ngon vê lù rồi. Game AAA pre-order mà có 800k bác Hồ, trong khi ở Mẽo nó bán 60 Trump

FanHipHop1992 · 29/1/19

Ko bán ở steam tụi nó chơi crack hết. Sure vkl luôn

Chức Điền Tính Trường · 29/1/19

scuuby nói: ↑

Nhắc mới nhớ sao bọn Crysuck nó tịt đẻ nhỉ, sát thủ phần cứng một thời.
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Tưởng nó làm game kinh dị FPS gì mà

anhquansei · 29/1/19

Giá trị của STEAM không chỉ là platform để tiếp cận game mà nó còn là chỗ để khoe cuả nữa. Toàn thấy mấy ông khoe tài khoản STEAM chứ có bao giờ nghe nhắc tới t có nhiều game ở Origins, Blizzstore chưa này...

Chuyện này chưa chắc đã tốt cho METRO, vì rõ ràng đối tượng khán giả của Metro và Fortnite không có tương đồng lắm, một số sẽ cảm thấy phiền tại sao phải tạo thêm 1 cái tài khoản hay tải thêm 1 cái launcher cho thằng Metro và sẽ hoàn toàn bỏ qua game này. Ngược lại một số tải launcher để chơi Metro sẽ thử Fortnite xem xem nó như thế nào. Hmmm để xem ai thắng.

dread_nought · 29/1/19

]._.[noRain]._.[ nói: ↑

Steam vẫn còn mạnh lắm, ở Việt Nam đc cái trợ giá theo vùng ngon vê lù rồi. Game AAA pre-order mà có 800k bác Hồ, trong khi ở Mẽo nó bán 60 Trump
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epic store giá VN cũng rẻ hơn so với thế giới đó, Division 2 nc ngoài bán 60 thì nó bán 43, Metro thì có 35$.

creativealtair · 29/1/19

dread_nought nói: ↑

epic store giá VN cũng rẻ hơn so với thế giới đó, Division 2 nc ngoài bán 60 thì nó bán 43, Metro thì có 35$.
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hmm, kể cả vậy thì vẫn hơi lỗ vì tỷ giá ngân hàng ấy nếu nó vẫn tính = USD

Kronpas1997 · 29/1/19

Lại thêm store.

Máy giờ đang có Steam, Origin, Bliz launcher. Mỗi thằng game online kiểu world of tank lại thêm một cái launcher nữa. Thậm chí discord cũng là một cái launcher/store. Đấy là chưa kể các em kiểu Uplay chấp nhận ở ké launcher thằng khác.

Thằng Metro này chắc phải được bơm khá tiền lắm mới chịu sang timed exclusive một cái store chả ai biết đến này. Community Steam quá đông, không cạnh tranh nổi.

dread_nought · 29/1/19

thằng Metro này phát hành ngay tháng 2 dính ngay Anthem với Crack Down ko biết chịu nổi ko. Dạo này đang thích con Anthem, để chờ demo tháng 2 này xem ntn rồi quất

wolverrin2010 · 29/1/19

Lắm store quản lý cực quá @@

[Ck]Holyknight · 29/1/19

để xem bọn Epic nó cố đấm ăn xôi được bao lâu.

thangcb · 29/1/19

Đụ giờ mới để ý Epic thuộc sỡ hữu của bọn Tencent

Western's Fan · 29/1/19

FanHipHop1992 nói: ↑

Ko bán ở steam tụi nó chơi crack hết. Sure vkl luôn
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dm steam regional price ngon vkl ra. Éo bán ở steam bắt ng ta mua $60 game thì ăn crack chết ngắc. Shit silver lần này chuẩn bị hốt shit.

Scuderia_Ferrari · 29/1/19

thằng division 2 cũng exclusive trên epic luôn, nên nếu tương lai nhiều 3A dev chuyển qua epic thì thằng silver xem như là khôn ngoan đi trước, còn ko thì đen thôi

ren_moka · 29/1/19

Cái này chắc timed exclusive, để 1-2 tháng éo bán đc là cút về steam ngay

tuandatle · 29/1/19

Rip metro

Eazy. · 29/1/19

https://store.steampowered.com/app/360940/The_Mean_Greens__Plastic_Warfare/

anh lính nhựa đang giảm còn 12k, vô hốt luôn

Odisey · 29/1/19

Ba cái game Free to play trên steam cứ chán chán ấy nhỉ , giờ kiếm cái chơi thay cái CS GO mà vẫn không thấy cái nào được

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