Monday, March 25th 2019
Bethesda Bringing Fallout 76, Rage 2, Doom Eternal, and Wolfenstein Games to Steam
Bethesda had concerned a few people last year when they had announced most of their new games would be available on the PC platform only via their own store and launcher, at least initially. People were quick to speculate whether this was Bethesda wanting a bigger share of the pie than Steam would allow, which is hilarious in hindsight with everything Epic Game Store related since then, and also whether this was because they were worried that Fallout 76, the first of these games affected by said decision, would have generate refunds galore on Steam as a result of bugs, bugs, and more bugs. Today Bethesda took to social media to make good on their promise, saying that all their upcoming games will be simultaneously available on both Steam and the Bethesda Store, including Rage 2, Doom Eternal, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, and Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot.
Interestingly, it will still be a while before Fallout 76 will make its way on Steam, which does not help its cause as far as far as having a depreciating player base goes. The move in general also plays into the larger dynamics of PC game stores, with game exclusives suddenly becoming a valid point of consideration as the competition from Epic Games heats up. It is also interesting to see how few complaints there are online of how these games are not available on, say, the Epic Games Store, or Discord, or GoG, and points further to the loyalty-factor of the populace complaining about exclusives on PC game stores in 2019.
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Bethesda on Twitter
Interestingly, it will still be a while before Fallout 76 will make its way on Steam, which does not help its cause as far as far as having a depreciating player base goes. The move in general also plays into the larger dynamics of PC game stores, with game exclusives suddenly becoming a valid point of consideration as the competition from Epic Games heats up. It is also interesting to see how few complaints there are online of how these games are not available on, say, the Epic Games Store, or Discord, or GoG, and points further to the loyalty-factor of the populace complaining about exclusives on PC game stores in 2019.
25 Comments on Bethesda Bringing Fallout 76, Rage 2, Doom Eternal, and Wolfenstein Games to Steam
"It is also interesting to see how few complaints there are online of how these games are not available on, say, the Epic Games Store, or Discord, or GoG, and points further to the loyalty-factor of the populace complaining about exclusives on PC game stores in 2019."
I don't really have a position on where a company sells a game....I just think it's crummy when they pull the rug out from everyone (see issue with how Metro Exodus was handled).
I have a bigger beef with Bethesda's current run of games, which will probably be why I have no desire to want nor look forward to what they're releasing - on any platform:
I didn't really like the first Rage game - very underwhelming overall.
I wasn't a fan of the 2016 Doom (just a single player arena shooter for the most part, non-stop running, jumping and shooting.
I tried really hard to get into Wolfenstein The New Order....I just couldn't do it so the new Wolfenstein's they offer don't interest me
Fallout 4, while it was a decent FPS, it's still not Fallout and what Fallout 76 offers, I wouldn't touch it with someone else's money.
Any single player game, I'd personally like to keep it on GoG or have a key for GoG if the game is offered on other digital locations such as Fanatical, GMG or HumbleBundle. I won't buy off Discord (I greatly dislike the site overall and I have no desire to support it) and I won't have a 5th gaming platform/launcher on my computer so I won't install EPIC's launcher and purchase from them.
They cannot stop the refunds when the game is BAD.
And nobody is gonna refund a GOOD game.
Proved Bethesda store is a joke, nothing more.
After playing Wolfenstein SJW aka TNC it was such garbage I won't be playing another game with that name on it.
Rage was a major snoozefest for me so no Rage 2 for me.
I'll probably be buying Doom Eternal, I like the 2016 one even though its an arena shooter. But I won't be buying at launch day.
Loved rage, gonna definitely get rage 2.
They really need to resolve the high fps issues tho.
That said, GoG is better than the above.
As for Failout 76, it will just get very bad reviews on steam and that'll be it.
They just try so scam more $ out of it but it's a failed project and there's nothing they can do at this point in a sufficiently small time interval. There are just too many things to fix in it.
This isn't even news, it only is because some idiots think Steam releases are a hot topic now. Those people will probably harp on 'muh platform' with every game release on any platform ever that isn't Steam. Get a room or something.
Now, Doom eternal, Doom, and Wolfenstein the new order on GoG would get me excited.
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Now, add Discord and you have your friends/chat/community stuff sorted out as well, Nexusmods for your modding, and you can stop complaining about Steam altogether and not suffer some weird self imposed exclusivity that limits your choices above all else.
"some idiots" + "hot topic" = news, as in people wants to read about a hot topic.
So if I have a complaint about any platform, other than Steam, I am "some idiot" and should get a room...really? With whom? Why all the anger?
Half a year ago a Bethesda or anyone's release on Steam would not have been worth a mention. Today its a headline for no apparent reason, because really nothing has changed, (timed) exclusives are as old as gaming itself. So basically, the topic isn't quite that hot at all.