Epic Games Joins GOG in the Goal to Deliver Universal Ownership of Digital Goods

Hexa · Jul 27, 2020

well, its mostly because of epic, that there is no unified platform, gog mostly sells singleplayer adn everyone sued steam, i guess battle.net for blizzard games is the exception

R-T-B · Jul 27, 2020

bug said:
Seriously, you've been living in this world and noticed publishers competing among themselves on price?

Storefront distributors aka digital publishers yes, I do very frequently. You haven't?

rtwjunkie · Jul 27, 2020

bug said:
Seriously, you've been living in this world and noticed publishers competing among themselves on price?

In all industries other than entertainment, production is mandated by law to be separated from distribution. Why? Because that kind of monopoly drives prices up.

So then how am I able to buy a multitude of items in many different sectors directly from manufacturers?

bug · Jul 27, 2020

rtwjunkie said:
So then how am I able to buy a multitude of items in many different sectors directly from manufacturers?

Sellers are big enough (together and sometimes individually) to argue prices. That what you lose when you let the maker control distribution.

R-T-B said:
Storefront distributors aka digital publishers yes, I do very frequently. You haven't?

Nope, I see new AAA games still going for $60+.

INSTG8R · Jul 27, 2020

Camm said:
Havin a play last night with GOG's EGS integration, it still launches EGS.

Dammit....thanks...

R-T-B · Jul 27, 2020

bug said:
Nope, I see new AAA games still going for $60+.

AAA have their own distribution platforms usually with a near-monopoly on game pricing. You need to broaden your horizons if you want to see competition examples.

AsRock · Jul 27, 2020

rtwjunkie said:
Which is why I always buy Ubi games on Uplay, Rockstar games on Rockstar and Origin on Origin. Running 2 launchers is just cumbersome and has frequently been the number one factor in problems people have on Steam, for instance when they buy one of these other platform games on Steam. Same would apply to Epic.

Like if Steam is down you cannot play RS games.

bug · Jul 27, 2020

R-T-B said:
AAA have their own distribution platforms usually with a near-monopoly on game pricing. You need to broaden your horizons if you want to see competition examples.

I'm not looking at flash sales, I'm looking at the trend. Is that wrong?

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Epic Games Joins GOG in the Goal to Deliver Universal Ownership of Digital Goods

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