Metro Exodus Developer Discusses Boycott of the PC Platform for Sequels over Steam Review Bombing

[lexluthermiester]

If you were a dev you would want to make the most profit possible to insure you will still have a studio for new games.
To jump on a new platform offered backed by a powerhouse in the industry is only logical.

If you want to make lots of money, you make your game availible on as many platforms as possible. Going exclusive to a little known and not well liked platform is foolish and narrow-minded.

It's not about the platform -- it's about exclusivity. The whole " you can ONLY buy it here" that EA, EPIC and others are trying to push.

Honestly if they want to publish their FPS for console only, good luck to them. I'm not buying this game until it comes to Steam.

With you there, except that I'm waiting for GOG. And if they don't bring it to GOG, oh well, life goes on..

 

[Midland Dog]

why do people insist on fighting the internet, what are yous farken thick? this will be like battlefield sjw all over again

 

[xkm1948]

Great way to F up your IP. Guess wut? Nobody f**king cares. They can go royally go f**k themselves

 

[silentbogo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games

Hmmm

And that means what? That they existed as a game dev. studio for some time?
If anything, it should be like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_Store

No, the public who are just as childish do that, because reviews of previous games should be reviews of the games. Mature customers have a method of registering unhappiness, which is to not buy the new games.

And a mature publisher or game dev. does not pull games off the platform 3 weeks prior to release, and does not allow its employees to post angry rants on the net.
What did they expect? That thousands of teenagers and tweens will behave like adults after being duped by Koch and later shitcanned by supposedly 4A employee? On the f#$%n internet? Pfff....

 

[lexluthermiester]

No, the public who are just as childish do that, because reviews of previous games should be reviews of the games.

Gotta disagree. It's the only avenue of complaint. Companies have made it difficult to get in touch with them to render input in a public forum.

Mature customers have a method of registering unhappiness, which is to not buy the new games.

But that doesn't send a message to anyone but the person not buying the game. The devs have no clue why the purchase is not being made.

Please don’t condone infantile actions like review bombing. There really is no excuse for them to do that.

Normally I wouldn't, but if it's the only option to make statement? People are pissed, understandably so. This was an infantile choice by the devs, and that is the response they're getting. They have only themselves to blame. If they had promised a release on GOG and then pulled it at the last moment, I'd be pissed as well.

For the record, if it was a member of the dev team, he was not threatening. He laid out facts. If people do not buy a pc version of a game, then future investment in the PC platform is not likely. That’s just business.

And that is a self imposed problem. What they needed to do to make the most money was sell the game on every platform, not going exclusive. This is not the 90's, exclusivity is no longer a good business tactic. Diversity is.

 

[Totally]

People do not buy a pc version of a game, then future investment in the PC platform is not likely. That’s just business.

That is not just business, that is bad business. Whatever happens going forward is because if their decisions, not investing is done when there is not a market or a very weak one or something equally out of their control. Displeased customers due their decisions is something within their ability to rectify.

 

[moproblems99]

not giving a detailed apology

No one owes an apology except the schmucks review bombing and potentially 'the dev'.

 

[Midland Dog]

No one owes an apology except the schmucks review bombing and potentially 'the dev'.

why should review bombers apologise? they bought the pre order on steam for 60 bucks, and copped a bit of dry dick when it got taken off steam and put on epic for 29.99, funny enough doing the math 4a would make more through steam

 

[INSTG8R]

This sums it up nicely for me.

 

[lexluthermiester]

No one owes an apology except the schmucks review bombing and potentially 'the dev'.

They promise to release on a particular platform and then switch to another platform right before release? No, the devs don't need to apologize at all. Nope.(sarcasm)

 

[moproblems99]

why should review bombers apologise? they bought the pre order on steam for 60 bucks, and copped a bit of dry dick when it got taken off steam and put on epic for 29.99, funny enough doing the math 4a would make more through steam

Because they will still be able to play it on Steam by all accounts so far. They can also get refunds on Steam and purchase the Epic version for a discount.

And review bombing is for morons.

 

[M2B]

How much time it takes to install epic store? 1 hour? 2 hours? 3 hours?what?
I mean seriously, complainers are wasting hours of their time on internent complaining about all this stuff but refuse to install a launcher?! What the fuck is wrong with you?

 

[lexluthermiester]

How much time it takes to install epic store?

That's not the point. Installing the client is only one step. You also have to setup an account and whatnot. People don't want to have clients/accounts all over the place.

 

[M2B]

That's not the point. Installing the client is only one step. You also have to setup an account and whatnot. People don't want to have clients/accounts all over the place.

Cheap excuses.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Valid motivations.

Fixed that for you.

 

[CronXPX]

After reading the original message in russian, I personally did not find any threatening in this message, just a simple fact - "if you don’t buy our game on PC platform, we will not be able to support it in the future".
Is there something illogical or threatening in this? Where? This is how it works. It's just business.
But yeah I get it, for the sake of drama and clickbait you just need to translate it in that way, right?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Is there something illogical

Illogical, yes. If they want to sell more they need to deploy on more platforms. Simple business logic.

 

[UrbanCamper]

Hmmm I bought the game on Steam. If they actually do this how the heck am I supposed to get my money back. Hope Steam honors there patrons over this.

 

[cdawall]

How much time it takes to install epic store? 1 hour? 2 hours? 3 hours?what?
I mean seriously, complainers are wasting hours of their time on internent complaining about all this stuff but refuse to install a launcher?! What the fuck is wrong with you?

If you want me to use a private launcher just sell it on your webpage and don't make me download yet another stupid program. At this point I have like 6 different game libraries because everyone thinks they need to be exclusive. At this point I would rather go to the store and buy it on a disk.

 

[lexluthermiester]

At this point I would rather go to the store and buy it on a disk.

Right there with you.

 

[M2B]

At this point I have like 6 different game libraries because everyone thinks they need to be exclusive.

Why didn't you avoid installing yet another game library after the fifth one then?
They don't think they need to be exculsive, they think they can make more money this way.

 

[c2DDragon]

Either they did remove it from Steam to make more profits or for any other reason I don't care.
Those moves to remove/block content from Steam tend to stop the monopoly of this fucking DRM store where we don't actually own the games we paid.
People are dumb, they like to be fooled by "amazing steam discounts" which are a manner to sell games people wouldn't even buy and will never play or maybe 1hour.
Long time ago we used the all-seeing eye to find servers for Counter Strike, Day of Defeat and so on. We were litteraly forced to use Steam so, to launch the DRM store to play.
Now we got fanboys faggots, who never known the before Steam era, who want to destroy dev reputations and use their internet virtual power (which can do damages somehow) to kill games in the egg.
Look, we have Steam, Origins, Uplay, Epic Store, Battle.net, every MMORPG got its launcher with a shop. People in 2018/2019 still don't understand why buying on Steam a Ubi game doesn't prevent them to launch Uplay (even if it's written on the store pages) for example.

I think the Steam monopoly was big enough to make people stop thinking.
"I use only Steam because I got everything on it I don't want to launch something other it's too much pain." -> You don't own any games which is bought on Steam, like, not even one. If they close shop for any Gabe's freaking insane reason we are all fucked up, a few would then search for cracks and anything to permit to play (and no Offline mode doesn't work forever), but not lambda people.

Having many opportunities is better than being stuck with one fucking DRM dollar making. Competition is better for customers.
For now Exodus will be on Epic Store only (for some time and not forever) but look, if the Epic Store grows enough, Steam could possibly open negotiations with them don't you think ?
You don't want the (new) DRM ? Crack your games, get repacks but don't put bomb reviews, call for boycott or blame devs who make games that permit us gamers to escape real life problems for a few hours.

Few weeks ago I remember I've read a lesbian girl playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey was crying that her Cassandra she played lesbian in every romance was forced in a DLC to get a guy. I bet when she goes to cinema if she doesn't like the scenario she cries and call for riot too.
What I want to say about this is if you don't like how moves are made in the gaming industry you can just pass but don't destroy well-earned reputations or be grottesque please. Gaming is one of a few things left in the world where we have some liberty.

 

[INSTG8R]

Hmmm I bought the game on Steam. If they actually do this how the heck am I supposed to get my money back. Hope Steam honors there patrons over this.

They’ve said they’ll honour and support as per normal.

 

[moproblems99]

So, people dying from starvation....people dying from religious wars....Metro gets moved to Epic Store. LAWD HAVE MERCEH!!!11!! PUT OUT THE FIRES!!!11!! Do something, we can't take it.........

 

[cdawall]

Right there with you.

At this point I would pay extra for the convenience to not install another stupid launcher.