Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy
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Dandai
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Looks like this Apple v Epic trial is quite a shit show:
www.ign.com
Epic vs. Apple Shows the Courts Were Not Prepared for the Games Industry's Obsessive Secrecy - IGN
It's only the second day of Epic and Apple going head-to-head, and it's already clear that the United States court system was not prepared for the overly secretive gaming industry.
Ukerric
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Where is my popcorn reaction???Looks like this Apple v Epic trial is quite a shit show:
Epic vs. Apple Shows the Courts Were Not Prepared for the Games Industry's Obsessive Secrecy - IGN
It's only the second day of Epic and Apple going head-to-head, and it's already clear that the United States court system was not prepared for the overly secretive gaming industry.
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Wombat
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They paid 'in advances' - Epic gave them $146 Million, but the first $146 Million in sales goes back to Epic.
In effect, they guaranteed them $146 Million in sales (what, 2.5 million copies), not that Epic gave them an _extra_ $146 Million plus sales. The 'One-Off Fee' and marketing spend at a combined $35 Million _are_ effectively free money for Take-Two.
In effect, they guaranteed them $146 Million in sales (what, 2.5 million copies), not that Epic gave them an _extra_ $146 Million plus sales. The 'One-Off Fee' and marketing spend at a combined $35 Million _are_ effectively free money for Take-Two.
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That's pretty slick. $11 million to get 5 million new users. Sweeny probably has twice that in loose change in his couch.
DickTrickle
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Ukerric
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Gravel
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I completely forgot that it was going to be a survival type game originally. I was actually pretty excited for it. I remember reading that they were still going to release it, but I haven't bothered to look into it in years.
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Funny thing is, I bought it for the co-op survival, but it wasn't that interesting at the time. Don't think I ever tried the battle royal mode.
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Kids and their fucking skins man.
Friend of mine said he was at his brother's house for Easter. Two nephews for $20 or 30 each and friend said the very first thing the kids said when they got the money is if they can buy apex skins. Multiple this by a few million. That is the current state of gaming.
meStevo
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From a PDF that was inadvertently put up on the lawsuit fileserver (googly eyes probably just from the tweet I stole this from), which has since been pulled down, here are Epic's efforts to get first party titles from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo on their store:
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Dandai
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Edaw
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Trying to be less of a dick so posted a better response
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ha, gotye
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Edaw
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Yeah, the article about English misspells the singer's name. Clown world all the way down