[UPDATE] Epic Games buys out Rocket League studio, retracts previous statement on Steam availability

Deleted member 445482 · May 1, 2019

ANCLHaxor said:
Players: We hate you and were going to stop playing fortnite
Epic: Rocket League is going to have a Battle Royale mode
Players: nvm

Wtf is that text color?

Deleted_413010 · May 1, 2019

sarkwalvein said:
For sure this looks like a bad PR move for me.
It has only made me want to uninstall the Epic launcher (that I only use for free games anyway).
If that is not self inflicted bad PR, I don't know what to call it.

Why use it in general? It only promotes Epic's bad ways.

Xzi said:
Super dumb move. EGS does not have a "new audience." They're probably just trying to get a bump in sales on Steam and then suck Sweeney's dick for some exclusivity cash up front.

Do you ever feel like Epic does this because Tim never got to suck a dick's worth of money?

sarkwalvein · May 2, 2019

TheTechWiz25 said:
Why use it in general? It only promotes Epic's bad ways.

True, and exactly what I meant, if the PR move makes me think like that then they messed up.

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Zeldaplayer67 said:
Wtf is that text color?

As far as I am not color blind: Black, Red and Blue.

Deleted_413010 · May 2, 2019

The world's prayers have been answered! r/hateonepic is now a thing! Go hate on Epic's stupid fucking guts today!

Kioku · May 2, 2019

TheTechWiz25 said:
The world's prayers have been answered! r/hateonepic is now a thing! Go hate on Epic's stupid fucking guts today!

I read that as hate one pic..

Deleted_413010 · May 2, 2019

Memoir said:
I read that as hate one pic..

oof lmao. My apologies. Not like I can change it now. Its short and sweet.

Xzi · May 2, 2019

TheTechWiz25 said:
The world's prayers have been answered! r/hateonepic is now a thing! Go hate on Epic's stupid fucking guts today!

FYI there's already an /r/fuckepic.

Deleted_413010 · May 2, 2019

Xzi said:
FYI there's already an /r/fuckepic.

Well fuck me then...guess mine's useless...maybe.

sarkwalvein · May 2, 2019

Isn't there r/JimSterling already for throwing hate on every and all game companies?

the_randomizer · May 2, 2019

Axido said:
Good point, but it would have been cool if you had followed the conversation that you replied to more carefully. The person you quoted and insulted was on your side, actually...

An honest mistake on my part.

MarkDarkness · May 2, 2019

Let's see how long their money will last...

Mythical · May 2, 2019

I'm just gonna buy a steam key off another site if I ever bother getting the game

Deleted_413010 · May 2, 2019

MarkDarkness said:
Let's see how long their money will last...

I give them 2 months

Minox · May 2, 2019

Bye bye Rocket League

Deleted_413010 · May 2, 2019

Minox said:
Bye bye Rocket League

I only wonder how pissed r/rocketleague is.

Silent_Gunner · May 2, 2019

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.

I am so glad I already own the game on Steam. But honestly? I have very little sympathy for Epic at this point. I hope that they not only fail, but Valve also buys the Unreal Engine from them. I have never seen a company take a fucking nose dive in my book as fast and hard as they have in the past year. Are they actively trying to make piracy a bigger problem on PC than it already is? Because a lot of people who played Metro Exodus on PC, from what I've heard, pirated it. Not because they wouldn't have paid for the game, but because they don't like the Epic Games Launcher's lack of features, its questionable use of a program that doesn't act like spyware in anyway (/s) (we only use Windows 10 because it's the only sure fire way to play everything, I am planning on getting more experimental with Proton after finals are over), and not to mention, while it's not the biggest deal in the world, it's another launcher. I know, Tim Sweeney acts like, "Hurr durr, Microsoft is gonna establish a monopoly guys on Windows, time to strongarm everyone, amirite?" but this ain't winning people over, that's for sure.

Any game that's released on the Epic Store, especially an indie game, I'd rather get on the Switch. That's not a winning move, Epic; it's just a reason for me to not give you any money, because the successful indie games come to every platform under the sun anyways. You can act like Steam is just a bunch of asset flips and indie games, but at the very least we are getting some new triple AAA and AA games, including the Yakuza games, which are slowly but surely becoming non-exclusives and realizing their full sales potential on Steam. (not to mention performance potential with the upcoming Kiwami 2 and I can assume 6 and the other games that haven't been released outside of Japan on modern x86-based systems)

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sks316 said:
So this is the PC Master Race, huh? Doesn't look as majestic as they made it out to be.

The fact that we can do whatever we want with our PCs is already a step up from consoles. You can engage in joking all you'd like, but that by itself is one of the biggest benefits PCs have over consoles.

Deleted_413010 · May 2, 2019

Silent_Gunner said:
I have very little sympathy for Epic at this point. I hope that they not only fail, but Valve also buys the Unreal Engine from them. I have never seen a company take a fucking nose dive in my book as fast and hard as they have in the past year. Are they actively trying to make piracy a bigger problem on PC than it already is? Because a lot of people who played Metro Exodus on PC, from what I've heard, pirated it. Not because they wouldn't have paid for the game, but because they don't like the Epic Games Launcher's lack of features, its questionable use of a program that doesn't act like spyware in anyway (/s) (we only use Windows 10 because it's the only sure fire way to play everything, I am planning on getting more experimental with Proton after finals are over), and not to mention, while it's not the biggest deal in the world, it's another launcher. I know, Tim Sweeney acts like, "Hurr durr, Microsoft is gonna establish a monopoly guys on Windows, time to strongarm everyone, amirite?" but this ain't winning people over, that's for sure.

Any game that's released on the Epic Store, especially an indie game, I'd rather get on the Switch. That's not a winning move, Epic; it's just a reason for me to not give you any money, because the successful indie games come to every platform under the sun anyways. You can act like Steam is just a bunch of asset flips and indie games, but at the very least we are getting some new triple AAA and AA games, including the Yakuza games, which are slowly but surely becoming non-exclusives and realizing their full sales potential on Steam.

I agree with you 100% of the way. This is more like a fact than an opinion. Everybody has no sympathy for Epic anymore...guaranteed.

gamesquest1 · May 2, 2019

DeslotlCL said:
You are in part responsible because you are agreeing to what they may or may not do after the purchase. If you know they will shit all over the place but still accept the money, then why arent you the problem too? You accepted knowing what would be the reception and what you would be getting into.

each are responsible for their own dick move.....as i mentioned, if someone came along with a massive bag of money to buy your house way over standard resale value i think most people would give it serious consideration......and yeah sure if they knew from the outset that they were doing it to be dicks then sure you are being partially a dick for your part, but ultimately its the guy who is setting out to be a dick who is ultimately to blame for them being a dick

thats not to mention we don't even know how the deal came to be, do we know if the devs knew before signing on the dotted line that they were only doing so to be arseholes? do we know if there was any serious deliberation, did the final decision end up being made against the will of the developers themselves by shareholders etc, there are many unknowns so sure one side of the deal might have been enabling a dick move, but one side is the ultimate dick in the situation, i don't see why they wouldn't just push them to make a sequel FTP game to sell exclusively via EGS that i could be like "sure they bought the developer, its up to them what happens going forward" but to retroactively go screw around just to be a pretty douchebag is just stupid

Godofcheese · May 2, 2019

TheTechWiz25 said:
I only wonder how pissed r/rocketleague is.

They don't seem that happy lol
Devs of the game has said that it will "remain" on steam.
But that doesn't answer if it will be pulled from steam or not.
Will users be forced to migrate/merge with an epic account to keep playing?
That is the biggest question.

Xzi · May 2, 2019

Godofcheese said:
They don't seem that happy lol
Devs of the game has said that it will "remain" on steam.
But that doesn't answer if it will be pulled from steam or not.
Will users be forced to migrate/merge with an epic account to keep playing?
That is the biggest question.

Indeed. And if you can launch from Steam without EGS, then will there be crossplay? I'd assume there will have to be so the ten people playing on EGS have somebody else to play with.

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