Russian giant 1C has told CVG that certain "bullying" UK retail chains HAVE put pressure on game publishers by refusing to stock titles that come with a Steam client in the box.
Blindfolding myself and clicking a Steam page at random would serve me better recommendations than Steam’s algorithm
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. The recommendations I get are usually pretty good, but then again I have pretty large library of games on Steam and hundreds of them in my wish list, along with lots of curators I follow for it to build recommendations off of. On occasion it will throw me a random FIFA game or something I've never bought or shown interest in, but mostly its decent IMO.
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Players can pay to edit their character, resurrect the dead and other actions.
Yet Helldivers 2 gets a pass? Y’know a GotY contender by the name of RE4 had them and so does Devil May Cry V. The funny thing is I enjoyed both of those games thoroughly without having to buy a single microtransaction.
What I do consider a valid complaint is not being able to start a new game or being able to edit your character. That’s kind of a seriously baffling decision, but then I think how I played Dragon’s Dogma 1 and I never edited my character and I just did a 100% playthrough on a single file and didn’t start a NG since. So, I don’t think these are really going to impact me, but I can see how it will others.
I was going to pay full price to support this game because I've been waiting for it for forever but I think I'll wait until I get it for free from Epic or a Humblebundle monthly.
I am not defending Capcom, as I am not a fan of MTX in single player games. I do however belive they were open to reviewers about having MTX in their game. The reviewers just decided to leave that part out. Which is very disingenuous. There are some companies that get away with these things. Image if this was done by EA, Ubisoft, or even Activision? I am positive those defending Capcom, would have had their pitchforks ready if the companies listed above did this
Can't wait for the UK high street to die. Full of rats plaguing the streets and shops.
really like steam its a shame that retail does anything they can do to get the game without that logo on it
one piece at a time. Steam hurts retail but helps me.
Amazon does the best job out of all retail stores btw.
I wish a retailer would just say "Okay, see how that works out for you" "I'll still be here in 6 months if you decide different"
You guys have no idea how hard it is for a video game retailer. I'm not talking about gamestop, though I hear that they are in trouble. "Bullying" retailers?? Get the fuck out of here. If anyone is a bully here is amazon and steam. Imagine those small mom and pop stores who's livelihood depends on their little videogame store. Also, they can't even come close to some amazon deals since a mom and pop store can't buy 10,000.00+ of the same game but amazon can so they get it cheaper. Also, amazon or steam aren't buying from wholesalers like mom and pop retailers do. If you guys want to knowa new release is $50-$52 wholesale. So you tell me how much profit that leaves to retailers. So shut the fuck up because you have 0 clue about how hard it is to be a retailer in video games.