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Ghost Recon Breakpoint is on Epic Games Store and Uplay but not Steam

Today, Ubisoft announced Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, the latest installment in the long-running military shooter series and a sequel to 2017's Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands. In development for PS4, PC, and Xbox One, Breakpoint is actually releasing this year, on October 4. And when it does, it won't be coming to Steam. That's right: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint will come to Uplay and the Epic Games Store, but not Steam.

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Blu3_Berry2243d ago

Not surprised tbh, Ubisoft had stated that they won't be putting their games on Steam anymore (not that they were outstanding to begin with). You can bet that Epic probably paid them maybe 30 million dollars or more.

BrianOBlivion2242d ago

Probably didn't paid them a dime. 12% vs 30% sells itself.

Shinkus2242d ago

You do realize it's not that simple right? Steam's playerbase is multiple times larger than epic game store.

BrianOBlivion2242d ago

It really is that simple. Steam and Epic are just stores. PC is the platform. Anyone with a PC can purchase products from either store just as easily. Buy from the store that has the game available and/or has the best price just like any other retail product. We're not talking about paid subscriptions or console exclusives here.

Livingthedream2242d ago

@Brian not sure why you have the disagrees, ubi takes more home with every sale on Epic that's a non debatable fact.

Blu3_Berry2242d ago

Why don't they put the game on Discord or GOG then? They both got good revenue for developers/publishers.

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fsfsxii2242d ago

I look forward to steam's eventual and inevitable demise.

Sgt_Slaughter2242d ago

Steam is "too big to fail" so you'll be waiting forever

SegaGamer2242d ago (Edited 2242d ago )

Why? Seriously, why would you look forward to something like that? You must be a pretty depressing person to want to see something happen that would make millions of people unhappy.

OG_TK_Cole2242d ago (Edited 2242d ago )

Some of you young guys talk way before you think. Why would you want competition to die off?? Does that honestly make since to you???

fsfsxii2242d ago

It makes "since" to me when the consumer and developer benefit in harmony. Steam isn't working towards that.

Rachel_Alucard2242d ago

They're taking advantage of the fact nobody likes epic, since people have no problem buying directly off uplay. They know barely anyone will buy off EGS so they let people buy off uplay and get all of the profits.

nucky642242d ago

if nobody likes epic, why did metro: exodus sell so well on their store?

Rachel_Alucard2242d ago

It didn't sell like redux did which was in the millions. It sold like 120K and they use weird numbers like "2.5x last light" instead of just saying the numbers outright. They figure if they remove your choice to buy off Steam you'll go directly through them instead which increases profits. If people had the choice to buy on Steam, people would always pick that option over everyone else.

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‘I think Xbox hardware is dead’, says Microsoft gaming veteran

One of the founding members of the Xbox team has questioned Microsoft’s multiplatform gaming strategy, and said they believe the Xbox hardware business is effectively “dead"

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Goodguy011d 1h ago

Think that rumor that they'll still make a new console but at a profit at $1000 will be true though. The series consoles will remain their cheap alternative throughout next gen I would say. Keep in mind that game pass and pretty much going 3rd party is their main focus. They want to bring xbox everywhere.

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GamerRN5h ago

If they don't maintain some kind of console presence, I think they will lose gamepass subscribers and just become a 3rd party publisher who eventually sells everything off

Cacabunga4h ago

Xbox games are releasing on all platforms. Who needs this hardware? PS or PC is all you need

Flewid6383h ago

I've never owned an Xbox in my life and I have GamePass.

thorstein2h ago

The only Xbox I owned was the 360. I have gamepass for my PC.

crazyCoconuts3h ago

Even if they could get it down to $800 for a box that can run with comparable performance to a PS6 (at, say $200 cheaper) the population of people willing to buy such a thing would be so limited.
It would be the worst of both worlds.

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Futureshark14h ago

A slow, painful and public death too.

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New Flight Simulation Hardware Revealed by Moza

Hardware manufacturer Moza debuted several new hardware peripherals for flight simulation at FlightSimExpo 2025.

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PlayStation Plus-Exclusive Weekend Offer Launches on PSN This June 27

The PlayStation Plus-exclusive PS Store Weekend Offer has some big-name franchises discounted for a limited time.

raWfodog1d 23h ago

Cyberpunk 2077 finally hit that sweet sale price for me so I went ahead and picked it up. I just started playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 though so it’ll be a while before I delve into Night City. Looking forward to it though.