OTBWY said:
vivster said:
Hi, resident Rocket League fanboy here with over 3000 hours on steam. Let me give you my thoughts as someone who has been supportive of Epic's efforts into building a store.
As of now basically every single important question about what any of it means remains unanswered so it's tough to have any opinion on this, let alone an informed one. So let me give you my personal worst and best case scenarios here.
Worst:
The game will release on The Epic Store and get removed from Steam. It will be impossible to transfer your account, including the literally thousands of items you have accrued over the years. Future DLCs and patches will be delayed or completely exclusive to the Epic Store. No crossplay between Steam and Epic. The game will still not go F2P for some reason. The store will be missing essential features.
Best A:
The game will release on The Epic Store and get removed from Steam. You will not be able to transfer your account. DLCs and patches will have parity between all platforms as usual. Crossplay between all platforms. Game will go F2P.
Best B:
The game will release on The Epic Store and get removed from Steam. You will be able to transfer your account. F2P. The Epic store will have the most important features by the time it releases.
The best case scenarios would affect me very little to not at all. I already have my Epic account, so switching my account over to Epic wouldn't be a big deal. For the other best case scenario I would simply remain on Steam.
The worst scenario would certainly be a slow killer. Sure, I could just continue to play RL on Steam but getting DLC later or not at all would break my heart. It's tough to imagine that it will come to this but it's sad that it's definitely a real possibility. I hope the massive backlash Psyonix are getting already will motivate them to make transition as smooth as possible. |
I'm curious. Why do you support a platform that does what you disagree with most, namely having exclusive content or making content exclusive.
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Preference, I guess. I said it before, I hate exclusivity, but I hate Steam more. If I never supported any kind of exclusivity or bad business practices in general I'd never be able to play any games. I mean, I've been playing RL for years even though it was exclusive on Steam.
What I do know is that to break monopolies, you have to take extreme measures. It is not possible to break monopolies when playing on the same level as them. You have to do things to get ahead. I guess you could say the enemy of my enemy is my friend. It's not that I have any kind of favorable connection to Epic as a company. I see them as the same scumbags as Valve, Blizzard, Ubisoft, EA, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. All companies that use exclusives to force people on their service and all companies I have accounts with. I'm a bit more lenient with pc launchers because they don't force you to buy a useless plastic box.
Last edited by vivster - on 02 May 2019
