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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by technomad@slrpnk.net to c/games@lemmy.world

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I was pretty hyped for the new prince of persia game (the lost crown), but come to find out it's only available on ubisoft's proprietary launcher or epic games. Nope, and nope.

I just want to have it available on my usual storefront, Steam, but it's been decidedly omitted. As a long time fan of the old games, this kind of hurts. Especially since many of the others -are- available on Steam.

I wonder if/when it will come out for Steam. These platform exclusivity deals need to die.

Edit: It's also available on several consoles, my post was just from a pc gamer's perspective.

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[-] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 10 months ago

If it was only on their launcher I wouldnt care. Its the little exclusivity deal on epic that annoys me.

Its one thing to only sell your stuff on your own personal store. Thats fine, whatever. But to create fake exclusivity on pc? Nah fuck off dude, especially from ubisoft

[-] potustheplant@feddit.nl -2 points 10 months ago

It's "exclusive" on a different free platform that doesn't have any extra requirements. Sure, it's worse than steam in some ways but choosing not to play the game because it's only on Epic is pretty dumb, honestly.

[-] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Choosing not to use epic branded things because of the companies pretty nasty decisions and financial backers is completely justified. The world is not always about getting things for free.