THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF EPIC GAME STORE
Ive never heard of this game
>satisfactory
>people not satisfied
stop shilling this stupid game
A surprise to absolutely no one.
What the fuck were the devs actually thinking?
>no name game
>literally who
>epic store
stop sharing this epic bullshit user we don't have to give them attention
think of it as a simplified version of factorio but in 3D and with multiplayer.
>choose inferior service while virtue signalling all the way
>"why sales so low? how could this happen?!"
there is no way only 9 people bought satisfactory without refunding
>People are taking this seriously
But Epic probably paid them to release game on their store so they are still on profit
The fact that people are taking this post seriously says a lot about EGS's reputation
This.
They're only bitching about this because they want more money.
anyone who thinks that tweet is serious needs to fucking neck themselves
I'm gonna assume they're but doesn't Epic pay these developers millions of dollars to be on their storefront? Why would they care if their shitty game isn't selling? They obviously weren't planning long-term anyways.
>Why would they care if their shitty game isn't selling?
Because they want even more money?
Do you really think a game that winds up selling a single digit number of copies has gotten more than peanuts for their exclusivity?
Not the developers.
Given what we know about Epic's deals, yes actually. The reason why a lot of these smaller guys are taking Epic's deal is that part of the deal is guaranteed payout if you don't make as many sales as expected. Epic guarantees a dollar amount worth X number of copies. So if you are an indie bitch who's game is probably not going to sell more than 1000 copies anyway, its an incredible deal. It literally doesn't matter if they sold 9 copies or thousands of copies. They are getting the same money either way.
damn...
There's no fucking way they only sold9, unless they gave a lot of free copies away.
I would've bought it if it was on steam desu.
Yeah, Epic throws retarded amounts of money around. Even Phoenix Point, a kickstarted game, got multiple millions for the timed exclusivity. Also. the "community manager" (rainbow-colored hair,bisexual, he/him, bipolar, communicates in Kstew-gifs) of the game's dev-team is ebin trolling, the game did not sell THAT bad. You can be sure that it would have sold a hell of a lot better on Steam though.
I know at least 3 people who bought it. Pretty sure they are memeing. Or at least trying to.
>portmanteau of "satisfy" and "factory"
>also means "it's just ok"
what did they mean by this
>STATE OF EPIC GAME STORE
more like the absolute state of literal men children and 'gamers'
that's absolute bullshit what about all the youtubers and streamers playing the game
of course more than 9 people bought it you dumb, gullible fuck.
the point of that tweet was that their sales numbers are low and more people decided to pirate the game instead.
Literally this.
Doesn't Epic compensate developers for estimated lost sales from not being on Steam?
I'm sure they're making a profit here regardless.
reminder that "jace" is also the person in charge of the satisfactory twitter account
but factorio has multiplayer
>They didn't just sell 9 copies
>NO THEY DIDN'T YOU DUMB FUCK! REEEEE
Imagine calling someone dumb when you can't even read.
It throws a wrench into "Steam has too many games which means MY games can't sell due to lack of visibility". That's not really true. Sure, good games can get shafted because of market saturation if they're just re-packaging the same idea, but good games will also generally find their audience.
at least not all of you /biz/ tier gullible
Probably the devs themselves.
Cease your pathetic publicity stunt.
Yeah, 900 I can buy (but I wouldn't), but 9 ? That's ridiculous
Yeah. You can't put a price on customers' trust and goodwill, after all.
I feel like key is sales expectations and good public relations.
Imagine trying to ride this shitty joke so hard even at the cost of looking like retards to people without context.
Unironically wanted to buy Satisfactory. Couldn't find it on Steam, did a quick goigle and found its an epic store exclusive.
Bought settlers 3 instead.
These are literally no name devs. Customer trust and goodwill only matters if you plan to make any games beyond your first. These people no original ideas. Their only game is just factorio but 3D and with less features.
Just get Factorio. Its better in every way except graphics, which I assume doesn't matter to you if you are playing settlers 3.
CRPGs generally seem to have a decent built audience to draw from.
>more than 9 people streaming it on steam
>more than 9 people have lp on youtube
>epic store does not allow refunds
Yeah but they gave a shitload of free copies to streamers thinking it'd be good advertising without realizing that their audience wont buy the fucking things too, anyone that stupid deserves to fail.
They actually does allow refunds now.
Epic paid them a ton for exclusivity BECAUSE most people would pirate the game for being exclusive. They've literally already been compensated for my lost sale, so I have no qualms with raising the flag.
The game's twitter is bitching about how their game was pirated to fuck or something, so I guess it did sell like shit, maybe not 9 units because that's ridiculouss, but it probably didn't meet any expectations.
On the bright side, Epic paid their sell out asses to be there, so it's not like they're on the red or something, they're just pissed that they aren't making even more money like Epic promissed they would if they sold it on their store, and people decided to pirate their game instead.
Although I'll agree with what they said that if you don't want to buy the game because of the Epic store then just don't play it at all, even pirated. Which is something I do when a game that I want is full of bullshit behind.
I honestly can´t blame devs for making the deal with the devil. Most of the games that got exclusivity deals are game that most people would only buy at at least 50% off or wait for them to be included in a Bundle. And the insane amount of money Epic throws at you will keep you afloat even if you sell 0 copies. The Phoenix Point guys can suck a fat one though, absolutely and completly disgusting behaviour.
Their refund system is similar to steam's now, just a lot less convenient.
It used to be literally criminal back when they wanted everything but your social security number to get a refund.
The joke is someone said they would sell less than 10 copies on EGS.
Since they are mature and woke devs, they can't let a single thing go unaddressed. If you aren't snarking, you are not living.
If you want some real cringe go look at the statisfactory FAQ on the game's website.
>The Phoenix Point guys can suck a fat one though, absolutely and completly disgusting behaviour.
The Satisfactory devs aren't any better. Before launch and the exclusivity deal was announced they were still showing complete contempt for what few fans they had.
Its not completely on the same level as the Phoenix Point devs, who practically told all their backers to suck a fat dick, but it was still pretty bad.
My best friend LOVES these kinds of games. He hates Epic, but he made an exception for Satisfactory. He is absolutely addicted to games like it. Their behavior was almost enough to break him of that addiction. I can't emphasize enough just how much of a dick you have to be to get that guy to not want to buy your game if its a building and management game.
>The Phoenix Point guys can suck a fat one though
I've never had something I was looking forward to go from "Day 1 buy" to "I'll throw on an LP of it as background noise while I play something else" faster than this.
they got like 10k
Stop giving them free advertising. Everyone knows to pirate EGS games now. And who cares if the CEO doesn't get his 30 million dollar bonus this year.
remember when mike murderbeck threatened to kill gabe and valve kicked paranautical activity out of steam?
they tried to sell it on desura and only sold 12 copies.
Wow, that game looks more boring that Numale's Lie.
>check who made it
YIKES
based Jace
Remember when he came back groveling and released a "Atonement Edition"?
DIOS MIOS!
>NOOOO PLEASE DON'T PIRATE
>AAAAAAAAHH
Meanwhile
the company fired him and they put it back on steam
Shut up fag
Based Policeman
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My friend fell to this game being so good he got it for me to play with him, shit sucks outside of building short cuts to material nodes
now that's based
NO!
based
It looks kinda fun. I like building and automation aspect in games. I wonder if I will get a discount if I am their 10 buyer? Round numbers and all
>Fuck over consumers
>Cry when they refuse to support you
Typical greedy devs
>My mom won't buy more games
>mfw
Kid's an asshole though, if the game is easily accessible, but you don't have the means to buy it at the, then just don't play it until you can buy it.
I only condone piracy when the game is absolutely unaccessible in any other way that can support the devs. Before Microsoft announced the Halo MCC, the only way to get Halo 1 and 2 nowadays was through piracy
based 14 year old policeman
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its not a kid
I think they are memeing. Meaning they sold a ton. Their reddit, youtube and twitch says well mire than 9 copies.
>sell shit on only one platform that has questionable reputation
>be surprised nobody buys your game
woah
I don't think anyone is really stupid enough to believe they only sold 9 copies.
lol this is funny
probably posts amongst you faggots
he fits right in with the rest of the weebs
Remember when people werent retarted and took everything on the internet as truth?
It says more about how fuckin dumb most of Yea Forums is.
What, you don't enjoy awkwardly building ramps through terrain to pick some bullshit out of a tree?
You mean before the internet was a thing?
90 percent if this thread thinks its the end of fortnite.
The fact they are memeing probably means they had a good week.
Never heard if game. As an automation engineer I approve. I may check it out but generally pick games that dont make me think about work.
Honestly, XSEED prices the Senran games fairly high and they rarely go on sale. And when they do, the savings are kinda shit.
It´s a mixture of both I guess.
>Steam revenue share already down from 30% to 10%
>EPIC STORE BAD
I don't think it was ever like that.
see Remember when corporate brands weren't pretending to be people on social media?
>and they rarely go on sale
lies
This shit right here. And yet the cunts are still complaining on twitter about people pirating their fucking game and saying '
Is Halo ce not being sold anymore?
what if they meant 9 copies sold on that day?
>it took 30 people 3 years to make this game
Pretty 30 people are able to build an entire city in three years.
That's rich after Timmy already paid them for their losses from pirated copies.
Compared to a lot of other games? Absolutely. I only remember them being on sale during the XSEED publisher sale and the big main Steam sales...and most of them were only 30% off
It's literally on the devs twitter. He then proceeded to go on a rant about of gamers are entitled babies and are pirating his game because it's not on steam. He's a fucking idiot and deserves all of this.
begging for attention
his retarded journalist discord friends already have articles typed up to generate some extra publicity for the game
I was rooting for them but they do seem like literally snarky bug men the company.
Goddamit you had to remind me. Styx where are my fucking sky jets. Its been 2 years
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BAAAAAAASEEEEEEEED
based af
>bought the game
>refunded it 15 minutes later without even downloading it
always amuses me when company accounts get all personal on social media
There is no obvious irony or sarcasm in this post, and its about a game nobody knows about. How is anyone supposed to know the dev is just pretending like thats the case?
You can only find used copies afaik.
absolumente based
If they said real number, steamtards would not make a new thread every hour and shill their game for them. No to mention that they don't even care about sales number that much, they have a guaranteed revenue by epic.
>free marketing
twitter was a mistake
WOOOW Ur so cool I bet the devs are crying right now xD xD
>personal
he was replying to his own personal account using the satisfactory account
Now that's a based teen
More like the Saddest Factory
I sleep better whem some internet nobody does not condone my piracy