Former Obsidian author Chris Avellone has some harsh phrases to share along with his former firm over its option to take an exclusivity cope with Epic, placing The Outer Worlds on their retailer – and preserving it off of Steam, not less than for a 12 months.
The author – who labored for Obsidian on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Neverwinter Nights 2, Pillars of Eternity and extra – calls the Epic Games Store exclusivity deal “a cash grab”. While at first he largely blames Obsidian administration for the deal, who he’s had a strained relationship with since he left the developer, he appears to ultimately agree that Epic are additionally guilty.
His foremost fear appears to be that the information has turned the hype for The Outer Worlds from optimistic to profoundly detrimental, hype Avellone himself helped build up. “It’s how you kill the best hype you could have for a game,” he tweets, “Possibly best hype for any of the studio’s games, ever – then undermine it for a cash grab.”
The reveal that Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds would launch solely on Epic Games Store – and wouldn’t be coming to Steam till 2020 – appeared at Epic’s keynote address at GDC earlier this week. The response from followers, similar to just about each announcement of this sort, was profoundly negative. Avellone then weighed in along with his tweet, which then arrange a full thread on his feed.
Obsidian administration, you had ONE job https://t.co/bNUZv0mfDX
— Chris Avellone (@ChrisAvellone) March 21, 2019
After which he largely responded to feedback about different options, akin to person Szogyenyi’s concept of selling it cheaper on Epic and full-price on Steam – “let the customer decide what is more important: the price, or the fact he owns every game at one place.” Avellone merely replied, “totally agree.”
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On the opposite hand, Chris Avellone may be very proud of Paradox Interactive for insisting that there would be “no exclusivity deal” with Vampire The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, which he additionally labored on. Other than retweeting the affirmation, he also notes that “Paradox understands, and for that, I’m grateful.”
We can solely hope that Dying Light 2 received’t go unique to the Epic Games Store both.
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