Can you please explain me why should they be compensated over those who decide not to wait?
So you will end up with bunch of free games you won’t play. Cool.
So what you suggest is that devs get sale money for every free game claimed? You did make me wonder if this is how it works.
At the very least you will make Epic think that they bring more users via free game giveaway, which hopefully means more good games for free for me!
Can you please link me to an article or something that says that Steam demands that the lowest price should always been on steam ?
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The only planned free DLC to Fig backers was the Chitin Armour (and the Floating Base if they’d reached that stretch goal, which they didn’t).
If you choose to wait a year and go with Steam/GoG, you will get exactly the same DLC that was given free to Epic players. Therefore it IS a compensatory offer - they’re not forcing you to go with Epic to get it.
Frankly, they’re giving backers who opt to wait exactly the same deal as backers who opt to go with Epic, which means they aren’t forcing you to go with Epic to get that compensation. I refer you to the original post on this thread: that’s a hell of a lot better than other devs out there.
They met floating base after Fig ended and stated that they would release it as well for free as DLC.
Also it isn’t compensatory for those that wait. It’s compensatory in that they are giving free DLC to everyone because of this change, but don’t try to say it is compensatory for those waiting on Steam (such as the people where EGS isn’t even in their country).
I pledged at the 50$ level and yes i don’t see it this way. I spent mooney to have a product day one, not a year after. The compensation is PR damage mitigation which obvioulsey won’t woerk with me because any other game that will be made outside of PP will be blacklisted by me. Even the DLC’s after the first year i won’t buy those unless 80% sales on them. I was betrayed and will never forget…
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Didn’t know about the Floating Base.
O-kay…
They are offering free DLC as compensation for the change. Whether you wait a year to get it or opt to pick it up on Epic is entirely up to you - and you’re not being forced to go with Epic to get it… It’s still compensation, whether you want to see it that way or not.
Also, to take abit of an absurd example, to illustrate something. (and yes, i know it’s not like this, and that it’s an absurd example)
Lets say you order a bread.
Then the next day the baker says, sorry i’m not allowed to give you your bread today… come back in a year and you can have it…
Now, most would agree that the bread you get a year after would be abit stale 
There, fixed it for you
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More apposite to the bread example would be:
“Sorry, I can’t give you any bread today. If you want to get it today, I’ve got an Asda voucher you can use. But if you don’t like Asda cos they’re owned by Walmart who are corporate scum, come back tomorrow and to make up for it I’ll throw in a couple of buns too.”
His initial statement was mostly correct. They can come back in a year to get it from where they want (with a year’s worth of butter included) or they can collect it from the next door for a year (also with free butter).
Actually a free voucher for a bun would solve all this…
Which kind of illustrates the point. People have a different view of how important that “1-year” thing is. To some it is not the same playing a game at launch, or playing the game a year after.
(for those who refuse to have anything to do with EGS)
And here is where I leave the conversation, because you are quite right. For some of us it is not a big deal, compared with the way other games companies have behaved in the past.
I’m with those who understand why Snapshot made the move they did and believe that they have behaved as honourably as they can, under the circumstances.
You do not. Therefore it is pointless to continue this conversation.
So, you’re upset that they decided to buy games instead of offering games cheaper? Also who cares if they care about developers? It helps developers if people are competing for their games rather than just who can sell the games they have the cheapest. If it becomes more of fighting for the games then indie developers might be able to get more money out of it. Just because it helps out people doesn’t mean they do it because that’s their end goal. Usually it’s money, but the end result of trying to make the most money can usually result in making things better for the people they pander to. (In this case indie developers.) Your upset because you feel they should pander exclusively to you the consumer. Which would seem the logical and least scummy thing to do. However, by pandering to the people who make games, sure you can only get those games there, but those games might be all the better for it. Hope this helps to establish my thoughts on the subject.
Side note. Who used “bullshit” besides you? You usually use quotations when making a statement about something someone else said. Especially, in this situation, if they disagree with you. Just want to know your source! 
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Actually no. I would happily pay $5 more to get a game on my chosen platform.
Personally i’d be happy with every developer saying we want X dollars for each copy sold, then each store could add whatever their cut was ontop of that, and then us customers would have a choice of where we wanted to buy it.
And that is exactly the reason why Epic pay for exclusives
Does not mean i have to like it.
Also it means i do not get to play games i would like to play, or best case, only get to play them much later.
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There, I’ve fixed it for both of you.
OMG I thought that the whole bread thing was just analogy, and that bakers were whiter than white but look at this! https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/buylists/exclusively-at-tesco/hw-nevills?icid=exclusively_at_tesco_hub_hw_nevills
I am now seriously outraged at H.W. Nevill’s for signing an exclusivity deal to sell their bread via the Tesco Store. I was just reading about it whilst having tea and I was so angry that it spoilt the whole meal. Let’s get a reddit thread started to exposes this seedy betrayal of their consumer base, someone link in the you-tubers, we must individually, and en-mass threaten these bakers and their families with violence because of this, rise up my friends, we knead to take our bready business elsewhere whilst encouraging others to do likewise!!
Yeah, I know… proper cob-womble aren’t I? 
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