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[Gamezone]

No surprise they are avoiding Steam, because their strategy was to milk the Ubisoft Connect exclusivity, take Epic's money, and release their games on Steam after a year or two. But it now looks like they might skip EGS as well.

 

[feynoob]

Are they nutz?

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

LMAO. DOA

 

[hinch7]

These guys never learn. We seen how badly EA did with Origin.. now they'll sell maybe 10 copies to the people who use Ubi's launcher.

 

[Gaiff]

I thought they had returned to Steam?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Lmao, they need all the revenue they can get because they're in the red and they still pull this shit. Screw them!

 

[Gudji]

Yeah good luck with that.

 

[feynoob]

These guys never learn. We seen how badly EA did with Origin.. now they'll sell maybe 10 copies to the people who use Ubi's launcher.

They won't care sadly.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

I thought they had returned to Steam?

A few titles since I'm guessing not enough people were eating up the microtransactions they have rammed in their games that did return to Steam.

Makes you wonder what would have happened if the hostile takeover actually happened.

 

[Gamezone]

I thought they had returned to Steam?

No, apparently they only release games on Steam when they get old.

 

[Spitfire098]

LMAO. DOA

Maybe on PC. Will do numbers on consoles.

 

[Braag]

AC Valhalla, Division 2, Far Cry 6 and other such Ubi titles were also released on Steam 1-2 years later for 75% off.
Ubisoft making sure Steam users save big bucks.

 

[knguyen]

Then people just gonna pirate their games instead of installing that garbage Ubiconnect app.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Hard pass.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Theyll come crawling back again

 

[Guilty_AI]

I had no desire to play either one, yet somehow ubisoft manages to decrease that desire even more

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

No need to focus on PC platforms when they can release on Steam/EGS in 6 months for close to MSRP.

If you are PCMR and want to play the game you have the UBIpass already or you will buy it where it is available.

I can understand why players who have their libraries on certain platforms get butthurt but the publishers(who are also the devs) don’t care.

Buy it or not…

 

[Drizzlehell]

Welp, console version it is, then.

 

[jshackles]

 

[ahtlas7]

Must be easier to implement their shitty game store this way.

Twice!

 

[nightmare-slain]

That's how you get me to not play your game. I would buy it on Epic if it wasn't on Steam but if it's on neither then I ain't buying it. The only other client I use is Blizzard but I really need Diablo, WoW, Overwatch. Well I do use GOG but I don't need to. I could download my games DRM free without needing the client.

 

[Ristifer]

surejan.gif

 

[Rossco EZ]

dont they require you to have the ubi launcher even if you own on steam anyway?

 

[yamaci17]

as long as it has cheap regional pricing I don't give a single care

 

[DGrayson]

I'm there day 1 .... of the Steam release

 

[VolticArchangel]

I would wager the losses they would have to take by not releasing on Steam day 1 vs Ubi/EGS exclusive are significantly larger than say, a EGS moneyhat. Their loss. Maybe they're trying to lure customers into their launcher for the long run of the business to avoid the 30% royalty they gotta pay Valve, and then release on Steam, a year or two, later.

But majority of copies will still be sold on console, regardless, like almost all 3rd party games.

dont they require you to have the ubi launcher even if you own on steam anyway?

Yep, like most 3rd party platform holders. Same stuff with EA and MS published games.

 

[mckmas8808]

LMAO. DOA

There has to be a typo. If they hate Steam.....cool. But not even EGS?

 

[nemiroff]

Avatar and AC Mirage as well?

Edit: Mirage is on EGS, but not on Steam..? Avatar only on Ubisoft Connect..? All of this is so fucking confusing....................................................................

 

[SmokedMeat]

Reason to skip Steam: Because everyone will buy it on Steam, and not Uplay

Reason to skip Epic: Because nobody buys games on EGS.

It’ll be on Steam eventually, when the dust settles, it’s old, and Ubi Soft wants to scrounge up the sales of people who refused to buy it from their store.

 

[Jack Videogames]

...yet

 

[Buggy Loop]

They haven’t learned yet? Holy shit Ubisoft

..

 

[Rush2112]

Ubisuck, the Square Enix of the west.

 

[Denton]

Do not care, I will be renting these via Ubi+ anyway. I am done paying full price for Ubi games.

 

[nemiroff]

Seems like both SW and Avatar are denied Steam access, possibly also Mirage.. I just can't.. Fuck both Sweeney and Ubi.

 

[StereoVsn]

Ubisoft just doesn't like money on PC I guess. At least with Epic deal I could "kind of" get it with Ubi taking Tim Epic's cash, but this is going to be same lesson as EA learned.

Meh.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Wow, I thought they learned their lesson and that's why their games were popping back up on Steam. Why would they do this? Lmao.

 

[Gamezone]

dont they require you to have the ubi launcher even if you own on steam anyway?

Yeah, but I would still buy it on Steam.

 

[Kacho]

Not surprised. They're back on Steam but only after the games are a year + old.

No Alan Wake 2 on Steam either.

Shit like this makes me glad I have a console around still. Fuck these companies trying to force us to user their shitty launchers.

 

[poodaddy]

Games are dead on PC if true. They'll come eventually for sure, there's zero chance of that not being the case.

 

[Rossco EZ]

Yeah, but I would still buy it on Steam.

yeah me too but it’s still shit buying a game on one launcher to have to play it on another

 

[Mister Wolf]

They are hustling backwards.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

Maybe the steam release happens later. They stand to make most of there money on console anyway because these games will be $70 there.

I see both games selling well because they are attached to two big IPs.