Following Paradox Interactive’s example, 2K Games has decided to remove Borderlands 3 from the Epic Games Store Mega Sale. While you still can pre-order the game, the initial $10 discount does no longer apply. Some say that Epic’s additional $10 discount is still on effect so you still may get it cheaper, and we expect 2K Games to honour all those that were quick enough to take advantage of the sale and pre-order the game.
What this ultimately means is that Borderlands 3, Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 and Oxygen Not Included have been removed from the Epic Mega Sale. Not only that, but Ubisoft’s games are nowhere to be found (this is mainly due to some issue with the interaction between the Epic Games Store and Uplay, however it’s worth pointing out that the games are no longer available on Epic’s store).
2K Games and Gearbox have not made any public announcement regarding the removal of Borderlands 3 from the Mega Sale, and neither has made Epic Games or Tim Sweeney. Still, it looks that some publishers were not ready for such a discount for their unreleased games.
On the other hand, Control, Detroit: Become Human and The Sinking City are still available and players can get them for a really low price.
UPDATE:
The game has been completely removed from the store now and you can’t pre-order it until the Mega Sale ends.
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they realized their mistake and on E3 they will announce that they will come on steam same time at release date and not exculisve to epic for months!
Epic FAIL Store
Remember when Epic blamed PC Piracy for Its focus on Consoles… Well 9 years later they seem to be hurting themselves worse than Piracy on PC ever could.
It’s called Karma.
Your avatar looks familiar 😉
Wasn’t that just Cliffy B ? Either way, seems publishers don’t want pre-orders having a flat value off like that. People have pointed out it really devalues the game.
No even Tim S was in on it
any upcoming game worth pirating?
not really worth it but why not https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f2a05e311a74182ff53e5c63c08f8ac12fcf5aa7a73ad72f0d091474a7df0008.jpg
played it on youtube. but i will pirate it anyways.
lol that too
Hahaha. Good one.
tell that to someone who cares about story games.
Surprise surprise, devs don’t like getting strong armed by publishers.
Especially publishers that try to undercut the competition by using shi**y business tactics.
You are dumb, they giving people a 10$ coupon, there is no reason for the dev not to sell their game, the only reason is “perception” they dont want people to feel that their game is cheap, thats it.
That’s literally the most ignorant nonsense they could possibly believe in about their game. If they think anything thinks “Borderlands 3 is on sale it must be garbage.” then they’re completely handicapped. Every gamer alive knows BL3 isn’t even out yet and has been anticipated for years.
Its called Perceived Value and its complete nonsense they learn in economy class, its unrealistic and in can only be applied in the luxury products world, not retail.
EPIC MEGA SALE
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Fake news.
Just look into their store page by using google search engine. Yeah, it was removed. And even Epic homepage search engine couldn’t find it too. X”D
Even their Borderlands 3 purchasing button transformed into “Coming Soon” without the ability to pre-purchase anymore. No, it’s not fake news. Try it yourself. X”D
3 hours after this article appeared I looked at their store page, found borderlands and bought it with -$10 discount. So this news was fake when they posted it.
Nice one. I get what you mean. And lucky you. X”D
Seems like Epic thought because it had already paid huge amounts of money for exclusivity they could do whatever the hell they pleased with said exclusive games without even the developer knowing!
Guess that happens when you accept bribes for holding you games hostage!
“…and players can get them for a really low price.”
Ya, you may get things at a relatively lower price, but really, does anyone think this store’s business strategy is sustainable?
This idiot Sweeney, doesn’t have infinite cash to keep buying exclusivity to force people to use his junkyard of a store. I’m starting to get the impression this may be a last gasp effort to bolster user numbers. Why else would someone approve such an idiotic mess of a sale?
This store isn’t going to stand the test of time, and Valve knew it all along. Likely a big part of the reason they haven’t retaliated by any degree whatsoever. EGS is like an annoying mosquito to them. Just pay it no attention, and it will die off soon enough.
I’m not about to spend money “buying” games on a store of which I have little faith in its sustainability. Keep your sales, Sweeney.
Well damn said!
Even they’re bound to run out of it soon.
I get what yer sayin, but, everything comes to an end, and that game won’t keep them afloat indefinitely. Especially with these grade school business tactics.
It may look great for them right now, but the winds of “fad driven games”, can change at the drop of a dime.
The reason im guessing these big titles have been removed is due to the
fact that Epic is eating the costs that come from dropping the prices.
So they quietly removed some of the bigger titles that they think would
result in the msot sales, like Borderlands which has alot of hype
surrounding it right now.
There are John Wick skins in Fortnite?
RIP @ Epic Games Store. ???
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I see two sides of the madness. I mean sure Epic Game Store does some shady tactics and turning PC gaming into console war type gaming. However on the flip side look at all the Forza fans such as myself. That game series is only on Windows Store. And yet here I am I own them all on PC …
As for more money for the dev’s. Sure that’s great. And it seems Valve is also in the works of giving a higher % to developers as well.
So in the end. Developers are going to get the funding they deserve as well as money that can go towards R&D for better game engines as well as more time in the studio I would hope that way games come out less bugged and need 3+ patches before things run like intended.
What developer do you know that doesn’t earn a good salary?
More money for publishers. You will still see development studios getting shut down and mass layoffs despite record publisher profits. It’s just the way the business is run now.
Doesn’t compare to console wars because it’s not locked behind hardware. A better comparison is needing to make a free Ubisoft account on a console.
It’s easier to market hype and sell a broken game rather than delay development. People complain, but if it isn’t affecting sales, they don’t care. Again, I’m talking about publishers that pressure an earlier release before the game is ready.
Uhhh, I dont know of alot of games that needed less then 3 patches….. in 25 years of pc gaming.
Why are you hate game developers? Is it so hard to install some free launcher to help game developers earn more money?
Steam: 30% for Valve, 20% publisher, 20% marketing, 30% game developers
Epic: 12% for Epic, 20% publisher, 20% marketing, 48% game developers
Discord: 10% for Discord
Epic are greedy.
Unreal Game Engine = cost 5%
Unreal Game Engine + Epic Store = cost 12%
Steam Store = cost 30%
Developer can print keys and sell them to other resellers, for FREE. Steam offers voice chat, forums, and other features. That you may not use… But people do… Including Steam Cards (ugh). Plus as in the case of Metro and Borderlands the publisher saw that cut…. Not the developer. I love GOG personally, I don’t mind different store fronts. But I get sick of all these EPIC is for the developers and gamers b******t.
Unreal Game Engine = cost 5%
Unreal Game Engine + Epic Store = cost 12%
Steam Store = cost 30%
Why some online store cost 6x more than game engine?
Look man I respect someone getting paid more for their work. As with Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and Steam 30 percent was considered a fair slice. Now Epic comes along to rattle the cage, and that was a GOOD thing. However, people also don’t take in to consideration how much server space and stuff Steam has packed in there. Cloud saves, that right there is worth it’s weight alone. I know Epic has a roadmap, but here is the thing, I don’t believe them. I believe Epic is trying to get the most profit out of the least effort. I want competition. I just wish it was GOG.
“As with Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and Steam 30 percent was considered a fair slice”
I can give 30% to Sony. MS or Nintendo because they create own operating systems, own graphics libraries and sell hardware below production cost.
But why you want give 30% to simple online shop like Steam? Valve don’t support own system, libraries or sell hardware below production cost
lol if you look at it steam is doing more than sony and Nintendo MS is the only one that can actually match up to steam in-terms of features and they still lose the F are are talking about
Now I won’t sling mud, or call names, because we are talking about PC Game launchers, not abortion laws, or Brexit. However, from it’s beginnings with all the bad things that happened with Steam it is now a very good online retailer. SONY, MS, and Nintendo charge for their services…. Steam does not. So shouldn’t that offset the 30 percent a little bit?
“simple” online shop like Steam? If you genuinely think Steam is “simple”, then you’ve lost all credibility.
Steam is far more complex than you realize, it seems. Of course Epic will take less money from developers. They are trying to penetrate the market, and their store actually IS simple. It costs Epic a fraction to run their lemonade stand, that it does Valve to run a fully fledged store.
You honestly think if EGS got a good portion of the market share, that they wouldn’t just hike their % after? They want to look like the “good guy”, so simpletons like yourself, will bolster their numbers. That is all.
I mean, I’m no business guru or anything, but you don’t have to be, in order to understand market penetration against a long entrenched competitor.
Devs are grown adults and can negotiate their wages just like I did with my career. Unionize if needed, but that is their task not mine. Personally I think publishers weaponize the “starving dev” to get away with anti-consumer practices. As a consumer, I pay for a result and expectations with my products. Just like devs, millions of us consumers work very hard for our disposable income and are 100% entitled to fair transactions and TOSes that are win-win.
I support devs in their work when I can, but not at the expense of my consumer rights – which the Epic store infringes upon.
Read Epic’s TOS thoroughly – not just reposting comments that others have gotten the “most likes” on.
I agree with the other guy, its better for developers. Gangster tactics or not at least small scale devs get their money’s worth and a way lot more exposure.
The way I see it, its not even Epic’s fault. Look at Microsoft Store, GOG, Itch.io… playing the nice guy in this system gets you nowhere. If there is someone to blame, don’t blame the opportunists, blame the sh*te reality that fosters it. No one blamed steam when they were displacing local retailers left and right. Besides, you can get all those features you talk about elsewhere like discord, forum sites, etc. A bit of extra effort ain’t no bad thing. Plus, its probably teaching those fortnite kids theres something beyond a spoon fed centralized hub.
And while I am inclined to agree with you. PC Gaming was in a real bad place with retailers, until Steam came crashing through the wall, anyone remember going in to an EB Games in 2004? That tiny little PC Shelf? What was there? The Sims, World of Warcraft and Half Life 2. While Discord, forums, and the like, h*ll you can put your saves in the cloud on google drive. But it is all in one place…. Making it convenient.
Steam took exposure of small titles from one extreme (no publishers = no sell) to another extreme (asset flip shower). It tried to solve one problem by (inadvertently or not) introducing another. I still feel if Steam could have a proper democratized system of vetting games, things would be a lot better in spite of the Epic push. Devs would voice their anger which would force Epic to backtrack, but steam is happy running a ‘facebook for game stores’ where anything goes. And devs like that smell of new pastures like a goat in rapture over thicker grass.
As for convenience, i guess its alrite to have everything in one place but, me personally, I wouldn’t mind it either way. Its more of a personal want kinda thing i guess.
“Hate” ? There is no such word in my dictionary.
Just because they’re devs doesn’t mean they automatically deserve our respect or money. Some of these devs, in particular the indies, broke crowd-funding promises in order to get those sweet sweet Epic money. Metro Exodus was suddenly pulled from Steam in just mere weeks before launch-their CD cases has Epic stickers slapped over the Steam logo!
If the devs are truly choosing EGS due to the bigger revenue share, then fine. Unfortunately, most, if not all, of them also received a truckload of money from Epic. How can I be sad for them when their financial condition is already secured even before their games are even launched and face the scrutiny of reviews?
Wilfully disingenuous weak sauce bait. Try harder.
That money goes to publishers and suits. Devs get paid to make the game, they dont reap profits after that unless they are indie
Not wanting to agree to yet another TOS and distribution/DRM environment different from others we already have is not “hate” against game devs. Also, nothing in this world is “free” – paid by mass data collection (our sensitive personal property). Sweeney has this app built for Tencent and is Chinese gov compliant. Read the TOS.
Also you aren’t looking at all the data, just thinking about that little bit shared and re-posted en masse across blogs and forums. Consumers are not protected in many ways (refunds, payment/data info protections, etc.) as well as having our systems constantly monitored by a Tencent invested application. These are never just innocent stores or launchers and it’s not just about devs. Companies need to make products win-win, not one sided.
Read the TOS thoroughly and know what you are agreeing to.
I don’t hate game developers. But I do hate store exclusivity deals and I think they should die asap.
RIP… You will not be missed.
Cannot wait for the news headline “Epic Games Store has been removed from our lives forever”.
LOL.That’s a nice one after all.
Guess those $10 refunds for those who pre-ordered already are cancelled as well.
I wonder if Ubisoft is just using the EGS to dislodge some of its customers off of Steam. It wouldn’t surprise me if by next year they drop EGS and, FINALLY have all of their own games be exclusively on Uplay.
Surprise surprise, devs don’t like getting strong armed by publishers.
Especially publishers that try to undercut the competition byby usi sh**ty business tactics.
Another day, another Mega
SaleFail from #EpicFail. ?Where is Tencent Sweeney in the gaming press trying to sound like the big man now?
PC Gamer on suicide watch, Randy Pitchford hiding his USB sticks!
LOL Rest in Pieces Epic scum.
Randy? Swee(n)ty? huhu where are you b!tches to lecture us again?
Discounts for UNRELEASED games = desperation mode ON
Suck The Power of The People.
Luckily I managed to pick it up for $39,99.
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This teenage trash game is not worth 19.90$, only CODEX edition.
Here in Italy, on the Store, Bordelands is nowhere to be found… so, the game not only is removed from the Mega Sale, but even from the store… xD
I have picked up 7 games so far during this Epic sale! Detroit, Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls, Ashen, Hades, Walking Dead Final Season and Borderlands 3.
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Sure you did, Juan.
Almost like me, except I didnt buy walking dead.
It was a bargain at 5 bucks.
LOL, almost like me: Detroit, Control, Ashen, Operencia, Phoenix Point, Heavy Rain, Beyound Two Souls
You did? Considering many people that bought more than 3 are being locked out for suspicion of fraud. Actually happened to a guy I know that tried to purchase 3 in a row……
Maybe for new accounts?
I have no idea. But yeah it was happening. They were getting locked for suspicion of fraud.
Most hilarious thing is how Randy was crying on Twitter how EGS exclusivity would benefit us as consumers. But this one time that it actually benefits us because of Epic playing Santa, he pulls Borderlands 3 from the store. What a dork.
Randy is probably getting ready to attack people on Twitter again. If he starts to cry, then his wife will defend him. It has happened before. Lol
The whole “Epic Fail” meme was never as relevant. LOL.
i got detroit become human (ex ps4 exclusive) for 4,88€ very good deal for me considered that in my country price on playstation store right now is 69,99€ is mean i save 65€ by buy the game in epic games store instead of buy it on playstation store , and also the game is playable with geforce now (cloud gaming streaming service that support 60fps , raytracing , high graphic , unlimited storage and high vram) that right now for beta users is FREE.
What country is your Epic store set to?
In USA its 29.90$, its the cheapest in Russia 5.39USD
Regular US price is 39.99 – 10$ discount = 29.99$
Regular Russian price is 999RUB 15.42USD – 650RUB discount = 5.39$
Its insane but in Russia because the sale is for products over 899RUB, games below the price like heavy Rain and Beyond two souls that costs 499rub, cost MORE then the newer Detroit [during sale period] and all because Epic has no Shopping basket and each game has to be ordered one by one.
In USA they accept credit cards, amazon, paypal
in Russia they accept Russian systems and credit card so if you use VPN you can buy Russian games
Yeah that’s a lie. It’s not that cheap anywhere in EU.
LOL
https://www.gamingonpc.com/general-gaming-news/epic-store-boss-calls-paradox-greedy-after-publisher-removes-bloodlines-2-from-egs-sale/
It’ll be back.
Devs probably don’t want pre-orders to be discounted like that. Not to mention $10 flat in some regions makes the price dirt cheap. Epic clearly didn’t think this through enough lol.
We can just quote the line from Training Day…..
Let the animals wipe themselves out!
Obviously.
How else will Gearbox profit if they don’t sell it at full price? They’ve gotta overcome that publisher cut.
Just read a great line about all of this. Epic is the new Wal-Mart of the gaming industry, Oh wait no they aren’t Wal-Mart has tons of shopping carts.
Lol.