{"id":2337,"date":"2020-06-12T07:18:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T07:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obilesky.com\/2020\/06\/12\/ooblets-now-epic-store-exclusive-says-its-fans-arent-part-of-weird-anti-epic-contingent-2\/"},"modified":"2020-06-12T07:18:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T07:18:13","slug":"ooblets-now-epic-store-exclusive-says-its-fans-arent-part-of-weird-anti-epic-contingent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/?p=2337","title":{"rendered":"Ooblets now Epic Store exclusive, says its fans aren&#8217;t part of &#8216;weird anti-Epic contingent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pic.obilesky.com\/game\/2916\/vp30byzn35b.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> System Requirements <\/p>\n<p>Low vs Ultra Screenshots<\/p>\n<p>GPU Performance Chart<\/p>\n<p>CPU List That Meet System Requirements<\/p>\n<p>GPU List That Meet System Requirements<\/p>\n<p>Comments <\/p>\n<p>Ooblets <br \/>Have your say<\/p>\n<p>User Review<\/p>\n<p>2.47<\/p>\n<p>Optimisation<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"ors-thumb-down-35500\" class=\"thumb-btn-35500 thumbDown   \" data-thumb-val=\"-1\" title=\"I think Ooblets is not well optimised\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p><button id=\"ors-thumb-up-35500\" class=\"thumb-btn-35500 thumbUp   \" data-thumb-val=\"1\" title=\"I think Ooblets is well optimised\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p>5.7<\/p>\n<p>Most Demanding<\/p>\n<p class=\"mdg-score\" style=\"font-size: 8px\">Most Demanding Score?<\/p>\n<p>Quirky farming game Ooblets has become the latest title to sign up for Epic Games Store exclusivity. It now means the PC version of Ooblets will be launching through the EGS and will be exclusive to this store for<em> \u201ca pretty long while\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Developer Glumberland has written a message to fans explaining the move. It\u2019s written sincerely enough but it certainly sounds a little condescending to anyone opposed to the Epic Store. <em>But<\/em>, it is also a pretty interesting insight into how developers view the Epic Games Store and the potential pros and cons that come with opting for Epic\u2019s cash-wrapped safety net.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo we had a big decision to make, and we didn\u2019t take it lightly,\u201d<\/em> wrote Ben Wasser, Ooblets game designer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBecause Epic doesn\u2019t yet have the same market share as their competitors, they offered us a minimum guarantee on sales that would match what we\u2019d be wanting to earn if we were just selling Ooblets across all the stores. That takes a huge burden of uncertainty off of us because now we know that no matter what, the game won\u2019t fail and we won\u2019t be forced to move back in with our parents.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbygoogle scrolling-ad-item\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0052787453283862\" data-ad-slot=\"2741061911\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNow we can just focus on making the game without worrying about keeping the lights on. The upfront money they\u2019re providing means we\u2019ll be able to afford more help and resources to start ramping up production and doing some cooler things.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So what does this all mean for Ooblet\u2019s development? Well, it means it\u2019s definitely not coming to Steam \u2018Soonish!\u2019 as it says on its Steam page. Glumberland has said the deal probably means Ooblets will be delayed a little. They\u2019ve got access to more cash now, meaning they can scale up the project (they have just a single programmer) and they can also fine-tune more bits before launch, resulting in a more polished project.<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, signing up for Epic Games Store exclusivity is always going to bring with it a fair bit of rage from certain sections of the gaming community. I can\u2019t see the big deal with just playing through another free client but other people obviously do, and they\u2019re not wrong for having that opinion. So hearing Ben Wasser say <em>\u201cEpic paying for PC exclusives has become the latest thing Gamers\u2122 have gotten angry about\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cI don\u2019t expect much of our uniquely-lovely community to fit into this weird anti-Epic contingent\u201d<\/em>, does make me wince a bit.<\/p>\n<p>There doesn\u2019t seem to be much to be gained from poking a hornet&#8217;s nest, commercially speaking. It\u2019s the sort of light trolling I\u2019d be proud of, to be honest, but I don\u2019t think it sells copies of games. He\u2019s written off the lack of features saying Steam had 15 years to improve; said those who want the game on their terms or they\u2019ll pirate it are the<em> \u201cepitome of that word \u2018entitlement\u2019\u201d;\u00a0<\/em>referenced <em>\u201cimmature, toxic gamers\u201d<\/em>, and said those worried about the Epic Games Store should probably find something more worthwhile to worry about such as climate change or human rights abuses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I can agree with the sentiment expressed here but yeesh if this doesn\u2019t feel like the sort of thing which will specifically get a raise out of the very people they\u2019re trying to convert to their way of thinking with this blog. It&#8217;s clumsy messaging that hopefully doesn&#8217;t end up causing the very problems they&#8217;re trying to avoid.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full post for yourself here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>So, another one bites the dust for those avoiding the EGS. Epic is certainly building up quite the pile of exclusives, isn\u2019t it? I suspect the tipping point will arrive once Borderlands 3 launches. Epic&#8217;s got the cash to make this work, whether a contingent of gamers hate them or not.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts then? Is this some sound thinking from the Ooblets developers to ensure their financial success? Or are you a bit peeved to see anti-Epic players being called \u2018weird\u2019? Let us know what you think of it below!<\/p>\n<p>And, cheers to xquatrox for pointing this one out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>System Requirements Low vs Ultra Screenshots GPU Performance Chart CPU List That Meet System Requirements&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[327,384,421,420,374],"class_list":["post-2337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-news","tag-epic","tag-exclusive","tag-fans","tag-ooblets","tag-store"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}