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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by technomad@slrpnk.net to c/games@lemmy.world
 

I was pretty hyped for the new prince of persia game (the lost crown), but come to find out it's only available on ubisoft's proprietary launcher or epic games. Nope, and nope.

I just want to have it available on my usual storefront, Steam, but it's been decidedly omitted. As a long time fan of the old games, this kind of hurts. Especially since many of the others -are- available on Steam.

I wonder if/when it will come out for Steam. These platform exclusivity deals need to die.

Edit: It's also available on several consoles, my post was just from a pc gamer's perspective.

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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 86 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I've been boycotting Ubisoft for years, haven't missed a damn thing.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I’ve been boycotting Ubisoft for years, haven’t missed a damn thing.

Yeah, there are so many great games by non-shitty developers. Skipping Ubisoft, EA, and Activision entirely is not only possible but there are more great games left than one can play anyway.

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah, that's pretty much where I'm at with gaming now. Why settle for a subpar experience? I don't have the time or finances for that.

[–] cottonmon@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, they're a pretty shitty company. Weren't they one of the first companies to implement always-on DRM?

[–] pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I think it was in Assassin's Creed 2. At the time, people were unable to play the single player game they bought at launch because Ubisoft shitty authentication service couldn't handle the load.

Guess who didn't have that problem...