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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[–] hogmomma 4 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Genuine curiosity, why does it matter which platform it comes out on? Asking from a comlnsole-only point of view. I only game on PS5, so I'll never get to play Xbox-only games. But if you're on a PC, you can just get the other platform?

[–] wildcardology 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Too many launchers nowadays. It's becoming like movies and tv streaming services.

[–] MaximilianKohler 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's inconvenient for sure, but monopolies are worse.

[–] TwilightVulpine 3 points 1 year ago

People say that theoretically but not only Steam doesn't stop anyone from selling in other places, it delivers better services than any other platform (except maybe GOG that has the big benefit of being DRM-free)

The Steam "monopoly" ends up being less detrimental than the "competition" of locking each game to a different platform.

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