PieFed.caEscape from Tarkov owners will have to buy it again if they want to play through Steam, and the Steam version will require a Battlestate account anyway
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www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/escape-from-tarkov-owâŠ
Yeah fuck this game in particular. Made by a Russian company with ties to their defense industry.
https://united24media.com/business/the-video-games-to-avoid-if-you-dont-want-to-support-russias-war-11419
I was going to make an argument that it was probably just research for their real world gun implementation, then I read the article. Big yikes.
Some more sources would've been great.
Damn, this developer is really hell bent on pissing off its fanbase, isn't it?
Paying for a cheater infested pvp game is not something I can see myself doing.
I quite like the singleplayer mod. Also the devs apparently support the russian invasion of Ukraine, so don't give them your money anyway.
I agree, Single Player Tarkov was the only way I found the game playable. The bots could be decently balanced so there was still some challenge and risk to the game.
And not a single person was surprised
They are just doing this to cash out, it costs them nothing to provide a Steam key.
Fuck that Russian company! time to install the single player tarkov mod just because the devs donât like it.
Good thing I'll never be playing escape from tarkov again, otherwise I might be bothered
I regret buying it the first time.
huh, I was interested in picking this up
Guess not
I haven't read the article, but just going off the title, if that's accurate: isn't that how it'd be for any game? I'm not defending it but the only platform I've seen devs give Steam keys to players for ownership on has been on itch.io.
People don't suddenly get rewarded cross-platform ownership just because they bought it on one platform. Same with Unrailed, had it come out on Switch first and Steam later, etc.; they must re-buy if they want it on Steam. Same with Slay the Spire: existing Steam owners don't suddenly gain Android access just because it released on Droid, etc.
The system is still âPCâ in this case, even if technically the platform is different. And since you have to log into your account with their service, they can easily confirm that you own the game.
I donât have to create an account to play Slay the Spire on Android.
The title is accurate, and I agree with you; there is no need for an outrage. I don't know a single game that would give free keys for another platform. It would be cool, though.
Many individual devs on itch.io will do so (I think not Slice & Dice's dev, though, sadly)!
cross-platform keys should be industry standard if it wasn't for greed.
Was the same for ESO, if you bought it before it made its way to steam you would have to buy it again through steam if you want to play it through steam.
Doesn't mean it isn't scummy. In today's day and age, where you can link every platform with every other platform, they could have integrated their existing account system with Steam and make the game available to people that already own the game.
But there is more money to squeeze out of their playerbase.
I never said I agree with their decision. I only pointed out that Bethesda did the exact same thing with ESO.
Play xonotic instead.
Why wouldnât it?