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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by technomad@slrpnk.net to c/games@lemmy.world

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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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[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago

Maybe it runs on a switch emulator. 😏

[-] statler_waldorf@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I heard from a "friend" that it runs very well on a Switch emulator on a Steam Deck. Some pre-rendered cutscenes are janky. It has a pretty cool system where you can take a screenshot that will pin to the map to indicate places you need to find back to once you unlock a new ability, and sometimes those don't render right either. But otherwise, gameplay is flawless. Or so I've heard.

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[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 5 points 10 months ago

I reckon some sort of physically active girl already has it but packaged and released with a switch emulator so you can just go play it.

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[-] MxM111@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Most games appear on STEAM as well, some time (like 1 year) later. And they appear in much better shape with all patching and all.

[-] Eggyhead@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

I’ve generally stopped buying Ubisoft games not because I don’t want to, but because of an issue with my Connect account. I think I had let my PS3 set one up for me back in the AC2 days with an email that is now long defunct (I deleted it after an acquisition that put my privacy at risk).

Now they want me to verify that email so much that some games have actually refused to let me play. I contacted their “support” to request the option to update my email, proving that the registered email is inactive and that I am in complete control of the linked PlayStation account, but they pretty much told me to kindly F off because they care too much about my privacy (lol).

I like some Ubisoft games, I just don’t have confidence spending money on anything they publish when I don’t know which ones might preemptively lock me out.

I figure I’ll just replace the account entirely at some point, but only when there’s a game I absolutely think would be worth the hassle. It just sucks to see my OG account end up trashed over such a dumb reason.

[-] reksas@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

i stopped buying ubisoft games when i noticed every single one of them just follows the same path of mediocrity. There is some story, you follow it and along the way there is some busywork like collecting pointless things. If there ever are new ideas its like something wished with monkey's paw and its ultimately just more same old shit in new wrappings.

[-] Eggyhead@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah I get it, but I don’t really mind that sort of stuff. You know what to do, it’s only mildly challenging, traversal is kind of fun. For me it’s relaxing.

I can’t stand rogue-likes or arena style multiplayer games, so I never touch any of that.

[-] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I wonder if/when it will come out for Steam.

Wait for year or two. It sucks.

[-] Blackmist@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I'm sure the last few Ubisoft games I got from Steam all installed UPlay before letting me run them anyway...

I'm not buying it because £45 is not a budget price for what feels like an indie game experience. I can wait for a sale on that, or more likely for it to go to PSN Extra. Still got plenty on my backlog.

[-] hogmomma@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

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@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

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

[-] MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months 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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[-] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 10 months ago

If it was only on their launcher I wouldnt care. Its the little exclusivity deal on epic that annoys me.

Its one thing to only sell your stuff on your own personal store. Thats fine, whatever. But to create fake exclusivity on pc? Nah fuck off dude, especially from ubisoft

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[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Had this epiphany with the new Ass Creed. It launched on steam, but after buying it still has a second front end Ubisoft launcher. Thats just straught up lying to me about what im purchasing. I dont want Ubi Spyware. Period.

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