Epic Games incentivizes developers to release older titles on its digital store
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The program is eligible for products launched on third-party PC or subscription services before October 31, 2023. Read more
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What would it take to have a resurgence of physical games (for PC mostly)? I recall multiple times of digital only games being taken away by companies and there being an uproar about it. But it was never enough to create change.
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Honestly, there's two major things that need to happen for physical media to be a bigger thing on PC. First, retail stores take a 20% cut of sales while digital doesn't. That's a big chunk of money that the retail stores need to sustain themselves, but that the game publisher also doesn't have to pay when they sell games digitally.
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I don’t know if this is confidential or “too technical” for the blog, but how does developing for consoles actually work? As in, what is the workflow like? Obviously, you do all the coding on a PC, but how does the build get tested on consoles? How do you debug on consoles? It would be awesome if you could do a little rundown, but I understand if it’s not possible.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2023
It has beefier hardware than the retail console (because it needs to be able to hold and run debug builds of the game). They also have a different version of the console’s operating system for development stuff - they allow us to do things like reset achievements, change locale, connect to PSN/XBL/SwitchOnline, and other various features.
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