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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[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That’s not lying any more than what Larian did with BG3 was lying.

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It will be because of the "First Run" deal that Epic offers, so you'll get to play in 6 months. I don't blame the studio for doing it though but it's not ideal for some.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

It’s also infected with Denuvo malware, so you’d be paying ridiculously premium prices for what is nothing more than a compromised rental.

[–] Big_Boss_77@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/DfYknJqk_xo?si=rM4jFpUzPk4OdX6S

[–] technomad 1 points 11 months ago

What an incredible and numerous combination of harmonies. Excellent share, thank you.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

From Wikipedia:

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is an action-adventure game developed and published by Ubisoft and the first major installment in the Prince of Persia series since 2010's Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.[2] It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S

So it’s pretty much available everywhere except steam. Very frustrating, but it is not just available on epic and their proprietary launcher. Far from it.

[–] technomad 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I forgot to mention the consoles. This doesn't change anything for me, but it's still an important point to mention. Updated the post.

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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

I don't hate the idea of exclusive games because they kind of bring more competitions. But I also couldn't give too much fucks because Ubisoft games suck anyway.

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