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  • Re: Epic's September Freebie Cancelled

    From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sun Feb 9 14:13:04 2025
    On Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:36:25 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


    No, not the entire Epic Free Games program. I am just talking about
    one very specific game that Epic was (likely) going to give away.
    Because, based on previous years' offerings,* Epic was almost
    certainly going to offer "Football Manager 2025" sometime in September
    of this year as one of its free games. But, alas, the entire game has
    been cancelled due to "product quality" concerns, so Epic is going to
    have look elsewhere for a free game in seven months time.

    Although... canceling a game just because it sucks? Sega, no wonder
    you're no longer up there with the other triple-A studios, if that's
    your attitude!

    ;-)

    I find this novel, refreshing, and I hope Sega makes a ton of money by reintroducing the concept of fewer, better releases to their product
    line.

    I think BG III in no small part alerted the industry to this tack. You
    make a better game? You make bank.

    --
    Zag

    This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

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  • From rms@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 10 08:08:32 2025
    Epic was almost certainly going to offer "Football Manager 2025" sometime
    in September

    Relax, Madden '25 is currently on discount!

    rms

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Mon Feb 10 10:31:00 2025
    On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:20:00 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    In the long term, that method is, of course, incredibly unhealthy for
    the industry (and the hobby in general) but it's understandable why
    its so alluring to publishers... especially the Triple-As which are
    more concerned with their fluctating stock prices than actual sales
    (or reviews of games). But sadly, and provably, quality doesn't equal
    success in the market.

    Aw man. Let me have my comforting delusions.

    (Yeah. Yeah. You're right. The data supports none of what I said.)

    Gaming is what gamers do. We get what we deserve. Same goes for politics
    (which we will discuss no more than that, pls). SMH.

    --
    Zag

    This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

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